Toll Gate Middle School

Toll Gate Middle School is one of the mid-sized middle-grades schools in Pickerington, Ohio, part of Pickerington Local, with 592 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. That puts it 23% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Pickerington Local runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 11,729 students. Toll Gate Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Toll Gate Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 24% Black, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Fairfield County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Toll Gate Middle School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fairfield County put median household earnings sit near $90,966, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Fairfield County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,447 students), of which Toll Gate Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Toll Gate Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Toll Gate Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 592). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 52%. Class-load math has grew: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.