Willowick Middle School

Willowick Middle School is a junior high of cozy scale in Willowick, Ohio, part of Willoughby-Eastlake City, enrolling 404 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 13 schools in Willoughby-Eastlake City (6,861 students total), Willowick Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Willowick Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder reads as 19% Black, 12% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Willowick Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lake County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Willowick Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.9%; this one comes in at 48.7%, -16.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household income runs about $80,925, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Willowick Middle School is one of 65 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students).

Royalview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willowick Middle School. On composite proficiency, Willowick Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

Willowick Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Willowick Middle School's enrollment has declined 25% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 404). The White share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.