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Enrollment
705
Middle
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH-WESTERN CITY·NCES 390448003810
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School
122 Galloway Rd, Galloway, OH 43119 · (614) 801-8850 · Franklin County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
586 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 | 339 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 366 | 52% |
Student demographics
72%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
41.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
40.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 35.1% |
| 2022-23 | 42.2% | 34.8% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 31.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Galloway Ridge Intermediate School
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galloway Ridge Intermediate School this school | 705 | 83.1% | 42.4% |
| Norton Middle School Columbus | 583 | 80.6% | 42.3% |
| Pleasant View Middle School Grove City | 651 | 81.1% | 51.3% |
| Holt Crossing Intermediate School Grove City | 733 | 77.6% | 47.1% |
| Finland Middle School Columbus | 673 | 87.8% | 52.1% |
| Franklin Woods Intermediate School Columbus | 666 | 85.0% | 41.4% |
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 Galloway Ridge Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #313 of 316 | #31 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #561 of 637 ▲ 16 | #48 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #557 of 637 ▼ 17 | #43 of 64 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #244 of 629 | #20 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #122 of 654 | #22 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #347 of 577 | #42 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #13 of 579 | #5 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #13 of 319 | #3 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #284 of 410 | #16 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
705
-67 (-9%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 705 | 40.4 | 17.4:1 | 83% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 83% (595) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 40 | 18.3:1 | 74% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 34 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 40.9 | 18.6:1 | 74% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 37 | 18.4:1 | 71% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 71% (457) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galloway Ridge Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (761 to 705); teachers down 1% (40.9 to 40.4).
About Galloway Ridge Intermediate School
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School is a medium-sized middle school in Galloway, Ohio. The school reports 705 students in grades 5 through 6. The school's enrollment is 46% above the 482 average for middle schools in Ohio.
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School reports to South-Western City, which has 33 schools and 21,873 students.
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 37%. Smaller groups are 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 59% of Franklin County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Galloway Ridge Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School operates with 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.4:1. Middle schools in Ohio have a similar average ratio of 17.0:1. About 83% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Franklin County averages 41%, lower than here.
In Ohio, Galloway Ridge Intermediate School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.4% compared with a predicted 57.4%.
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School is located in Franklin County, where median household income is about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 402 public schools in Franklin County, with a combined enrollment of about 195,359.
Nearest public school: Westland High School, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Galloway Ridge Intermediate School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Galloway Ridge Intermediate School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 42.4% versus a 46.2% average.
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 705, 9% below the 772 of 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.7:1 in 2020-21 to 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Galloway
- Westland High SchoolHigh · 1,853 students
- Darby Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Alton Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Westland High School0.4 mi · 1,853
- Darby Woods Elementary School0.6 mi · 554
- Prairie Norton Elementary School0.6 mi · 510
- Norton Middle School0.7 mi · 583
- Prairie Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 515
- Stiles Elementary School1.5 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Galloway Ridge Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Galloway Ridge Intermediate School?
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Galloway Ridge Intermediate School serve?
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Galloway Ridge Intermediate School have?
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Galloway Ridge Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Galloway Ridge Intermediate School are roughly 37% White, 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Galloway Ridge Intermediate School in?
Galloway Ridge Intermediate School is part of South-Western City.
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