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What's the biggest difference between Donnell Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
522
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FINDLAY CITY·NCES 391000000943
Donnell Middle School
301 Baldwin Ave, Findlay, OH 45840 · (419) 425-8370 · Hancock County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
223 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Student demographics
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Donnell Middle School→Findlay High School
Based on grade levels within Findlay City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
70.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 2024-25Enrollment
522
-51 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.9:1
% White
76%
was 83%
% Hispanic
10%
was 8%
% Black
3%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Donnell Middle School
Set in Findlay, Ohio, Donnell Middle School is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus, overseen by Findlay City. It instructs 522 students across grades 6 through 8.
Across the 11 schools in Findlay City (5,694 students total), Donnell Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Donnell Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Donnell Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.7%, the actual is 64.4%, a residual of -8.3 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Hancock County shows median household income runs about $73,141, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Donnell Middle School is one of 37 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 11,975 students).
Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Primary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Donnell Middle School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 67.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Donnell Middle School has decreased 9%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 76%.
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Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,866
Census ACS
Median income
$73,141
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
11,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Findlay City
- Findlay High SchoolHigh · 1,592 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Millstream Career CenterHigh · 455 students
- Wilson Vance Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Northview Primary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Whittier Primary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Other schools in Findlay
- Findlay High SchoolHigh · 1,592 students
- Liberty-Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Liberty-Benton High SchoolHigh · 549 students
- Liberty-Benton Middle SchoolMiddle · 462 students
- Millstream Career CenterHigh · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Primary School0.5 mi · 354
- Chamberlin Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 342
- Whittier Primary School1.0 mi · 396
- Findlay Digital Academy1.2 mi · 230
- Millstream Career Center2.1 mi · 455
- Findlay High School2.2 mi · 1,592
Frequently asked questions
About Donnell Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Donnell Middle School?
Donnell Middle School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Donnell Middle School serve?
Donnell Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Donnell Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Donnell Middle School is approximately 15.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Donnell Middle School?
At Donnell Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Donnell Middle School public or private?
Donnell Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Findlay City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.