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What advice would you give to incoming students at Creekside Middle School?
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Enrollment
1,111
Middle
DISTRICT 1,111 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD CITY·NCES 390461002431
Creekside Middle School
1111 Nilles Rd, Fairfield, OH 45014 · (513) 829-4433 · Butler County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,111 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Ohio public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.7:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
726 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 380 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 365 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 366 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
56.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.9pp since 2021
Math
57.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 59.7% |
| 2022-23 | 57.6% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 58.2% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Creekside Middle School
Creekside Middle School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Middle School this school | 1,111 | 65.3% | 59.5% |
| Crossroads Middle School Fairfield | 1,111 | 54.4% | 61.3% |
| Holt Crossing Intermediate School Grove City | 733 | 77.6% | 47.1% |
| Beulah Park Middle School Grove City | 710 | 66.8% | 56.2% |
| Franklin Woods Intermediate School Columbus | 666 | 85.0% | 41.4% |
| Washington Junior High School Toledo | 504 | 59.9% | 57.8% |
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 Creekside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #276 of 316 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #440 of 637 ▼ 19 | #13 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #445 of 637 ▼ 15 | #11 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #137 of 629 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,111 | #15 of 654 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #471 of 577 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #11 of 579 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #33 of 319 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #269 of 410 | #5 of 11 |
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
1,111
-78 (-7%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,886
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 1,111 | 56.3 | 19.7:1 | 65% (726) |
| 2023-24 | 1,113 | 60.8 | 18.3:1 | 63% (701) |
| 2022-23 | 1,126 | 59.3 | 19.0:1 | 52% (587) |
| 2020-21 | 1,189 | 58 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,207 | 67.8 | 17.8:1 | 46% (561) |
| 2015-16 | 1,513 | 80 | 18.9:1 | 37% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 1,538 | 82 | 18.8:1 | 29% (452) |
| 2000-01 | 1,387 | 83 | 16.7:1 | 8% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 1,886 | 94 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,207 to 1,111); teachers down 17% (67.8 to 56.3).
About Creekside Middle School
Creekside Middle School is a large middle school with an address in Fairfield, Ohio. The school's enrollment of 1,111 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 130% higher than the average for middle schools in Ohio, which is about 482.
Fairfield City has a total of 10 schools and 9,591 students, Creekside Middle School among them.
White students form the largest group at Creekside Middle School, 41% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 23% Black, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Butler County's population at about 76%. By the diversity index, Creekside Middle School comes in at 73%.
Federal data list 56.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Creekside Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 19.7:1. Among middle schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. The lunch program counts 65% of students at Creekside Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in Butler County.
Measured against Ohio public middle schools, Creekside Middle School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 64.1% at Creekside Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.5%.
Among Butler County residents, median household income is about $81,590, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Creekside Middle School is one of 90 public schools in Butler County, which together enroll about 59,107 students.
Fairfield Central Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Creekside Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 66.9%, higher than Creekside Middle School's 59.5%.
The federal government classifies Creekside Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,111 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,189.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
392,876
Census ACS
Median income
$81,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
59,107 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfield City
- Fairfield High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Fairfield West Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Fairfield Freshman High SchoolHigh · 786 students
- Fairfield Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Fairfield Compass ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Fairfield High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Fairfield West Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Fairfield Freshman High SchoolHigh · 786 students
- Fairfield Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Fairfield Compass ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Other Creekside Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Creekside Middle. Creekside Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Creekside Middle SchoolCarmel, IN · 1,428 students
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 1,120 students
- Creekside MiddlePatterson, CA · 907 students
- Creekside MiddleCastro Valley, CA · 754 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolWoodstock, IL · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Fairfield Central Elementary School0.7 mi · 756
- Fairfield South Elementary School0.7 mi · 677
- Crossroads Middle School0.8 mi · 1,111
- Fairfield Freshman High School1.3 mi · 786
- Fairfield High School1.3 mi · 2,255
- Fairfield Compass Elementary1.5 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Middle SchoolHow large is Creekside Middle School?
Creekside Middle School enrolls approximately 1,111 students in grades 06-08.
Is Creekside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Creekside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Creekside Middle School have?
Creekside Middle School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Creekside Middle School?
Student demographics at Creekside Middle School are roughly 41% White, 21% Hispanic, 23% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Creekside Middle School?
Creekside Middle School is overseen by Fairfield City in Butler County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.