Enrollment
270
Middle
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHRIDGE LOCAL·NCES 390480304504
Northridge Middle School
6066 Johnstown Utica Rd, Johnstown, OH 43031 · (740) 967-6671 · Licking County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
251 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 95 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 33% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
63.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.5pp since 2021
Math
65.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +17.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.2% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 63.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.4% | 58.7% |
| 2021-22 | 57.7% | 47.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 10 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Northridge Middle School
Northridge Middle School's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northridge Middle School this school | 270 | 93.0% | 64.1% |
| Utica Middle School Utica | 349 | 92.6% | 65.5% |
| Madison-Plains Intermediate School London | 269 | 98.9% | 65.8% |
| New London Middle School New London | 204 | 98.5% | 55.1% |
| Fayetteville-Perry Middle School Fayetteville | 163 | 98.2% | 60.6% |
| Lakeview Middle School Cortland | 370 | 82.4% | 79.2% |
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 Northridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Licking County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #247 of 316 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #353 of 637 ▲ 23 | #12 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #343 of 637 ▼ 42 | #6 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.7pp | #31 of 629 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #522 of 654 | #14 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #19 of 577 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #425 of 579 | #10 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #7 of 319 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #369 of 410 | #7 of 7 |
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
270
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 270 | 23.8 | 11.3:1 | 93% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 19.6 | 14.0:1 | 84% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 14.3 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 16 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 16.7 | 16.6:1 | 32% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 27% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 23 | 15.8:1 | 19% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 11% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (277 to 270); teachers up 42% (16.7 to 23.8).
About Northridge Middle School
Northridge Middle School is a small middle school serving families in Johnstown, Ohio. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 270 students enrolled. Middle schools in Ohio have about 482 students on average; enrollment here is 44% lower.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Northridge Local totals 1,167 students.
Of every 100 students at Northridge Middle School, about 90 are White. The school is also 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
There are about 11.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Northridge Middle School, which has 23.8. Middle schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 93%. That is higher than the 43% average for public schools in Licking County.
Northridge Middle School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 10.4 points (64.1% versus 53.7%), a top-10% result in Ohio on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Licking County show that median household income comes to about $84,426, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 63, with about 29,815 students.
Northridge High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Northridge Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Northridge Middle School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Northridge Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (274) to 2024-25 (270). The school's ratio dropped from 17.1:1 to 11.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Licking County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,837
Census ACS
Median income
$84,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
29,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northridge Local
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 546 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 351 students
Other schools in Johnstown
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 546 students
- Johnstown High SchoolHigh · 488 students
- Johnstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Johnstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 412 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 351 students
- JOHNSTOWN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 273 students
Other Northridge Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Northridge Middle. Northridge Middle School is the 7th largest of the 7.
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLDayton, OH · 355 students
- Northridge MiddleCharlotte, NC · 1,014 students
- Northridge Middle SchoolMiddlebury, IN · 963 students
- Northridge Middle SchoolTuscaloosa, AL · 775 students
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLVAN BUREN, AR · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Northridge High School0.1 mi · 351
- Northridge Elementary0.2 mi · 546
- Johnstown Elementary School4.5 mi · 483
- Johnstown Middle School4.8 mi · 412
- JOHNSTOWN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL4.8 mi · 273
- Johnstown High School4.9 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Northridge Middle SchoolHow many students attend Northridge Middle School?
Northridge Middle School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades 06-08.
Is Northridge Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northridge Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Northridge Middle School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Northridge Middle School.
How diverse is Northridge Middle School?
Northridge Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Northridge Middle School?
Northridge Middle School is overseen by Northridge Local in Licking County.
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