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Enrollment
862
Middle
DISTRICT 854 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARYSVILLE EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390454702231
Bunsold Middle School
14198 State Route 4, Marysville, OH 43040 · (937) 642-1721 · Union County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Ohio public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
21.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
212 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 7 | 417 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 445 | 52% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Based on grade levels within Marysville Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
80.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
77.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.2% | 77.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.2% | 76.6% |
| 2022-23 | 81.5% | 78.1% |
| 2021-22 | 76.4% | 77.7% |
% 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
77.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% 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 Bunsold Middle School
Bunsold Middle School's state test result (77.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunsold Middle School this school | 862 | 24.6% | 77.4% |
| Creekview Intermediate Elementary School Marysville | 846 | 24.1% | 76.4% |
| Mccord Middle School Columbus | 636 | 26.1% | 76.8% |
| Herman K Ankeney Middle School Beavercreek | 799 | 26.5% | 73.3% |
| Perrysburg Junior High School Perrysburg | 821 | 15.7% | 87.5% |
| Olmsted Falls Middle School Olmsted Falls | 747 | 25.8% | 73.3% |
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 Bunsold Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #109 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #160 of 637 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #94 of 637 ▲ 45 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #339 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 862 | #54 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #533 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #232 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.6% | #245 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #126 of 169 |
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
862
+97 (+13%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 862 | 40.3 | 21.4:1 | 25% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 840 | 40.3 | 20.9:1 | 24% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 44.3 | 17.9:1 | 17% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 765 | 46 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 835 | 50.4 | 16.6:1 | 21% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 823 | 50 | 16.5:1 | 25% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | 58 | 14.6:1 | 26% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 990 | 58 | 17.1:1 | 11% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 37 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bunsold Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (835 to 862); teachers down 20% (50.4 to 40.3).
About Bunsold Middle School
Bunsold Middle School is a public middle school in Marysville, Ohio. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 8, with 862 students on the rolls. On average, middle schools in Ohio enroll around 482, and this school is 79% larger than that mark.
The district, Marysville Exempted Village, operates 9 schools serving 5,781 students.
Federal enrollment data show Bunsold Middle School is 79% White. The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Bunsold Middle School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Bunsold Middle School, there are about 21.4 students; the school has 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Ohio is 17.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 212 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 25% of enrollment.
Bunsold Middle School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Ohio public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bunsold Middle School is -2.1 points: 77.4% actual, 79.5% predicted.
In Union County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $112,322 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Union County number 19, with about 12,597 students.
Among nearby public schools, Edgewood Elementary School is closest at about 2.3 miles. Bunsold Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 77.4% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
Bunsold Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The school grew from 765 students in 2020-21 to 862 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.4:1) than in 2020-21 (16.6:1).
On allk12, people connected to Bunsold Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,324
Census ACS
Median income
$112,322
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
12,597 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marysville Exempted Village
- Marysville High SchoolHigh · 1,100 students
- Creekview Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 846 students
- Marysville STEM Early College High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- Northwood ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Navin Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Other schools in Marysville
- Marysville High SchoolHigh · 1,100 students
- Creekview Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 846 students
- Marysville STEM Early College High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- Northwood ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Navin Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Edgewood Elementary School2.3 mi · 487
- Fairbanks High School3.1 mi · 390
- Fairbanks Middle School3.1 mi · 245
- Fairbanks Elementary School3.1 mi · 444
- Marysville STEM Early College High School3.3 mi · 692
- Marysville High School3.3 mi · 1,100
Frequently asked questions
About Bunsold Middle SchoolHow large is Bunsold Middle School?
Bunsold Middle School enrolls approximately 862 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Bunsold Middle School serve?
Bunsold Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bunsold Middle School?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Bunsold Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Bunsold Middle School?
Student demographics at Bunsold Middle School are roughly 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bunsold Middle School in?
Bunsold Middle School is part of Marysville Exempted Village.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.