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What's something Walnut Springs Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401960
Walnut Springs Middle School
888 E Walnut St, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-6700 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Ohio public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- 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
13.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
246 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 6 | 213 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 205 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 195 | 32% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
69.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +14.7pp since 2021
Math
60.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 15 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 | 69.4% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 57.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.5% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.7% | 55.8% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Walnut Springs Middle School
Walnut Springs Middle School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Springs Middle School this school | 613 | 40.1% | 67.5% |
| Heritage Middle School Westerville | 592 | 45.3% | 71.5% |
| Blendon Middle School Westerville | 609 | 44.7% | 78.0% |
| Gahanna South Middle School Gahanna | 653 | 33.1% | 70.5% |
| Genoa Middle School Westerville | 702 | 33.8% | 81.0% |
| Streetsboro Middle School Streetsboro | 462 | 43.3% | 64.3% |
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 Walnut Springs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #211 of 316 | #17 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #407 of 637 ▲ 40 | #29 of 64 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #245 of 637 ▲ 82 | #18 of 64 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.8pp | #63 of 629 | #6 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #175 of 654 | #32 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #95 of 577 | #10 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #60 of 579 | #21 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #165 of 319 | #18 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #17 of 410 | #2 of 30 |
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
613
-285 (-32%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 996
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 613 | 44.2 | 13.9:1 | 40% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 42.2 | 14.6:1 | 41% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 914 | 56.6 | 16.1:1 | 39% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 898 | 52 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 938 | 52.5 | 17.9:1 | 39% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 941 | 51 | 18.4:1 | 43% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 56 | 16.0:1 | 32% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 852 | 58 | 14.7:1 | 12% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 996 | 50 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Springs Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (938 to 613); teachers down 16% (52.5 to 44.2).
About Walnut Springs Middle School
Walnut Springs Middle School, located in Westerville, Ohio, is a medium-sized middle-grades school. A federal count lists 613 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Ohio) has about 482 students.
Walnut Springs Middle School reports to Westerville City, which has 24 schools and 14,589 students.
White students form the largest group at Walnut Springs Middle School, 48% of enrollment. Other groups make up 28% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 59% of Franklin County residents are White. By the diversity index, Walnut Springs Middle School comes in at 67%.
The school reports 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. The 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 40%. That is close to the 41% average for public schools in Franklin County.
The allk12 Grade for Walnut Springs Middle School is B-. Compared with Ohio public middle schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Walnut Springs Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 73.7%. Walnut Springs Middle School scores 67.5%, 6.1 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Franklin County show that median household income is about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walnut Springs Middle School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County, which together enroll about 195,359 students.
Mark Twain Elementary School is located about 0.3 miles from Walnut Springs Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Walnut Springs Middle School is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 613 was 32% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 898. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.3:1 to 13.9:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Blendon Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Blendon Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Mark Twain Elementary School0.3 mi · 398
- McVay Elementary School0.5 mi · 591
- Cherrington Elementary School0.7 mi · 338
- Westerville-North High School0.7 mi · 1,587
- Robert Frost Elementary School0.8 mi · 420
- Heritage Middle School1.0 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Springs Middle SchoolHow large is Walnut Springs Middle School?
Walnut Springs Middle School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Walnut Springs Middle School serve?
Walnut Springs Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walnut Springs Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walnut Springs Middle School is approximately 13.9:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walnut Springs Middle School?
At Walnut Springs Middle School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 9% Hispanic, 28% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Walnut Springs Middle School public or private?
Walnut Springs Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westerville City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.