Walnut Springs Middle School

Located at 888 E Walnut St, in Westerville, Ohio, Walnut Springs Middle School is a medium-sized junior high that teaches 613 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Westerville City. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Walnut Springs Middle School sits 27% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 24 schools in Westerville City (14,589 students total), Walnut Springs Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Walnut Springs Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, Walnut Springs Middle School lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Walnut Springs Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Walnut Springs Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.7%; this one delivers 67.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household income runs about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Walnut Springs Middle School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mark Twain Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walnut Springs Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walnut Springs Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 35%: 938 students in 2018 compared to 613 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 54% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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