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Enrollment
666
Middle
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH-WESTERN CITY·NCES 390448003794
Franklin Woods Intermediate School
1831 Finland Ave, Columbus, OH 43223 · (614) 801-8600 · Franklin County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL666 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
566 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 341 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 325 | 49% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
42.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.1pp since 2021
Math
38.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 37.9% |
| 2022-23 | 44.7% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 42.8% | 33.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Franklin Woods Intermediate School
Franklin Woods Intermediate School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Woods Intermediate School this school | 666 | 85.0% | 41.4% |
| Finland Middle School Columbus | 673 | 87.8% | 52.1% |
| Holt Crossing Intermediate School Grove City | 733 | 77.6% | 47.1% |
| Pleasant View Middle School Grove City | 651 | 81.1% | 51.3% |
| Galloway Ridge Intermediate School Galloway | 705 | 83.1% | 42.4% |
| Norton Middle School Columbus | 583 | 80.6% | 42.3% |
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 Franklin Woods Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #315 of 316 | #33 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #572 of 637 ▼ 8 | #51 of 64 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #549 of 637 ▼ 21 | #41 of 64 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #293 of 629 | #24 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 666 | #142 of 654 | #25 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #534 of 577 | #58 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #31 of 579 | #12 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #12 of 319 | #2 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #310 of 410 | #21 of 30 |
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
666
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 666 | 31 | 21.5:1 | 85% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 84% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 33.4 | 18.6:1 | 83% (517) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 30 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 35.8 | 19.7:1 | 82% (577) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 81% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 33 | 19.9:1 | 75% (489) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Woods Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (706 to 666); teachers down 13% (35.8 to 31).
About Franklin Woods Intermediate School
Franklin Woods Intermediate School is a public middle school run by South-Western City in Columbus, Ohio. The school counts 666 students across grades 5 through 6. The school's enrollment is 38% above the 482 average for middle schools in Ohio.
Franklin Woods Intermediate School belongs to South-Western City, a district of 33 schools and 21,873 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Franklin Woods Intermediate School, at 42%. Enrollment also includes 26% Black, 23% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Franklin County, the White share is about 59%. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 31 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.5:1. On average, middle schools in Ohio have 17.0:1, compared with 21.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Franklin County is 41%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 41.4%, is 15.3 points below the 56.7% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
Census estimates describe Franklin County this way: the median household income is $75,176, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Franklin County has 402 public schools and roughly 195,359 students.
The next-closest public school is Finland Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Franklin Woods Intermediate School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 50.0% on proficiency, and Franklin Woods Intermediate School is below that at 41.4%.
Locale data from NCES put Franklin Woods Intermediate School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 676 to 666, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.5:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South-Western City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Westland High SchoolHigh · 1,853 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Nearby schools
- Finland Middle School0.1 mi · 673
- Finland Elementary School0.2 mi · 371
- James A Harmon Elementary School0.4 mi · 589
- East Franklin Elementary School0.5 mi · 257
- Briggs High School1.2 mi · 956
- Lindbergh Elementary School1.3 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Woods Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Woods Intermediate School?
Franklin Woods Intermediate School enrolls approximately 666 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Franklin Woods Intermediate School serve?
Franklin Woods Intermediate School serves grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Franklin Woods Intermediate School?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at Franklin Woods Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at Franklin Woods Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Franklin Woods Intermediate School are roughly 42% White, 23% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Franklin Woods Intermediate School in?
Franklin Woods Intermediate School is part of South-Western City.
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