Enrollment
405
Middle
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST LOCAL·NCES 390499003743
Northwest Middle School
8614 Erie Ave NW, Canal Fulton, OH 44614 · (330) 854-3303 · Stark County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Ohio public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
162 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 5 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 141 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 29% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
83.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.2pp since 2021
Math
77.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -7.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 82.1% | 81.1% |
| 2022-23 | 86.1% | 85.7% |
| 2021-22 | 80.1% | 84.2% |
% 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
82.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% 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 Northwest Middle School
Northwest Middle School's state test result (82.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Middle School this school | 405 | 40.0% | 82.1% |
| Highland Middle School Marengo | 389 | 40.4% | 65.3% |
| Greeneview Middle School Jamestown | 440 | 40.2% | 69.8% |
| Champion Middle School Warren | 366 | 41.8% | 80.6% |
| Berkshire Middle School Burton | 388 | 37.4% | 66.7% |
| Liberty Union Middle School Baltimore | 381 | 36.2% | 67.9% |
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 Northwest Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #60 of 316 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #170 of 637 ▼ 55 | #6 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #64 of 637 ▼ 2 | #1 of 21 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #106 of 629 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #359 of 654 | #15 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #142 of 577 | #4 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.1% | #485 of 579 | #16 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #166 of 319 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #233 of 410 | #11 of 15 |
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
405
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 40% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 36% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 30% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 24.6 | 18.3:1 | 31% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 29% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 9% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (451 to 405); teachers up 14% (24.6 to 28).
About Northwest Middle School
Federal records list Northwest Middle School as a middle school in Canal Fulton, Ohio. It reports enrollment of 405 students in grades 5 through 8.
Northwest Local has 1,636 students spread across 4 schools.
White students are 93% of those enrolled at Northwest Middle School. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Stark County's population at about 85%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
On staff are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. Middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1, 2.6 more students per teacher than here. Northwest Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 40%.
Northwest Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Ohio public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Northwest Middle School is +8.4 points: 82.1% actual, 73.7% predicted.
For the population of Stark County, the median household earns about $67,934 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Northwest Middle School shares Stark County with 100 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Northwest High School is about 0.1 miles from Northwest Middle School. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Northwest Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 405 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 437. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.8:1 to 14.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to Northwest Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwest Local
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 480 students
- W. S. Stinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Northwest Primary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other schools in Canal Fulton
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 480 students
- W. S. Stinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Northwest Primary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other Northwest Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Northwest Middle. Northwest Middle School is the 12th largest of the 14.
- Northwest Middle SchoolMc Dermott, OH · 247 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolFlowood, MS · 1,352 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolCoralville, IA · 1,113 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolReading, PA · 821 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolKnoxville, TN · 798 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest High School0.1 mi · 480
- W. S. Stinson Elementary School0.3 mi · 384
- Northwest Primary School0.4 mi · 367
- Manchester Middle School3.4 mi · 275
- Nolley Elementary School4.1 mi · 527
- Manchester High School4.1 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northwest Middle School?
Northwest Middle School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades 05-08.
Is Northwest Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwest Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwest Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northwest Middle School is approximately 14.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwest Middle School?
At Northwest Middle School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Northwest Middle School public or private?
Northwest Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northwest Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.