Enrollment
302
Middle
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY LOCAL·NCES 390496403660
Valley Middle School
393 Indian Dr, Lucasville, OH 45648 · (740) 259-2651 · Scioto County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Ohio public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
129 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 80 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 22% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Valley Middle School→Valley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Valley Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.4pp since 2021
Math
61.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 62.5% |
| 2022-23 | 64.5% | 62.7% |
| 2021-22 | 60.3% | 59.2% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Valley Middle School
Valley Middle School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Middle School this school | 302 | 42.7% | 68.0% |
| North Union Middle School Richwood | 325 | 44.9% | 64.8% |
| Union Local Middle School Belmont | 304 | 46.7% | 57.6% |
| Champion Middle School Warren | 366 | 41.8% | 80.6% |
| Crestview Middle School Columbiana | 367 | 40.9% | 70.4% |
| Northwestern Middle School West Salem | 284 | 45.8% | 68.6% |
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 Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Scioto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #209 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #402 of 637 ▼ 17 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #293 of 637 ▼ 16 | #2 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #228 of 629 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #481 of 654 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #433 of 577 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #545 of 579 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #143 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #167 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
302
-46 (-13%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 302 | 16 | 18.9:1 | 43% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 15 | 19.9:1 | 44% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 16 | 19.9:1 | 39% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 26 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 13 | 23.1:1 | 55% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 13 | 24.3:1 | 58% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 20 | 16.8:1 | 61% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 37% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 21 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (301 to 302); teachers up 23% (13 to 16).
About Valley Middle School
This page covers Valley Middle School, a small middle school in Lucasville, Ohio. The school serves grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 302 students. Middle schools in Ohio have about 482 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
The district, Valley Local, operates 3 schools serving 1,023 students.
White students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% multiracial. Among Scioto County residents, the White share is about 93%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Valley Middle School comes to 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.9:1. Middle schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.0:1. On the income side, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 45% average for public schools in Scioto County.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Valley Middle School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.7% for Valley Middle School. The school posts 68.0%, 4.7 points below the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Scioto County show that median household income comes to about $50,609, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county's public schools total 32, with about 10,849 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Valley High School, is the closest to Valley Middle School. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Valley Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Valley Middle School is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 13.4:1 to 18.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Valley Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Scioto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,627
Census ACS
Median income
$50,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Valley Local
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- Valley High SchoolHigh · 279 students
Other schools in Lucasville
- Scioto County Career Technical CenterHigh · 549 students
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- Valley High SchoolHigh · 279 students
Other Valley Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Valley Middle. Valley Middle School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Valley MiddleCarlsbad, CA · 807 students
- VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLGrand Forks, ND · 508 students
- Valley Middle SchoolOAKLAND, NJ · 446 students
- VALLEY MIDDLERIBERA, NM · 25 students
Nearby schools
- Valley High School0.5 mi · 279
- Valley Elementary School0.7 mi · 442
- Scioto County Career Technical Center1.8 mi · 549
- Clay Middle School5.3 mi · 134
- Clay Elementary School5.3 mi · 326
- Clay High School5.3 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Valley Middle School?
Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Valley Middle School serve?
Valley Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Valley Middle School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Valley Middle School.
How diverse is Valley Middle School?
Valley Middle School reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Valley Middle School public or private?
Valley Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Valley Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.