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Enrollment
614
Middle
DISTRICT 836 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TALLMADGE CITY·NCES 390448801759
Tallmadge Middle School
484 East Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278 · (330) 633-4994 · Summit County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Ohio public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
18.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
194 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 205 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 33% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tallmadge Middle School→Tallmadge High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tallmadge City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
75.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 68.9% | 75.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 72.3% |
| 2022-23 | 67.2% | 72.3% |
| 2021-22 | 69.7% | 72.3% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 Tallmadge Middle School
Tallmadge Middle School's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallmadge Middle School this school | 614 | 31.6% | 70.5% |
| Kings Junior High School Kings Mills | 730 | 24.2% | 79.0% |
| Hadley E Watts Middle School Dayton | 777 | 26.3% | 74.3% |
| Kimpton Middle School Munroe Falls | 773 | 33.5% | 71.8% |
| Dover Intermediate School Westlake | 471 | 23.1% | 84.9% |
| Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School Sylvania | 607 | 31.5% | 72.5% |
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 Tallmadge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Summit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #181 of 316 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #204 of 637 ▲ 39 | #11 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #253 of 637 ▲ 66 | #18 of 29 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #386 of 629 | #16 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #173 of 654 | #13 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #430 of 577 | #25 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #208 of 579 | #16 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #206 of 319 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #91 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
614
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 614 | 32.5 | 18.9:1 | 32% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 32.5 | 18.1:1 | 28% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 30.9 | 18.1:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 29 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 32.2 | 17.6:1 | 21% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 27% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 21% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 8% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 31 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tallmadge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (568 to 614); teachers up 1% (32.2 to 32.5).
About Tallmadge Middle School
Tallmadge Middle School is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in Tallmadge, Ohio. The school had 614 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Ohio) has about 482 students.
Tallmadge Middle School is a school in Tallmadge City. The district has 3 schools and 2,507 students.
Roughly 76% of students at Tallmadge Middle School are White. Other groups make up 10% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 74% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Tallmadge Middle School was 18.9:1. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 32%. For comparison, public schools in Summit County average 34%.
The allk12 Grade for Tallmadge Middle School is B-. Compared with Ohio public middle schools, the school scored higher than 45% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Tallmadge Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (70.5%) and its predicted rate (76.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Summit County, the median household income is $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 149 public schools in Summit County, enrolling about 69,214 students in all.
The nearest public school is Tallmadge Elementary School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
In the federal locale system, Tallmadge Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment gain, from 589 in 2020-21 to 614 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.3:1 to 18.9:1.
Community posts for Tallmadge Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Summit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
537,864
Census ACS
Median income
$71,622
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
149
69,214 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tallmadge City
- Tallmadge Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,088 students
- Tallmadge High SchoolHigh · 805 students
Other schools in Tallmadge
- Tallmadge Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,088 students
- Tallmadge High SchoolHigh · 805 students
Nearby schools
- Tallmadge Elementary School0.1 mi · 1,088
- Tallmadge High School0.8 mi · 805
- Betty Jane Community Learning Center1.8 mi · 347
- Cascade Career Prep High School2.3 mi · 102
- Summit Academy Akron Middle School2.7 mi · 67
- Windemere Community Learning Center2.7 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Tallmadge Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tallmadge Middle School?
Tallmadge Middle School enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tallmadge Middle School serve?
Tallmadge Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Tallmadge Middle School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Tallmadge Middle School.
How diverse is Tallmadge Middle School?
Tallmadge Middle School reports a student body of 76% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Tallmadge Middle School in?
Tallmadge Middle School is part of Tallmadge City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.