Enrollment
313
Middle
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHEASTERN LOCAL·NCES 390467202637
Tinora Middle School
5921 Domersville Rd, Defiance, OH 43512 · (419) 497-2361 · Defiance County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
85 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 5 | 73 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 25% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Tinora Middle School→Tinora High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Northeastern Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
73.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.1pp since 2021
Math
69.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.3% | 69.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 64.7% |
| 2022-23 | 72.8% | 61.1% |
| 2021-22 | 69.3% | 56.9% |
% 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Tinora Middle School
Tinora Middle School's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinora Middle School this school | 313 | 27.2% | 71.2% |
| Evergreen Middle School Metamora | 330 | 30.3% | 78.0% |
| Eastwood Middle School Pemberville | 365 | 30.1% | 79.7% |
| Johnstown Middle School Johnstown | 412 | 23.5% | 78.2% |
| Valley View Middle School Germantown | 385 | 26.5% | 64.3% |
| McCormick Middle School Huron | 267 | 33.7% | 78.1% |
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 Tinora Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #173 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #291 of 637 ▲ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #186 of 637 ▲ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #91 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #473 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #462 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #405 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #228 of 319 |
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
313
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 33.3:1
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 | 313 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 27% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 17 | 18.8:1 | 29% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 18% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 10 | 33.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 179 | 10.8 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 9 | 21.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 185 | 13 | 14.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 279 | 12 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 12 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tinora Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 75% (179 to 313); teachers up 49% (10.8 to 16).
About Tinora Middle School
The public middle school Tinora Middle School is located in Defiance, Ohio. The school serves 313 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Ohio average about 482 students.
Tinora Middle School is one of 3 schools in Northeastern Local, which enrolls 940 students in total.
White students are the large majority at Tinora Middle School, with 89% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic. The White share in Defiance County as a whole is similar, at about 87%. Tinora Middle School has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 16 full-time positions, a ratio of 19.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 27%. That is 17 points below the 44% average for public schools in Defiance County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 78.5% at Tinora Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 71.2%.
Tinora Middle School is located in Defiance County, where median household income is about $73,064, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 14 public schools in Defiance County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,682.
The closest other public school is Tinora High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Tinora Middle School is behind the 78.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 4.
Tinora Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Tinora Middle School saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 33.3:1 to 19.6:1 over the same years.
The Tinora Middle School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Defiance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,343
Census ACS
Median income
$73,064
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,682 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northeastern Local
- Tinora Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Tinora High SchoolHigh · 272 students
Other schools in Defiance
- Defiance Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,075 students
- Defiance High SchoolHigh · 697 students
- Defiance Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
- Tinora Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Ayersville High SchoolHigh · 326 students
- Ayersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Tinora High School0.0 mi · 272
- Tinora Elementary School0.2 mi · 355
- Defiance High School6.7 mi · 697
- Defiance Middle School6.7 mi · 572
- Four County Career Center6.7 mi · 907
- Defiance Elementary School7.0 mi · 1,075
Frequently asked questions
About Tinora Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tinora Middle School?
Tinora Middle School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Tinora Middle School serve?
Tinora Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Tinora Middle School?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Tinora Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tinora Middle School?
At Tinora Middle School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Tinora Middle School public or private?
Tinora Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northeastern Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.