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Enrollment
540
Middle
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKOTA LOCAL·NCES 390461102437
Hopewell Junior School
8200 Cox Rd, West Chester, OH 45069 · (513) 777-2258 · Butler County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Ohio public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
24.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
206 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 7 | 262 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 278 | 51% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
73.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +8.6pp since 2021
Math
77.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 9 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 | 73.9% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 79.1% |
| 2022-23 | 74.1% | 70.2% |
| 2021-22 | 65.3% | 68.4% |
% 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Hopewell Junior School
Hopewell Junior School's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell Junior School this school | 540 | 38.1% | 76.4% |
| Mayfield Middle School Cleveland | 896 | 33.8% | 74.0% |
| Lakota Plains Junior School Liberty Township | 745 | 29.7% | 77.2% |
| Hilliard Memorial Middle School Hilliard | 797 | 37.5% | 72.0% |
| Genoa Middle School Westerville | 702 | 33.8% | 81.0% |
| Monroe Junior High School Monroe | 440 | 36.1% | 77.9% |
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 Hopewell Junior School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #118 of 316 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #162 of 637 ▼ 23 | #4 of 16 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #176 of 637 ▲ 2 | #5 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.9pp | #79 of 629 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #233 of 654 | #12 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #566 of 577 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #87 of 579 | #8 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #168 of 319 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #367 of 410 | #9 of 11 |
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
540
+61 (+13%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 540 | 22.1 | 24.4:1 | 38% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 18.7 | 25.1:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 20.2 | 25.0:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 21 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 22.9 | 24.2:1 | 20% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 24 | 23.9:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 26 | 23.6:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 5% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 40 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopewell Junior School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (555 to 540); teachers down 3% (22.9 to 22.1).
About Hopewell Junior School
Hopewell Junior School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in West Chester, Ohio, one of the schools in Lakota Local. The school enrolls 540 students, from grades 7 through 8.
District-wide, Lakota Local has 22 schools and 17,853 students.
White students make up a majority at Hopewell Junior School, at 56%. The remaining students are 16% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Butler County is about 76% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 24.4 students per teacher and 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 7.4 above the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 38%.
allk12 grades Hopewell Junior School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 74.4% for a school in Ohio with Hopewell Junior School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Hopewell Junior School posts 76.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Butler County, the median household income is $81,590, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Hopewell Junior School is one of 90 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Hopewell Junior School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Hopewell Early Childhood School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 76.7%, higher than Hopewell Junior School's 76.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 61 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 22.8:1 to 24.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Hopewell Junior School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
392,876
Census ACS
Median income
$81,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
59,107 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakota Local
- Lakota West High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Lakota East High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolElementary · 791 students
- Lakota Plains Junior SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Endeavor Elementary SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Hopewell Early Childhood SchoolElementary · 727 students
Other schools in West Chester
- Lakota West High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Hopewell Early Childhood SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Creekside Early Childhood SchoolElementary · 720 students
- Lakota Ridge Junior SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Adena Elementary SchoolElementary · 690 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
Nearby schools
- Hopewell Early Childhood School0.2 mi · 727
- Butler Tech Bioscience Center1.9 mi · 208
- Shawnee Early Childhood School2.0 mi · 630
- Adena Elementary School2.2 mi · 690
- Lakota East High School2.5 mi · 2,660
- Liberty Junior School2.7 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Hopewell Junior SchoolHow large is Hopewell Junior School?
Hopewell Junior School enrolls approximately 540 students in grades 07-08.
Is Hopewell Junior School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hopewell Junior School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Hopewell Junior School have?
Hopewell Junior School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Hopewell Junior School?
Student demographics at Hopewell Junior School are roughly 56% White, 9% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Hopewell Junior School in?
Hopewell Junior School is part of Lakota Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.