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Enrollment
609
Middle
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401949
Blendon Middle School
223 S Otterbein Ave, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-6400 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
272 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 206 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 205 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 33% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +12.2pp since 2021
Math
77.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +15.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 77.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 73.6% |
| 2022-23 | 68.5% | 63.7% |
| 2021-22 | 60.5% | 62.3% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blendon Middle School
Blendon Middle School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blendon Middle School this school | 609 | 44.7% | 78.0% |
| Heritage Middle School Westerville | 592 | 45.3% | 71.5% |
| Walnut Springs Middle School Westerville | 613 | 40.1% | 67.5% |
| Northmont Middle School Clayton | 716 | 50.6% | 67.1% |
| Streetsboro Middle School Streetsboro | 462 | 43.3% | 64.3% |
| Willoughby Middle School Willoughby | 509 | 52.5% | 47.1% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blendon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #102 of 316 | #8 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #167 of 637 ▲ 54 | #15 of 64 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #192 of 637 ▲ 21 | #15 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.7pp | #19 of 629 | #3 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #180 of 654 | #33 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #236 of 577 | #34 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #81 of 579 | #28 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #132 of 319 | #15 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #178 of 410 | #11 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
609
-128 (-17%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 609 | 38.8 | 15.7:1 | 45% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 40.3 | 15.0:1 | 42% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 45.4 | 15.7:1 | 32% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 737 | 43 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 43.3 | 16.2:1 | 33% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 35% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 27% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 55 | 12.4:1 | 9% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 41 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blendon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (701 to 609); teachers down 10% (43.3 to 38.8).
About Blendon Middle School
Blendon Middle School runs as a mid-sized middle school in Westerville, Ohio. It enrolls 609 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 26% larger than the 482-student average for middle schools in Ohio.
Westerville City runs Blendon Middle School along with 23 other schools, enrolling 14,589 students in total.
The largest group at Blendon Middle School is White students, at 52%. Other groups make up 25% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The diversity index for Blendon Middle School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. The school has 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 15.7:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for middle schools in Ohio. Federal data show 45% of students (272) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with Blendon Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 71.9%. Blendon Middle School scores 78.0%, 6.1 points above that line.
For Franklin County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $75,176 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Blendon Middle School, Franklin County has 402 public schools.
Westerville-South High School sits about 0.1 miles from Blendon Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Blendon Middle School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Blendon Middle School had a net loss of 128 students, or 17%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.1:1 in 2020-21, and 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Westerville-South High School0.1 mi · 1,509
- Whittier Elementary School0.2 mi · 367
- Hanby Building Elementary School0.5 mi · 363
- Emerson Elementary School0.6 mi · 254
- Cherrington Elementary School0.9 mi · 338
- Pointview Elementary School1.1 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About Blendon Middle SchoolHow many students attend Blendon Middle School?
Blendon Middle School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Blendon Middle School serve?
Blendon Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blendon Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blendon Middle School is approximately 15.7:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blendon Middle School?
At Blendon Middle School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 8% Hispanic, 25% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Blendon Middle School public or private?
Blendon Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westerville City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.