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Enrollment
704
Middle
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOOSTER CITY·NCES 391003202025
Edgewood Middle School
2695 Graustark Path, Wooster, OH 44691 · (330) 345-6475 · Wayne County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
361 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 229 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 249 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 226 | 32% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Edgewood Middle School→Wooster High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wooster City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
55.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -15.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 68.5% |
| 2022-23 | 60.7% | 70.8% |
| 2021-22 | 63.3% | 70.9% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Edgewood Middle School
Edgewood Middle School's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Middle School this school | 704 | 51.3% | 63.9% |
| Edgewood Middle School Trenton | 801 | 50.6% | 54.5% |
| Ashland Middle School Ashland | 694 | 49.6% | 70.1% |
| Pfeiffer Intermediate School Massillon | 587 | 49.7% | 75.0% |
| Miami Trace Middle School Washington Court House | 611 | 47.6% | 65.7% |
| Madison Middle School Madison | 605 | 48.6% | 62.8% |
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 Edgewood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #249 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #470 of 637 ▼ 165 | #8 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #350 of 637 ▲ 8 | #8 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.7pp | #21 of 629 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #123 of 654 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #282 of 577 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #329 of 579 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #81 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #227 of 410 | #2 of 6 |
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
704
-33 (-4%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 704 | 42.9 | 16.4:1 | 51% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 39.6 | 18.6:1 | 52% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 37.2 | 19.4:1 | 45% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 737 | 40 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 39.7 | 19.8:1 | 46% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 41 | 19.5:1 | 50% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 45 | 13.1:1 | 44% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 49 | 14.6:1 | 30% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 37 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgewood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (787 to 704); teachers up 8% (39.7 to 42.9).
About Edgewood Middle School
Edgewood Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Wooster, Ohio, (ZIP code 44691). Students in grades 5 through 7 attend the school, which enrolls 704 students. For comparison, middle schools in Ohio average about 482 students.
Wooster City, which runs Edgewood Middle School, has 7 schools and 3,222 students.
Edgewood Middle School enrolls a student body that is 85% White. The rest of enrollment is 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Edgewood Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
Edgewood Middle School employs 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.4:1. Middle schools in Ohio have a similar average ratio of 17.0:1. Edgewood Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 51%. Across public schools in Wayne County, the average is about the same, 49%.
Edgewood Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.9% is 5.6 points below the 69.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wayne County show that median household income is about $73,574, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Edgewood Middle School is one of 45 public schools in Wayne County, which together enroll about 14,479 students.
Kean Elementary School is the public school closest to Edgewood Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Edgewood Middle School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The number of students dropped from 737 to 704 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 18.4 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,588
Census ACS
Median income
$73,574
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
14,479 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wooster City
- Wooster High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Cornerstone Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Kean Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Melrose Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Wooster Littlest Generals PreschoolElementary · 161 students
Other schools in Wooster
- Wooster High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Triway Middle SchoolMiddle · 364 students
- Triway High SchoolHigh · 355 students
- Wooster Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Cornerstone Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Kean Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other Edgewood Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Edgewood Middle. Edgewood Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Edgewood Middle SchoolTrenton, OH · 801 students
- Edgewood MiddleEdgewood, MD · 936 students
- Edgewood Middle SchoolHighland Park, IL · 663 students
- Edgewood Middle SchoolMOUNDS VIEW, MN · 639 students
- Edgewood MiddleWest Covina, CA · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Kean Elementary School0.7 mi · 313
- Wooster High School0.8 mi · 1,182
- Melrose Elementary School0.9 mi · 251
- Cornerstone Elementary School1.9 mi · 347
- Wooster Littlest Generals Preschool1.9 mi · 161
- Parkview Elementary School2.0 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Edgewood Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Edgewood Middle School?
Edgewood Middle School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades 05-07.
What age range does Edgewood Middle School serve?
Edgewood Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at Edgewood Middle School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Edgewood Middle School.
How diverse is Edgewood Middle School?
Edgewood Middle School reports a student body of 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgewood Middle School?
Edgewood Middle School is overseen by Wooster City in Wayne County.
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