Sylvania Mccord Junior High School

As a reasonably sized intermediate school in Sylvania, Ohio, Sylvania Mccord Junior High School enrolls 581 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Sylvania Schools. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

Sylvania Mccord Junior High School is one of 13 schools operated by Sylvania Schools, a district that caters to 7,699 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sylvania Mccord Junior High School lists that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the resource side, On paper, Sylvania Mccord Junior High School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lucas County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sylvania Mccord Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 80.7%, the actual is 75.7%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lucas County put the typical household earns roughly $62,224 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lucas County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,839 students), of which Sylvania Mccord Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sylvan Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sylvania Mccord Junior High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sylvania Mccord Junior High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sylvania Mccord Junior High School has contracted 18%, going from 705 students in 2018 to 581 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 85% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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