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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVANIA SCHOOLS·NCES 390448701750
Sylvania Mccord Junior High School
4304 N Mccord Rd, Sylvania, OH 43560 · (419) 824-8650 · Lucas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- CThree-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
16.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
125 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 | 181 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 31% |
Student demographics
37%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
76.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.2pp since 2021
Math
80.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.4% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 81.9% |
| 2022-23 | 78.9% | 83.1% |
| 2021-22 | 77.6% | 78.4% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Mccord Junior High School
Sylvania Mccord Junior High School's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvania Mccord Junior High School this school | 581 | 21.5% | 75.7% |
| Loveland Intermediate School Loveland | 643 | 21.9% | 81.8% |
| Bellbrook Middle School Bellbrook | 665 | 22.1% | 84.3% |
| Tower Heights Middle School Centerville | 571 | 20.0% | 77.8% |
| Dover Intermediate School Westlake | 471 | 23.1% | 84.9% |
| Loveland Middle School Loveland | 624 | 22.3% | 83.3% |
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 Mccord Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #126 of 316 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #132 of 637 ▼ 28 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #148 of 637 ▲ 4 | #3 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #428 of 629 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #210 of 654 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #275 of 577 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #228 of 579 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #263 of 319 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #100 of 410 | #2 of 8 |
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
581
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 581 | 35.7 | 16.3:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 34.7 | 16.6:1 | 22% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 35.5 | 15.4:1 | 12% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 31 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 34 | 20.7:1 | 14% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 33 | 20.8:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 5% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 29 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvania Mccord Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (705 to 581); teachers up 5% (34 to 35.7).
About Sylvania Mccord Junior High School
Students in Sylvania, Ohio, attend Sylvania Mccord Junior High School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 581 students. The average for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students, so this school is 21% bigger than average.
Sylvania Schools oversees Sylvania Mccord Junior High School and 12 other schools, with 7,699 students in total.
At Sylvania Mccord Junior High School, White students make up 78% of the student body. The school is also 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. That is higher than the 68% White share among all Lucas County residents. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Sylvania Mccord Junior High School is 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. About 22% of students, or 125, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lucas County average 44%.
allk12 grades Sylvania Mccord Junior High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 80.7% for a school in Ohio with Sylvania Mccord Junior High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Sylvania Mccord Junior High School posts 75.7%.
Within Lucas County, the median household income is $62,224, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Besides Sylvania Mccord Junior High School, Lucas County has 142 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Sylvan Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sylvania Mccord Junior High School. On proficiency, Sylvania Mccord Junior High School is behind the 78.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
NCES assigns Sylvania Mccord Junior High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Sylvania Mccord Junior High School declined 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 605 to 581 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.5:1 in 2020-21, and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Arbor Hills Junior High SchoolMiddle · 573 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 Arbor Hills Junior High SchoolMiddle · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Sylvan Elementary School0.6 mi · 415
- Sylvania Southview High School0.9 mi · 1,139
- Stranahan Elementary School1.1 mi · 502
- Preschool at Sylvania Northview High School1.3 mi · 22
- Sylvania Northview High School1.3 mi · 1,283
- Maplewood Elementary School1.5 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvania Mccord Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Sylvania Mccord Junior High School?
Sylvania Mccord Junior High School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sylvania Mccord Junior High School serve?
Sylvania Mccord Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sylvania Mccord Junior High School have?
Sylvania Mccord Junior High School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sylvania Mccord Junior High School?
At Sylvania Mccord Junior High School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Sylvania Mccord Junior High School?
Sylvania Mccord Junior High School is overseen by Sylvania Schools in Lucas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.