Western Reserve Middle School

Western Reserve Middle School, a rural-scale intermediate school in Berlin Center, Ohio, operated by Western Reserve Local, instructs 145 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Western Reserve Middle School is one of 6 schools operated by Western Reserve Local, a district that educates 1,486 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Western Reserve Middle School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Mahoning County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Western Reserve Middle School lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.2:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mahoning County put the typical household earns roughly $56,942 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Mahoning County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), of which Western Reserve Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Western Reserve High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Western Reserve Middle School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 170 (now 145). Class-load math has grew: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 in 2025.

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