Tallmadge Middle School

Set in Tallmadge, Ohio, Tallmadge Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack middle school, one of the schools within Tallmadge City. It caters to 614 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Within Tallmadge City, which oversees 3 schools and 2,507 students, Tallmadge Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tallmadge Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 10% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Tallmadge Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tallmadge Middle 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 70.5%, a residual of -6.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Summit County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,622 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which Tallmadge Middle School is one.

Tallmadge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tallmadge Middle School has rose 8%, going from 568 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 86% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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