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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at West Branch Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
627
Middle
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST BRANCH LOCAL·NCES 390483803235
West Branch Middle School
14409 Beloit Snodes Rd, Beloit, OH 44609 · (330) 938-4300 · Mahoning County
GRADES 03–07MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
349 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 3 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 135 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 21% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
West Branch Middle School→West Branch High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West Branch Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +15.2pp since 2021
Math
84.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +18.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 18 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.2% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.6% | 78.5% |
| 2022-23 | 60.2% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% 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 12 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 West Branch Middle School
West Branch Middle School's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Branch Middle School this school | 627 | 55.7% | 79.5% |
| Greenville Middle School Greenville | 658 | 58.4% | 60.2% |
| Mt Orab Middle School Mount Orab | 600 | 60.2% | 70.8% |
| West Muskingum Middle School Zanesville | 514 | 52.1% | 68.2% |
| Shelby Middle School Shelby | 474 | 56.8% | 72.6% |
| Hubbard Middle School Hubbard | 528 | 52.8% | 61.2% |
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 West Branch Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Mahoning County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #90 of 316 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #84 of 637 ▲ 63 | #5 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #150 of 637 ▲ 3 | #7 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.6pp | #12 of 629 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #165 of 654 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #218 of 577 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.5% | #531 of 579 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #62 of 319 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #181 of 410 | #5 of 8 |
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
627
+222 (+55%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 627 | 40.5 | 15.5:1 | 56% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 39.3 | 16.9:1 | 54% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 28.4 | 14.1:1 | 64% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 25 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 40.1 | 18.0:1 | 46% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 41 | 18.2:1 | 39% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 57% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 31% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 33 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Branch Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (721 to 627); teachers up 1% (40.1 to 40.5).
About West Branch Middle School
This page covers West Branch Middle School, a medium-sized middle school in Beloit, Ohio. Its 627 students are spread across grades 3 through 7. The typical figure for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students.
District-wide, West Branch Local has 5 schools and 1,735 students.
Most students at West Branch Middle School are White: 95% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 2% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Mahoning County is roughly 75% White. West Branch Middle School has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. That ratio is under the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at West Branch Middle School is 56%. That is 11 points above the 45% average for public schools in Mahoning County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 79.5%, is 11.8 points above the 67.8% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Ohio schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mahoning County show that median household income is about $56,942, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. West Branch Middle School is one of 77 public schools in Mahoning County, which together enroll about 27,927 students.
The closest public school, West Branch High School, is about 0.2 miles from West Branch Middle School. Within five miles are 6 other public schools.
For locale, NCES codes West Branch Middle School as Town: Fringe.
Federal counts for West Branch Middle School: 405 students in 2020-21, 627 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Mahoning County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,491
Census ACS
Median income
$56,942
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,927 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Branch Local
- West Branch High SchoolHigh · 634 students
- West Branch Early Learning CenterElementary · 374 students
- West Branch PreschoolElementary · 90 students
- West Branch Digital AcademyHigh · 10 students
- West Branch Intermediate SchoolCombined
Other schools in Beloit
- West Branch High SchoolHigh · 634 students
- West Branch Digital AcademyHigh · 10 students
- West Branch Intermediate SchoolCombined
Other West Branch Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named West Branch Middle. West Branch Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- West Branch Middle SchoolWest Branch, IA · 239 students
- West Branch Middle SchoolMorrisdale, PA · 191 students
Nearby schools
- West Branch High School0.2 mi · 634
- West Branch Digital Academy0.2 mi · 10
- Mckinley High School1.7 mi · 147
- West Branch Early Learning Center1.9 mi · 374
- B L Miller Elementary School2.3 mi · 213
- West Branch Preschool4.0 mi · 90
Frequently asked questions
About West Branch Middle SchoolHow large is West Branch Middle School?
West Branch Middle School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades 03-07.
What grades does West Branch Middle School serve?
West Branch Middle School serves grades 03-07.
How many students per teacher at West Branch Middle School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at West Branch Middle School.
How diverse is West Branch Middle School?
West Branch Middle School reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees West Branch Middle School?
West Branch Middle School is overseen by West Branch Local in Mahoning County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.