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Enrollment
606
Middle
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WADSWORTH CITY·NCES 391002901891
Wadsworth Middle School
150 Silvercreek Rd, Wadsworth, OH 44281 · (330) 335-1410 · Medina County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
187 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 298 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 308 | 51% |
Student demographics
17%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wadsworth Middle School→Wadsworth High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wadsworth City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
84.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.6pp since 2021
Math
81.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.5% | 81.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 81.7% |
| 2022-23 | 83.7% | 79.7% |
| 2021-22 | 80.9% | 76.3% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Wadsworth Middle School
Wadsworth Middle School's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadsworth Middle School this school | 606 | 30.9% | 82.0% |
| Central Intermediate School Wadsworth | 606 | 32.2% | 77.9% |
| Taylor Middle School Cleves | 599 | 33.4% | 72.7% |
| Ross Middle School Hamilton | 628 | 29.8% | 75.8% |
| Eastern Elementary School Lexington | 504 | 33.5% | 81.9% |
| Buckeye Valley Local Middle School Delaware | 612 | 24.2% | 72.8% |
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 Wadsworth Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Medina County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #61 of 316 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #111 of 637 ▼ 3 | #4 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #54 of 637 ▲ 37 | #2 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #217 of 629 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #185 of 654 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #246 of 577 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #441 of 579 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #211 of 319 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #209 of 410 | #5 of 6 |
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
606
-85 (-12%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 798
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 606 | 38.3 | 15.8:1 | 31% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 42.5 | 14.9:1 | 29% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 41.8 | 16.0:1 | 21% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 41 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 39.2 | 17.4:1 | 22% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 36 | 21.3:1 | 22% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 39 | 20.1:1 | 23% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 14% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 798 | 35 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wadsworth Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (683 to 606); teachers down 2% (39.2 to 38.3).
About Wadsworth Middle School
Wadsworth, Ohio, is home to Wadsworth Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. Classes run from 7 through 8, and the school has 606 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students.
Wadsworth Middle School is part of a district of 10 schools: Wadsworth City, with 4,275 students.
Wadsworth Middle School's enrollment is 91% White. The school is also 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Medina County is about 92% White. Wadsworth Middle School's diversity index is 17%, against a US figure of 70%.
Wadsworth Middle School operates with 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.8:1. On average, middle schools in Ohio have 17.0:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. Wadsworth Middle School reports 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On BeatsExpectations, Wadsworth Middle School is 4.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Across Medina County, the median household income is $94,968, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. In all, Medina County has 49 public schools and roughly 25,243 students.
The closest public school, Wadsworth High School, is about 0.2 miles from Wadsworth Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 78.0%; Wadsworth Middle School's is 82.0%, ranking 2nd of 7.
Wadsworth Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Wadsworth Middle School's enrollment declined from 691 in 2020-21 to 606 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.9:1 to 15.8:1.
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Medina County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,660
Census ACS
Median income
$94,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
25,243 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wadsworth City
- Wadsworth High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Overlook Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other schools in Wadsworth
- Wadsworth High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Overlook Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
Nearby schools
- Wadsworth High School0.2 mi · 1,540
- Overlook Elementary School0.4 mi · 390
- Wadsworth City School District Online Academy0.5 mi · 4
- Grizzly Academy0.5 mi · 28
- Franklin Elementary School1.1 mi · 245
- Central Intermediate School1.1 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Wadsworth Middle SchoolHow many students attend Wadsworth Middle School?
Wadsworth Middle School enrolls approximately 606 students in grades 07-08.
Is Wadsworth Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wadsworth Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wadsworth Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wadsworth Middle School is approximately 15.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wadsworth Middle School?
Wadsworth Middle School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wadsworth Middle School?
Wadsworth Middle School is overseen by Wadsworth City in Medina County.
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