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Berry Intermediate School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Berry Intermediate School
Berry Intermediate School is an intermediate school of sizable scale in Lebanon, Ohio, operated by Lebanon City, caters to 774 students in grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Berry Intermediate School sits 61% above that benchmark.
Berry Intermediate School is one of 5 schools operated by Lebanon City, a district that educates 5,202 students overall.
On demographics, Berry Intermediate School shows that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Berry Intermediate School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Warren County's rate of about 24%.
With demographic context factored in, Berry Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.2%.
In the area at large, Warren County reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,132 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Warren County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,898 students), Berry Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Donovan Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Berry Intermediate School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.7%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. Berry Intermediate School's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 901 (now 774).
On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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- Lebanon High SchoolHigh · 1,604 students
- Bowman Primary SchoolElementary · 1,157 students
- Lebanon Junior HighMiddle · 869 students
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- Bowman Primary School1.1 mi · 1,157
- Lebanon Junior High1.4 mi · 869
- Greater Ohio Virtual School2.2 mi · 576
- Lebanon High School2.3 mi · 1,604
- Warren County Career Center3.5 mi · 586