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Enrollment
733
Middle
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH-WESTERN CITY·NCES 390448003796
Holt Crossing Intermediate School
2706 Holt Rd, Grove City, OH 43123 · (614) 801-8700 · Franklin County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
- DBeats 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
20.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
569 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 | 349 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 384 | 52% |
Student demographics
71%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
44.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.6pp since 2021
Math
45.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 41.1% |
| 2022-23 | 45.8% | 39.9% |
| 2021-22 | 50.9% | 43.5% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% 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 Holt Crossing Intermediate School
Holt Crossing Intermediate School's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Crossing Intermediate School this school | 733 | 77.6% | 47.1% |
| Franklin Woods Intermediate School Columbus | 666 | 85.0% | 41.4% |
| Finland Middle School Columbus | 673 | 87.8% | 52.1% |
| Pleasant View Middle School Grove City | 651 | 81.1% | 51.3% |
| Norton Middle School Columbus | 583 | 80.6% | 42.3% |
| Galloway Ridge Intermediate School Galloway | 705 | 83.1% | 42.4% |
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 Holt Crossing Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #310 of 316 | #29 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #543 of 637 ▲ 9 | #44 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #543 of 637 ▼ 58 | #40 of 64 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #84 of 629 | #8 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #106 of 654 | #17 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #510 of 577 | #57 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #21 of 579 | #9 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #18 of 319 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #380 of 410 | #27 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
733
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 733 | 35.7 | 20.5:1 | 78% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 36.7 | 19.9:1 | 73% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 36.7 | 18.9:1 | 66% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 33 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 39.3 | 19.0:1 | 71% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 72% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 36 | 19.5:1 | 58% (404) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holt Crossing Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (747 to 733); teachers down 9% (39.3 to 35.7).
About Holt Crossing Intermediate School
A large middle school in Grove City, Ohio, Holt Crossing Intermediate School is part of South-Western City. It had 733 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 6. Middle schools in Ohio average about 482 students, which makes this school 52% larger than average.
Holt Crossing Intermediate School falls under South-Western City, which has 33 schools enrolling 21,873 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Holt Crossing Intermediate School is White, with 40% of students. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 24% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 59% White. The diversity index for Holt Crossing Intermediate School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Holt Crossing Intermediate School totals 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1. The average for middle schools in Ohio, 17.0:1, is lower. Federal data show 78% of students (569) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Franklin County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
Holt Crossing Intermediate School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Ohio public middle schools.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Holt Crossing Intermediate School scores 12.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.1%; the prediction is 59.5%.
In Franklin County, the median household earns about $75,176 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Franklin County has 402 public schools with about 195,359 students, including Holt Crossing Intermediate School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bolton Crossing Elementary, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Holt Crossing Intermediate School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
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.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 723 in 2020-21 and 733 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.5:1) than in 2020-21 (21.9:1).
The discussion board for Holt Crossing Intermediate School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 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
- Bolton Crossing ElementaryElementary · 717 students
Other schools in Grove City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Beulah Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Park Street Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Bolton Crossing Elementary0.1 mi · 717
- Pleasant View Middle School0.2 mi · 651
- Central Crossing High School0.3 mi · 1,674
- Beulah Park Middle School1.1 mi · 710
- Park Street Intermediate School2.1 mi · 667
- Richard Avenue Elementary School2.1 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Holt Crossing Intermediate School?
Holt Crossing Intermediate School enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Holt Crossing Intermediate School serve?
Holt Crossing Intermediate School serves grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Holt Crossing Intermediate School have?
Holt Crossing Intermediate School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
How diverse is Holt Crossing Intermediate School?
Holt Crossing Intermediate School reports a student body of 40% White, 26% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Holt Crossing Intermediate School?
Holt Crossing Intermediate School is overseen by South-Western City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.