Willard Grizzell Middle School

Set in Dublin, Ohio, Willard Grizzell Middle School is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Dublin City. It instructs 683 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 42% larger than typical.

Willard Grizzell Middle School is one of 23 schools operated by Dublin City, a district that instructs 16,967 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Willard Grizzell Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Asian, 7% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Willard Grizzell Middle School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Delaware County's rate of about 20%.

With demographic context factored in, Willard Grizzell Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 86.8%, the actual is 88.7%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Delaware County) reports that median household income runs about $133,540, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Willard Grizzell Middle School is one of 59 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students).

The closest other public school is Deer Run Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Willard Grizzell Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 88.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Willard Grizzell Middle School's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 871 (now 683). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 38.7:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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