Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School

As a mid-sized middle-grades school in Sylvania, Ohio, Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School serves 607 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Sylvania Schools. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Sylvania Schools (7,699 students total), Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School records that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Lucas County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lucas County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.9%, the actual is 72.5%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Lucas County reports that median household income runs about $62,224, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School is one of 143 public schools in Lucas County (combined enrollment of about 73,839 students).

The closest other public school is Central Trail Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 75.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 556 students in 2018 compared to 607 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 79% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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