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Enrollment
432
Middle
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSLAW LOCAL·NCES 390499503772
Tuslaw Middle School
1723 Manchester Ave NW, Massillon, OH 44647 · (330) 837-7807 · Stark County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
131 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 5 | 105 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 27% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Tuslaw Middle School→Tuslaw High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tuslaw Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +7.2pp since 2021
Math
84.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% | 86.8% |
| 2022-23 | 77.8% | 85.7% |
| 2021-22 | 70.3% | 85.2% |
% 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
83.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% 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 Tuslaw Middle School
Tuslaw Middle School's state test result (83.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuslaw Middle School this school | 432 | 30.3% | 83.2% |
| Clinton-Massie Middle School Clarksville | 402 | 33.1% | 71.5% |
| South Range Middle School Canfield | 397 | 26.7% | 83.6% |
| Valley View Middle School Germantown | 385 | 26.5% | 64.3% |
| Eastern Elementary School Lexington | 504 | 33.5% | 81.9% |
| Liberty Union Middle School Baltimore | 381 | 36.2% | 67.9% |
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 Tuslaw Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #54 of 316 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #83 of 637 ▼ 37 | #4 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #131 of 637 ▲ 18 | #4 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #291 of 629 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #334 of 654 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #559 of 577 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #498 of 579 | #17 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #213 of 319 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #390 of 410 | #15 of 15 |
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
432
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 432 | 18 | 24.0:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 17 | 25.3:1 | 32% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 17.9 | 24.9:1 | 28% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 18 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 18.2 | 24.2:1 | 33% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 36% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 272 | 12 | 22.7:1 | 18% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 11 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tuslaw Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (439 to 432); teachers down 1% (18.2 to 18).
About Tuslaw Middle School
Students in Massillon, Ohio, attend Tuslaw Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The school's 432 students are in grades 5 through 8.
Tuslaw Local has 1,282 students in 3 schools, and Tuslaw Middle School is one of those schools.
White students make up 94% of enrollment at Tuslaw Middle School. Next come 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 85% White among all Stark County residents. The school's diversity index is 12%, meaning two students picked at random have a 12% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Tuslaw Middle School total 18 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. The school counts 131 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 30%.
Tuslaw Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (83.2%) and its predicted rate (77.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
Federal survey data for Stark County show that the median household income is $67,934, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Stark County is home to 101 public schools and about 53,798 public school students.
Tuslaw High School is the public school closest to Tuslaw Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Tuslaw Middle School ranks 1st of 5 nearby schools, at 83.2% versus a 78.6% average.
Tuslaw Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show 433 students in 2020-21 and 432 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Discussions about Tuslaw Middle School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tuslaw Local
- Tuslaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Tuslaw High SchoolHigh · 368 students
Other schools in Massillon
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,211 students
- Massillon Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Strausser Elementary SchoolElementary · 819 students
Nearby schools
- Tuslaw High School0.1 mi · 368
- Tuslaw Elementary School0.2 mi · 482
- Massillon Junior High School2.6 mi · 607
- Massillon Intermediate School2.6 mi · 900
- Gorrell Elementary School2.8 mi · 338
- Whittier Elementary School4.7 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Tuslaw Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tuslaw Middle School?
Tuslaw Middle School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Tuslaw Middle School serve?
Tuslaw Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Tuslaw Middle School have?
Tuslaw Middle School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
How diverse is Tuslaw Middle School?
Tuslaw Middle School reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Tuslaw Middle School public or private?
Tuslaw Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tuslaw Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.