Galloway Ridge Intermediate School

Galloway Ridge Intermediate School operates as a mid-tier junior high in Galloway, Ohio, operated by South-Western City. Current enrollment sits at 705 students spanning grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Galloway Ridge Intermediate School sits 46% above that benchmark.

Across the 33 schools in South-Western City (21,873 students total), Galloway Ridge Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Galloway Ridge Intermediate School logs that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Franklin County's rate of about 41%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Galloway Ridge Intermediate School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.4%; actual is 42.4%, a gap of -15.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Galloway Ridge Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Westland High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Galloway Ridge Intermediate School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Galloway Ridge Intermediate School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 761 students in 2018 compared to 705 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 48% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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