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Alumni: what's one memory from Buckeye Valley Local Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
612
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUCKEYE VALLEY LOCAL·NCES 390467500827
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School
683 Coover Rd, Delaware, OH 43015 · (740) 363-6626 · Delaware County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Ohio public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
148 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 5 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 196 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 184 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 24% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School→Buckeye Valley Local High School
Based on grade levels within Buckeye Valley Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.4pp since 2021
Math
72.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.2pp 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 73 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 67.8% |
| 2022-23 | 72.6% | 67.8% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 64.6% |
% 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% 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 →
Schools most like Buckeye Valley Local Middle School
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Valley Local Middle School this school | 612 | 24.2% | 72.8% |
| Buckeye Intermediate School Medina | 581 | 22.2% | 77.8% |
| Chardon Middle School Chardon | 716 | 25.0% | 86.5% |
| Loveland Middle School Loveland | 624 | 22.3% | 83.3% |
| Bloom-Carroll Middle School Carroll | 573 | 23.9% | 72.5% |
| A. I. Root Middle School Medina | 690 | 19.3% | 81.4% |
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 Buckeye Valley Local Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #155 of 316 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #245 of 637 ▲ 69 | #11 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #170 of 637 ▲ 58 | #10 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #113 of 629 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #177 of 654 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #392 of 577 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #437 of 579 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #249 of 319 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #249 of 410 | #6 of 9 |
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
612
+159 (+35%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 612 | 33.7 | 18.2:1 | 24% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 34.7 | 17.1:1 | 22% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 25.7 | 17.6:1 | 17% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 31 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 33 | 20.4:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 36 | 20.4:1 | 22% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 33% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 7% (34) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckeye Valley Local Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (674 to 612); teachers up 2% (33 to 33.7).
About Buckeye Valley Local Middle School
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School serves students in Delaware, Ohio, as a mid-sized middle school. It enrolls 612 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 8. That puts enrollment 27% above the 482-student average for middle schools in Ohio.
Buckeye Valley Local operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,298 students.
White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Delaware County, the White share is about 80%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.2:1. The school has 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.2:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for middle schools in Ohio. Federal data show 24% of students (148) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Buckeye Valley Local Middle School outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School is 6.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (72.8% versus 79.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.
In Delaware County, the median household earns about $133,540 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Delaware County, 59 public schools serve about 44,100 students.
Buckeye Valley Local High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Buckeye Valley Local Middle School places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 159 students, from 453 to 612. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.2:1) than in 2020-21 (14.6:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Buckeye Valley Local Middle School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buckeye Valley Local
- Buckeye Valley West Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Buckeye Valley Local High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Buckeye Valley East Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
Other schools in Delaware
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Rutherford B Hayes High SchoolHigh · 1,612 students
- John C Dempsey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Olentangy Berlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- Robert F Schultz Elementary SchoolElementary · 777 students
- Laura Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Buckeye Valley Local High School0.2 mi · 597
- John C Dempsey Middle School2.4 mi · 1,278
- Rutherford B Hayes High School2.6 mi · 1,612
- Ervin Carlisle Elementary School2.7 mi · 533
- David Smith Elementary School2.7 mi · 376
- Robert F Schultz Elementary School3.5 mi · 777
Frequently asked questions
About Buckeye Valley Local Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Buckeye Valley Local Middle School?
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School enrolls approximately 612 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Buckeye Valley Local Middle School serve?
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Buckeye Valley Local Middle School have?
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buckeye Valley Local Middle School?
At Buckeye Valley Local Middle School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Buckeye Valley Local Middle School?
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School is overseen by Buckeye Valley Local in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.