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Enrollment
660
Middle
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 390469602715
Gahanna East Middle School
730 Clotts Rd, Gahanna, OH 43230 · (614) 478-5550 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
18.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
136 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 212 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 219 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 35% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Gahanna East Middle School→Lincoln High School
Based on grade levels within Gahanna-Jefferson City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
82.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +7.9pp since 2021
Math
85.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.3% | 85.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 86.3% |
| 2022-23 | 77.9% | 81.6% |
| 2021-22 | 74.4% | 77.9% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Gahanna East Middle School
Gahanna East Middle School's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gahanna East Middle School this school | 660 | 20.6% | 81.0% |
| Copley-Fairlawn Middle School Copley | 850 | 26.2% | 81.4% |
| Liberty Junior School Liberty Township | 681 | 22.6% | 81.6% |
| Nordonia Middle School Northfield | 524 | 13.7% | 81.3% |
| Lee Eaton Intermediate School Northfield | 487 | 12.9% | 84.8% |
| Wyoming Middle School Wyoming | 626 | 11.2% | 87.0% |
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 Gahanna East Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #77 of 316 | #6 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #68 of 637 ▼ 13 | #6 of 64 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #72 of 637 ▲ 54 | #8 of 64 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #99 of 629 | #7 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #149 of 654 | #27 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #415 of 577 | #50 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #168 of 579 | #47 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.6% | #265 of 319 | #28 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.1% | #12 of 169 | #4 of 26 |
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
660
+40 (+6%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 660 | 35.5 | 18.6:1 | 21% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 33.5 | 19.0:1 | 15% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 34.5 | 18.6:1 | 13% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 33 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 30.1 | 15.9:1 | 15% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 15% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 12% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 37 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gahanna East Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (478 to 660); teachers up 18% (30.1 to 35.5).
About Gahanna East Middle School
Gahanna East Middle School is a medium-sized middle school located in Gahanna, Ohio. The student body numbers 660 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Ohio is about 482, so this school runs 37% above that.
The 13 schools of Gahanna-Jefferson City, including Gahanna East Middle School, enroll 8,290 students.
Gahanna East Middle School is 69% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Franklin County's population at about 59%. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Gahanna East Middle School counts 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.6 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.5 above the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. About 21% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 41% for public schools in Franklin County.
Gahanna East Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 85% of Ohio public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Gahanna East Middle School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (81.0% versus 81.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.
In the county around the school, Franklin County, the median household income is $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 402 public schools in Franklin County, enrolling about 195,359 students in all.
The shortest distance from Gahanna East Middle School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to High Point Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Gahanna East Middle School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Gahanna East Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 6% from its 2020-21 level of 620.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Gahanna-Jefferson City
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Blacklick Elementary SchoolElementary · 692 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other schools in Gahanna
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Goshen Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- High Point Elementary School0.2 mi · 555
- Gahanna- Jefferson Clark Hall1.4 mi · 176
- Jefferson Elementary School1.4 mi · 437
- Lincoln High School1.5 mi · 2,468
- Gahanna Lincoln High School - OLS1.5 mi · 15
- Chapelfield Elementary School1.8 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Gahanna East Middle SchoolHow large is Gahanna East Middle School?
Gahanna East Middle School enrolls approximately 660 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gahanna East Middle School serve?
Gahanna East Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Gahanna East Middle School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Gahanna East Middle School.
How diverse is Gahanna East Middle School?
Gahanna East Middle School reports a student body of 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Gahanna East Middle School?
Gahanna East Middle School is overseen by Gahanna-Jefferson City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.