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What's the one class at Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School every student should take?
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Enrollment
607
Middle
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVANIA SCHOOLS·NCES 390448700758
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School
9000 Sylvania Ave, Sylvania, OH 43560 · (419) 824-8680 · Lucas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
- B-Three-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
15.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
191 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 | 207 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 33% |
Student demographics
46%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
74.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.7pp since 2021
Math
68.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.9% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 69.8% |
| 2022-23 | 76.7% | 66.3% |
| 2021-22 | 72.2% | 65.6% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Timberstone Junior High School
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School this school | 607 | 31.5% | 72.5% |
| Jackson Middle School Grove City | 665 | 29.3% | 76.9% |
| Mccord Middle School Columbus | 636 | 26.1% | 76.8% |
| Morton Middle School Vandalia | 699 | 36.8% | 61.9% |
| Hayes Intermediate School Grove City | 464 | 30.4% | 76.2% |
| Kimpton Middle School Munroe Falls | 773 | 33.5% | 71.8% |
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 Timberstone Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #161 of 316 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #305 of 637 ▼ 21 | #7 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #163 of 637 ▲ 35 | #4 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #297 of 629 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #184 of 654 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #243 of 577 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #181 of 579 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #208 of 319 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #84 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
607
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 607 | 38.5 | 15.8:1 | 31% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 33% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 25% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 33 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 22% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 11% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (556 to 607); teachers up 28% (30 to 38.5).
About Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Sylvania, Ohio. Enrolled students number 607 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 26% higher than the average for middle schools in Ohio, which is about 482.
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School reports to Sylvania Schools, which has 13 schools and 7,699 students.
White students are the majority at Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School, with 72% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. County-wide, about 68% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School employs 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 31%. On average, public schools in Lucas County report 44%.
The allk12 Grade for Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School is B. Compared with Ohio public middle schools, the school scored higher than 55% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 72.5%; the prediction is 76.9%.
Within Lucas County, the median household income is $62,224, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, Lucas County has 143 public schools and roughly 73,839 students.
The closest public school to Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School is Central Trail Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School dropped 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 624 to 607 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.9:1 to 15.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Mccord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 581 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 Mccord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 581 students
- Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High SchoolMiddle · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Central Trail Elementary School0.4 mi · 667
- Sylvania Southview High School2.2 mi · 1,139
- Highland Elementary School2.6 mi · 610
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High School3.0 mi · 581
- Sylvania Northview High School3.0 mi · 1,283
- Preschool at Sylvania Northview High School3.0 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvania Timberstone Junior High SchoolHow large is Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School?
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School enrolls approximately 607 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School have?
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School?
Student demographics at Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School are roughly 72% White, 7% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School in?
Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School is part of Sylvania Schools.
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