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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOUGHBY-EASTLAKE CITY·NCES 390451002012
Willoughby Middle School
5000 Shankland Rd, Willoughby, OH 44094 · (440) 975-3600 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
267 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 175 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 33% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
49.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
48.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.1% | 53.7% |
| 2021-22 | 49.9% | 45.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Willoughby Middle School
Willoughby Middle School's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby Middle School this school | 509 | 52.5% | 47.1% |
| Northmont Middle School Clayton | 716 | 50.6% | 67.1% |
| Streetsboro Middle School Streetsboro | 462 | 43.3% | 64.3% |
| Woodridge Middle School Peninsula | 415 | 61.4% | 67.3% |
| Blendon Middle School Westerville | 609 | 44.7% | 78.0% |
| Stanton Middle School Kent | 616 | 50.3% | 68.5% |
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 Willoughby Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #309 of 316 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #526 of 637 ▼ 11 | #10 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #511 of 637 ▼ 11 | #10 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #376 of 629 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #254 of 654 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #18 of 577 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #122 of 579 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #74 of 319 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #50 of 410 | #2 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
509
-84 (-14%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 509 | 45 | 11.3:1 | 52% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 40.5 | 12.7:1 | 49% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 43% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 43 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 43.5 | 15.2:1 | 37% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 728 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 39% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 915 | 56 | 16.3:1 | 32% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 866 | 48 | 18.0:1 | 18% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 32 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willoughby Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (663 to 509); teachers up 3% (43.5 to 45).
About Willoughby Middle School
Willoughby, Ohio, is home to Willoughby Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. Total enrollment is 509 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Willoughby-Eastlake City is the local district for Willoughby Middle School. It runs 13 schools with 6,861 students.
Of every 100 students at Willoughby Middle School, about 58 are White. The rest of enrollment is 28% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Lake County, the White share is about 86%. The diversity index for Willoughby Middle School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 45 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.3:1. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio is 5.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 52%. Among public schools in Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 69.0%. Willoughby Middle School posts 47.1%, 21.9 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Lake County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $80,925, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 65 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,899, Willoughby Middle School among them.
South High School is the nearest public school to Willoughby Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Willoughby Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Willoughby Middle School is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Willoughby Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (13.8:1).
The allk12 page for Willoughby Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Willoughby-Eastlake City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Royalview Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- School of InnovationMiddle · 448 students
Other schools in Willoughby
- South High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- School of InnovationMiddle · 448 students
- Northern Career InstituteHigh · 148 students
Nearby schools
- South High School0.2 mi · 995
- Edison Elementary School0.7 mi · 543
- Northern Career Institute1.1 mi · 148
- Longfellow Elementary School2.0 mi · 432
- Royalview Elementary School2.1 mi · 689
- Willowick Middle School2.1 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Willoughby Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Willoughby Middle School?
Willoughby Middle School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 06-08.
Is Willoughby Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willoughby Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Willoughby Middle School have?
Willoughby Middle School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Willoughby Middle School?
Willoughby Middle School reports a student body of 58% White, 4% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Willoughby Middle School?
Willoughby Middle School is overseen by Willoughby-Eastlake City in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.