Blendon Middle School
223 South Otterbein Ave
Westerville OH, 43081, Franklin County
Phone: 614-797-6400
Ranking: 
(330 out of 2,572, top 13%)*
(330 out of 2,572, top 13%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Westerville City School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 36 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 36 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 721 | 695 | 681 | 624 | 614 | 578 | 577 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 243 | 33.7% | 231 | 33.2% | 262 | 38.5% | 193 | 30.9% | 217 | 35.3% | 197 | 34.1% | 191 | 33.1% |
| Grade 7: | 234 | 32.5% | 260 | 37.4% | 194 | 28.5% | 216 | 34.6% | 208 | 33.9% | 192 | 33.2% | 188 | 32.6% |
| Grade 8: | 244 | 33.8% | 204 | 29.4% | 225 | 33.0% | 215 | 34.5% | 189 | 30.8% | 189 | 32.7% | 198 | 34.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 378 | 52.4% | 389 | 56.0% | 376 | 55.2% | 352 | 56.4% | 300 | 48.9% | 288 | 49.8% | 285 | 49.4% |
| Female: | 343 | 47.6% | 306 | 44.0% | 305 | 44.8% | 272 | 43.6% | 253 | 41.2% | 243 | 42.0% | 251 | 43.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 13 | 1.8% | 8 | 1.2% | 10 | 1.5% | 9 | 1.4% | 11 | 1.8% | 12 | 2.1% | 7 | 1.2% |
| Hispanic: | 32 | 4.4% | 28 | 4.0% | 29 | 4.3% | 28 | 4.5% | 14 | 2.3% | 10 | 1.7% | 6 | 1.0% |
| Black: | 140 | 19.4% | 107 | 15.4% | 114 | 16.7% | 122 | 19.6% | 107 | 17.4% | 104 | 18.0% | 98 | 17.0% |
| White: | 477 | 66.2% | 493 | 70.9% | 466 | 68.4% | 402 | 64.4% | 428 | 69.7% | 413 | 71.5% | 429 | 74.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 54 | 7.5% | 55 | 7.9% | 59 | 8.7% | 59 | 9.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 192 | 26.6% | 161 | 23.2% | 161 | 23.6% | 133 | 21.3% | 113 | 18.4% | 108 | 18.7% | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 30 | 4.2% | 24 | 3.5% | 30 | 4.4% | 38 | 6.1% | 39 | 6.4% | 27 | 4.7% | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.17 | 19.61 | 17.57 | 17.58 | 17.59 | 15.40 | 15.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| OAA | ||||||
| 2004 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66% | 72.1% | 65.6% |
| 2005 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75% | 71.6% | 62.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 75.9% | 68.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 78.5% | 74% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 82.8% | 76.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 81.9% | 75.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 93% | 84% | 77.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 84.9% | 77.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 86.4% | 79.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.0% | 84.5% | 74.7% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 70.6% | 64.6% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80% | 76.4% | 69.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 89.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 81.1% | 78% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 85.9% | 79.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 86.1% | 81.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 90.9% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.3% | 85.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 90.4% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 88.6% | 82.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 74.1% | 58.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 80.5% | 63.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 84% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 78.7% | 68.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 86.1% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 80.8% | 71.1% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 86.8% | 74.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 84.5% | 73.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.0% | 85.7% | 72.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 87.8% | 78.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 84.6% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 84.1% | 77.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 85.5% | 76.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88% | 86.4% | 80.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 84.4% | 77.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 86.8% | 79.5% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 88.3% | 81% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 86.6% | 81% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 86.8% | 85.7% |
| 2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 84.9% | 80.5% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 77.5% | 60.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 88% | 80.2% | 68.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 89% | 83.4% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 82.2% | 72.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 84.2% | 70.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 83.1% | 69.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 82.2% | 74.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 88.8% | 79.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 87.1% | 76.6% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 89.1% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 85.8% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 87.5% | 80% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 87.7% | 79.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 83.1% | 72.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 87.6% | 80.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 90.2% | 85.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.0% | 90.7% | 83% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 69.4% | 62% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 69.9% | 62.2% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 71.3% | 62.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 74.7% | 64.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 76.8% | 67.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 84.2% | 71.5% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 79.9% | 68.6% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 59.8% | 49% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 68.1% | 53.5% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 64.6% | 51.1% |
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* Blendon Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.