Barberton Intermediate School

Barberton Intermediate School is a high-enrollment primary school in Barberton, Ohio, one of the schools within Barberton City. The school hosts 655 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Barberton Intermediate School sits 62% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Barberton City (3,448 students total), Barberton Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Barberton Intermediate School lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 15% Black, 13% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Barberton Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Summit County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Barberton Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 56.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Summit County) records that median household earnings sit near $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Summit County's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), Barberton Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Barberton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barberton Intermediate School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barberton Intermediate School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 62.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 661 students in 2018 compared to 655 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 71% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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