Boardman Center Intermediate School

Boardman Center Intermediate School is a heavily attended 6-8 campus in Youngstown, Ohio, overseen by Boardman Local. The school works with 814 students in grades 4 through 6. That puts it 69% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Within Boardman Local, which oversees 7 schools and 3,515 students, Boardman Center Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Boardman Center Intermediate School reports that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Mahoning County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Boardman Center Intermediate School shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Boardman Center Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mahoning County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Boardman Center Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.6%; this one delivers 74.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mahoning County indicate median household income runs about $56,942, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boardman Center Intermediate School is one of 77 public schools in Mahoning County (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students).

Nearest neighbor: Stadium Drive Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Boardman Center Intermediate School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 79.6%.

Boardman Center Intermediate School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Boardman Center Intermediate School has grew 18%, going from 690 students in 2018 to 814 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 66% across the same window.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.