Wheelersburg Middle School

Wheelersburg Middle School, a medium-sized middle school in Wheelersburg, Ohio, one of the schools within Wheelersburg Local, caters to 598 students, covering grades 4 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.

Within Wheelersburg Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,591 students, Wheelersburg Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Wheelersburg Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Wheelersburg Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wheelersburg Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.5%, the actual is 73.7%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Scioto County put the typical household earns roughly $50,609 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Wheelersburg Middle School is one of 32 public schools in Scioto County (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students).

Wheelersburg Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wheelersburg Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wheelersburg Middle School has decreased 5%, going from 627 students in 2018 to 598 in 2025.

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