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Upper Sandusky Middle School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Upper Sandusky Middle School
Upper Sandusky Middle School operates as a moderately sized intermediate school in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, run under Upper Sandusky Exempted Village. Current enrollment sits at 503 students spanning grades 4 through 8.
Upper Sandusky Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Upper Sandusky Exempted Village, a district that educates 1,560 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Upper Sandusky Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 95% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Upper Sandusky Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.3%; this one delivers 75.8%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wyandot County put median household income runs about $69,768, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Wyandot County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,289 students), Upper Sandusky Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Union Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Upper Sandusky Middle School. On composite proficiency, Upper Sandusky Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 75.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Upper Sandusky Middle School has edged down 6%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 91% to 85%.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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- South Elementary SchoolElementary · 129 students
- East Elementary SchoolElementary · 117 students
- Union Elementary School0.0 mi · 265
- South Elementary School0.6 mi · 129
- East Elementary School0.6 mi · 117
- Upper Sandusky High School0.8 mi · 546
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- Carey High School9.5 mi · 483