1
Enrollment
592
Middle
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450404369
Heritage Middle School
390 N Spring Rd, Westerville, OH 43082 · (614) 797-6600 · Delaware County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Ohio public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- A+Three-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
13.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
268 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 198 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 214 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 30% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
67.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +10.7pp since 2021
Math
68.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +11.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.3% | 68.2% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 63.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.5% | 61.1% |
| 2021-22 | 56.6% | 56.3% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Heritage Middle School
Heritage Middle School's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Middle School this school | 592 | 45.3% | 71.5% |
| Blendon Middle School Westerville | 609 | 44.7% | 78.0% |
| Walnut Springs Middle School Westerville | 613 | 40.1% | 67.5% |
| Weisenborn Junior High Huber Heights | 845 | 54.3% | 44.8% |
| Northmont Middle School Clayton | 716 | 50.6% | 67.1% |
| Streetsboro Middle School Streetsboro | 462 | 43.3% | 64.3% |
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 Heritage Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #170 of 316 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #314 of 637 ▲ 65 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #282 of 637 ▼ 8 | #11 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.3pp | #39 of 629 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #196 of 654 | #12 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #85 of 577 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #61 of 579 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #125 of 319 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.2% | #8 of 410 | #1 of 9 |
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
592
-347 (-37%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,137
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 592 | 43.3 | 13.7:1 | 45% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 45.2 | 13.3:1 | 45% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 858 | 59.6 | 14.4:1 | 48% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 939 | 57 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 55.1 | 18.6:1 | 51% (527) |
| 2015-16 | 926 | 48 | 19.3:1 | 52% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 38% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 950 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 6% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 1,137 | 74 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (1,024 to 592); teachers down 21% (55.1 to 43.3).
About Heritage Middle School
Heritage Middle School sits in Westerville, Ohio, and is classified as a middle-grades school. It had 592 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
Westerville City has 14,589 students in 24 schools, and Heritage Middle School is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Heritage Middle School; the largest is White, at 49%. The school is also 26% Black, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Heritage Middle School scores 67%.
For every teacher at Heritage Middle School, there are about 13.7 students; the school has 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Ohio, 17.0:1, is higher. There are 268 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 45% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Delaware County is 20%.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Heritage Middle School outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Heritage Middle School scores 71.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 71.7%.
In the wider Delaware County area, the median household earns about $133,540 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Heritage Middle School shares Delaware County with 58 other public schools.
Robert Frost Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Heritage Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 939 to 592, a 37% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
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Other Heritage Middle schools
19 other US public schools in 13 states are named Heritage Middle. Heritage Middle School is the 14th largest of the 20.
- Heritage Middle SchoolPainesville, OH · 602 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolNewark, OH · 416 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 1,003 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJ · 994 students
- Heritage MiddleWake Forest, NC · 947 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Frost Elementary School0.2 mi · 420
- Westerville-North High School0.3 mi · 1,587
- Walnut Springs Middle School1.0 mi · 613
- Mark Twain Elementary School1.2 mi · 398
- Westerville Central High School1.3 mi · 1,485
- Alcott Elementary School1.4 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage Middle SchoolHow many students attend Heritage Middle School?
Heritage Middle School enrolls approximately 592 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Heritage Middle School serve?
Heritage Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Heritage Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Heritage Middle School.
How diverse is Heritage Middle School?
Heritage Middle School reports a student body of 49% White, 10% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Heritage Middle School?
Heritage Middle School is overseen by Westerville City in Delaware County.
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