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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOM-CARROLL LOCAL·NCES 390468602677

Bloom-Carroll Middle School

71 S Beaver St, Carroll, OH 43112 · (740) 756-9231 · Fairfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Enrollment
573
Middle
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 482
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
137 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Grade 6
199
Grade 7
188
Grade 8
186
Student demographics
White
50288%
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
Hispanic
132%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 8%
Black
285%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 17%
Asian
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3%
Two+
254%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 7%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
29051%
Female
28349%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Bloom-Carroll Middle SchoolBloom-Carroll High School
Based on grade levels within Bloom-Carroll Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or Above
English Language Arts
73.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +10.0pp since 2021
Math
72.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.1pp since 2021

What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.

Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
573
-79 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 24.2:1
% White
88%
was 95%
% Hispanic
2%
was 0%
% Black
5%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Bloom-Carroll Middle School

Bloom-Carroll Middle School operates as a reasonably sized intermediate school in Carroll, Ohio, run under Bloom-Carroll Local. Current enrollment sits at 573 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Bloom-Carroll Local runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,294 students. Bloom-Carroll Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bloom-Carroll Middle School records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Bloom-Carroll Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Bloom-Carroll Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fairfield County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bloom-Carroll Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 79.8%; this one delivers 72.5%.

Across the wider county, Fairfield County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,966, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Fairfield County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,447 students), of which Bloom-Carroll Middle School is one.

Bloom-Carroll High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bloom-Carroll Middle School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bloom-Carroll Middle School's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 573). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 95% to 88%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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Fairfield County at a glance

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Population
163,453
Census ACS
Median income
$90,966
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
26,447 students

Quick facts

School name
Bloom-Carroll Middle School
District
Bloom-Carroll Local
Address
71 S Beaver St, Carroll, OH 43112
Phone
(740) 756-9231
County
Fairfield County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
573
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
20.0:1
Free/Reduced lunch
137 (24%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
390468602677
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Bloom-Carroll Local
Other schools in Carroll
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Frequently asked questions

About Bloom-Carroll Middle School
How large is Bloom-Carroll Middle School?
Bloom-Carroll Middle School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bloom-Carroll Middle School serve?
Bloom-Carroll Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bloom-Carroll Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bloom-Carroll Middle School is approximately 20.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bloom-Carroll Middle School?
At Bloom-Carroll Middle School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bloom-Carroll Middle School public or private?
Bloom-Carroll Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bloom-Carroll Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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