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Enrollment
573
Middle
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVANIA SCHOOLS·NCES 390448701749
Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School
5334 Whiteford Rd, Sylvania, OH 43560 · (419) 824-8640 · Lucas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Ohio public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
251 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 204 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 30% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.7pp since 2021
Math
65.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 65.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 69.7% |
| 2022-23 | 65.3% | 71.2% |
| 2021-22 | 64.7% | 69.0% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School
Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School this school | 573 | 43.8% | 66.5% |
| Van Buren Middle School Kettering | 598 | 40.8% | 71.8% |
| Maumee Middle School Maumee | 494 | 46.6% | 67.2% |
| Donnell Middle School Findlay | 522 | 42.7% | 64.4% |
| Troy Junior High School Troy | 633 | 45.0% | 69.1% |
| Batavia Middle School Batavia | 584 | 43.5% | 63.6% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #222 of 316 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #348 of 637 ▼ 60 | #10 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #334 of 637 ▼ 20 | #7 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #103 of 629 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #217 of 654 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #185 of 577 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #199 of 579 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #138 of 319 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #105 of 169 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
573
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 573 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 44% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 47% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 34% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 30 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 28.5 | 18.9:1 | 35% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 31% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 24% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 680 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 13% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 33 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (540 to 573); teachers up 33% (28.5 to 38).
About Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School
Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in Sylvania, Ohio. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 573 students in 2024-25.
Besides Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School, Sylvania Schools runs 12 other schools. The district enrolls 7,699 students.
The share of White students at Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School is 75%, a majority. After that, the student body is 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 8% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Ohio, 17.0:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 44% at Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School. The average for public schools in Lucas County is similar, at 44%.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School is 72.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.5%.
Lucas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $62,224 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Lucas County number 143, with about 73,839 students.
The closest school to Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School is Hill View Elementary School, located about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School is behind the 70.0% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 573, close to the 563 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.1 students per teacher, compared with 18.8 in 2020-21.
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Lucas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
428,018
Census ACS
Median income
$62,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
73,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sylvania Schools
- Sylvania Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,283 students
- Sylvania Southview High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Central Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Sylvania Timberstone Junior High SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 581 students
Other schools in Sylvania
- Sylvania Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,283 students
- Sylvania Southview High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Central Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Sylvania Timberstone Junior High SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 581 students
Nearby schools
- Hill View Elementary School0.1 mi · 340
- Whiteford Elementary School0.7 mi · 418
- Monac Elementary School1.6 mi · 465
- Mcgregor Elementary School1.8 mi · 377
- Stranahan Elementary School1.9 mi · 502
- Sylvan Elementary School1.9 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School?
Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School have?
Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School?
Student demographics at Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School are roughly 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School?
Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School is overseen by Sylvania Schools in Lucas County.
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