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How has Lakota Ridge Junior School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
695
Middle
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKOTA LOCAL·NCES 390461100806
Lakota Ridge Junior School
6199 Beckett Ridge Blvd, West Chester, OH 45069 · (513) 777-0552 · Butler County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
24.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
288 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 | 351 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 343 | 49% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
69%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
66.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.7pp since 2021
Math
73.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.3% | 73.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 69.2% |
| 2022-23 | 69.8% | 66.1% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 67.6% |
% 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Lakota Ridge Junior School
Lakota Ridge Junior School's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakota Ridge Junior School this school | 695 | 41.4% | 69.2% |
| Ann Simpson Davis Middle School Dublin | 890 | 44.5% | 66.2% |
| Perry Middle School Worthington | 528 | 44.7% | 66.3% |
| Hilliard Station Sixth Grade Elementary School Hilliard | 763 | 41.3% | 71.0% |
| Hilliard Memorial Middle School Hilliard | 797 | 37.5% | 72.0% |
| Heritage Middle School Westerville | 592 | 45.3% | 71.5% |
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 Lakota Ridge Junior School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #197 of 316 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #235 of 637 ▲ 62 | #7 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #300 of 637 ▲ 8 | #8 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #341 of 629 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #129 of 654 | #7 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #565 of 577 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #37 of 579 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #151 of 319 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.9% | #41 of 169 | N/A |
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
695
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 27.0:1
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 | 695 | 28.5 | 24.4:1 | 41% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 26 | 26.4:1 | 44% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 25.7 | 26.4:1 | 29% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 24 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 23 | 25.0:1 | 27% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 21 | 27.3:1 | 30% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 28 | 21.4:1 | 32% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 797 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 1% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakota Ridge Junior School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (575 to 695); teachers up 24% (23 to 28.5).
About Lakota Ridge Junior School
Lakota Ridge Junior School is the name of a medium-sized middle school in West Chester, Ohio. The school had 695 students in grades 7 through 9 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Ohio is about 482, so this school runs 44% larger than that.
Lakota Local enrolls 17,853 students in 22 schools, including Lakota Ridge Junior School.
Lakota Ridge Junior School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 48%. Other reported shares: 20% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 76% White among all Butler County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1 at Lakota Ridge Junior School, with 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 7.3 above the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 41%. That tracks the 42% average for public schools in Butler County.
Measured against Ohio public middle schools, Lakota Ridge Junior School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lakota Ridge Junior School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.2%; the prediction is 73.2%.
Across Butler County, the median household income is $81,590, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Butler County is home to 90 public schools and about 59,107 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Freedom Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lakota Ridge Junior School. Its average proficiency rate of 69.2% is below the 73.1% average for nearby schools.
Lakota Ridge Junior School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment grew 7% from its 2020-21 level of 649. Its ratio of students to teachers was 27.0:1 in 2020-21, and 24.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Adena Elementary SchoolElementary · 690 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom Elementary School0.4 mi · 682
- Butler Tech Bioscience Center0.9 mi · 208
- Lakota West High School1.2 mi · 2,968
- Union Elementary School1.2 mi · 682
- Creekside Early Childhood School2.4 mi · 720
- Lakota Central2.4 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Lakota Ridge Junior SchoolHow many students attend Lakota Ridge Junior School?
Lakota Ridge Junior School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 07-09.
Is Lakota Ridge Junior School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakota Ridge Junior School is a middle school covering grades 07-09.
How many students per teacher at Lakota Ridge Junior School?
Approximately 24.4:1 students per teacher at Lakota Ridge Junior School.
How diverse is Lakota Ridge Junior School?
Lakota Ridge Junior School reports a student body of 48% White, 17% Hispanic, 20% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakota Ridge Junior School?
Lakota Ridge Junior School is overseen by Lakota Local in Butler County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.