Wallace H Braden Middle School

Wallace H Braden Middle School is a modestly sized intermediate school in Ashtabula, Ohio, one of the schools within Buckeye Local. The school enrolls 373 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Buckeye Local runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,091 students. Wallace H Braden Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Wallace H Braden Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ashtabula County indicate median household income runs about $57,728, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Wallace H Braden Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Ashtabula County (combined enrollment of about 12,023 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ridgeview Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wallace H Braden Middle School has shrank 15%, going from 441 students in 2018 to 373 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 3% to 12% over that span.

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