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Enrollment
608
Middle
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 390469602716
Gahanna West Middle School
350 N Stygler Rd, Gahanna, OH 43230 · (614) 478-5570 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Ohio public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
- DThree-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
16.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
339 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 | 210 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 202 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 32% |
Student demographics
67%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 West 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
60.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.8pp since 2021
Math
64.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 64.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 61.6% |
| 2022-23 | 69.1% | 72.5% |
| 2021-22 | 65.2% | 66.2% |
% 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
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 West Middle School
Gahanna West Middle School's state test result (62.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gahanna West Middle School this school | 608 | 55.8% | 62.9% |
| Minerva Park Middle School Columbus | 753 | 60.7% | 59.6% |
| Weisenborn Junior High Huber Heights | 845 | 54.3% | 44.8% |
| Heritage Middle School Westerville | 592 | 45.3% | 71.5% |
| Walnut Springs Middle School Westerville | 613 | 40.1% | 67.5% |
| Blendon Middle School Westerville | 609 | 44.7% | 78.0% |
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 West Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #253 of 316 | #22 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #365 of 637 ▲ 35 | #26 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #386 of 637 ▲ 46 | #30 of 64 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #68 of 629 | #7 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #181 of 654 | #34 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #301 of 577 | #39 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #55 of 579 | #19 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.8% | #61 of 319 | #12 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #340 of 410 | #24 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
608
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 608 | 36.4 | 16.7:1 | 56% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 36.8 | 16.0:1 | 46% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 35.8 | 17.0:1 | 39% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 37 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 35.6 | 17.9:1 | 42% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 40% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 48% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 43 | 12.7:1 | 14% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 41 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gahanna West Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (636 to 608); teachers up 2% (35.6 to 36.4).
About Gahanna West Middle School
Gahanna West Middle School is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in Gahanna, Ohio. It enrolls 608 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That is 26% bigger than the average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
Within Gahanna-Jefferson City, Gahanna West Middle School is one of 13 schools. The district enrolls 8,290 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Gahanna West Middle School is White, with 43% of students. The next largest groups are 36% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 16 points below the 59% share among Franklin County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Classroom staffing at Gahanna West Middle School totals 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Ohio is similar, at 17.0:1. Federal data show 56% of students (339) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Franklin County, the average is 41%.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Gahanna West Middle School outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Gahanna West Middle School is 4.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 62.9% actual, 67.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
The county, Franklin County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $75,176 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Franklin County has 402 public schools with about 195,359 students, including Gahanna West Middle School.
The closest school to Gahanna West Middle School is Chapelfield Elementary School, located about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Gahanna West Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 624 (2020-21) to 608 (2024-25).
The Gahanna West Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other schools in Gahanna
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Goshen Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Chapelfield Elementary School0.1 mi · 409
- Royal Manor Elementary School0.4 mi · 423
- Jefferson Elementary School0.7 mi · 437
- Goshen Lane Elementary School1.1 mi · 464
- Gahanna- Jefferson Clark Hall1.3 mi · 176
- Lincoln High School1.4 mi · 2,468
Frequently asked questions
About Gahanna West Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gahanna West Middle School?
Gahanna West Middle School enrolls approximately 608 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gahanna West Middle School serve?
Gahanna West Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Gahanna West Middle School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Gahanna West Middle School.
How diverse is Gahanna West Middle School?
Gahanna West Middle School reports a student body of 43% White, 9% Hispanic, 36% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Gahanna West Middle School?
Gahanna West 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.