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Enrollment
382
Middle
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSEON EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390456402318
Wauseon Middle School
940 E Oak St, Wauseon, OH 43567 · (419) 335-2701 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Ohio public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
13.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
355 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 6 | 134 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 35% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Wauseon Middle School→Wauseon High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wauseon Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
64.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.9pp since 2021
Math
71.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 73.8% |
| 2022-23 | 66.5% | 73.9% |
| 2021-22 | 67.4% | 71.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Wauseon Middle School
Wauseon Middle School's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauseon Middle School this school | 382 | 92.9% | 69.3% |
| Pleasant View Middle School Grove City | 651 | 81.1% | 51.3% |
| Franklin Woods Intermediate School Columbus | 666 | 85.0% | 41.4% |
| Galloway Ridge Intermediate School Galloway | 705 | 83.1% | 42.4% |
| Norton Middle School Columbus | 583 | 80.6% | 42.3% |
| Finland Middle School Columbus | 673 | 87.8% | 52.1% |
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 Wauseon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #195 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #275 of 637 ▼ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #328 of 637 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #125 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #390 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #55 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #178 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #8 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #225 of 410 |
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
382
-53 (-12%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 382 | 29.2 | 13.1:1 | 93% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 26.2 | 14.8:1 | 89% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 24.5 | 16.7:1 | 73% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 27.1 | 15.8:1 | 85% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 84% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 88% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 24 | 20.7:1 | 18% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 32 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wauseon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (427 to 382); teachers up 8% (27.1 to 29.2).
About Wauseon Middle School
A low-enrollment middle school in Wauseon, Ohio, Wauseon Middle School is part of Wauseon Exempted Village. The latest federal count shows 382 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 482-student average for middle schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 21% lower.
Wauseon Exempted Village (4 schools, 1,717 students) runs Wauseon Middle School.
Roughly 69% of students at Wauseon Middle School are White. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 89% of Fulton County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Wauseon Middle School's 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.1:1. On average, middle schools in Ohio have 17.0:1, compared with 13.1:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. That is 49 points above the 44% average for public schools in Fulton County.
Measured against Ohio public middle schools, Wauseon Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Wauseon Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Ohio are predicted to post 53.7%, so the school is 15.6 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fulton County, the median household income is $72,864, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Wauseon Middle School is one of 22 public schools in the county.
Wauseon Elementary School is the public school closest to Wauseon Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Wauseon Middle School places 5th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
Enrollment has fallen by 53 students since 2020-21, to 382. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.1:1, from 16.7:1.
The Wauseon Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,240
Census ACS
Median income
$72,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,935 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wauseon Exempted Village
- Wauseon High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Wauseon Primary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Wauseon Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Other schools in Wauseon
- Wauseon High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Wauseon Primary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Wauseon Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Wauseon Elementary School0.1 mi · 391
- Wauseon High School0.2 mi · 526
- Wauseon Primary School0.7 mi · 418
- Pettisville Elementary School5.6 mi · 259
- Pettisville High School5.6 mi · 208
- Pike-Delta-York High School6.7 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Wauseon Middle SchoolHow large is Wauseon Middle School?
Wauseon Middle School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wauseon Middle School serve?
Wauseon Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Wauseon Middle School have?
Wauseon Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Wauseon Middle School?
Student demographics at Wauseon Middle School are roughly 69% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wauseon Middle School?
Wauseon Middle School is overseen by Wauseon Exempted Village in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.