Big Walnut Intermediate School

As a roomy K-5 school in Sunbury, Ohio, Big Walnut Intermediate School caters to 663 students from grades 4 through 5, one of the schools within Big Walnut Local. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 64% bigger than typical.

Big Walnut Intermediate School is one of 8 schools operated by Big Walnut Local, a district that teaches 4,298 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Big Walnut Intermediate School lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Big Walnut Intermediate School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Big Walnut Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 80.7%, the actual is 75.6%, a residual of -5.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Delaware County) records that the typical household earns roughly $133,540 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Big Walnut Intermediate School is one of 59 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students).

General Rosecrans Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Big Walnut Intermediate School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 79.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Big Walnut Intermediate School's enrollment has edged up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 663). The White share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

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