West Geauga Middle School

Located at 8611 Cedar Rd, in Chesterland, Ohio, West Geauga Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that hosts 493 students (grades 6 through 8), run under West Geauga Local.

West Geauga Local runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,969 students. West Geauga Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, West Geauga Middle School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Geauga County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, West Geauga Middle School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, West Geauga Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 91.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Geauga County put the typical household earns roughly $107,860 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Geauga County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,939 students), West Geauga Middle School is one campus in the mix.

West Geauga High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around West Geauga Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Geauga Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 90.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. West Geauga Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 493). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 83% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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