Big Walnut Middle School

Big Walnut Middle School is a 6-8 campus of substantial scale in Sunbury, Ohio, one of the schools within Big Walnut Local, educateing 973 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Big Walnut Middle School sits 102% above that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Big Walnut Middle School lists that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Big Walnut Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.1%, the actual is 80.7%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Delaware County) logs that median household income runs about $133,540, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Delaware County runs 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), of which Big Walnut Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Big Walnut Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Big Walnut Middle School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 78.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 73%: 563 students in 2018 compared to 973 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 86% across the same window.

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