Swanton Middle School

Swanton Middle School is a junior high of cozy scale in Swanton, Ohio, run under Swanton Local, educateing 379 students in grades 5 through 9. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Swanton Middle School sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Swanton Local (1,111 students total), Swanton Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Swanton Middle School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Fulton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Swanton Middle School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Swanton Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.2%; this one delivers 73.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,864, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Fulton County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,935 students), of which Swanton Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Swanton Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Swanton Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 78.9%.

Swanton Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Swanton Middle School has shrank 4%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.