Dominion Middle School

Summary:

Dominion Middle School is a public middle school in Columbus, Ohio, serving 717 students in grades 6-8. As part of the Columbus City Schools District, which is ranked 679 out of 839 districts in Ohio, Dominion Middle School stands out with its diverse student population and strong academic performance.

Dominion Middle School consistently outperforms the district and state averages in various subject areas on the Ohio State Tests. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 63.4% of 8th-grade students at Dominion Middle School were proficient or better in Science, compared to 33.3% for the district and 62.1% for the state. The school also performs particularly well in certain student subgroups, such as Multi-racial students, English Language Learners, and Special Education students, ranking among the top schools in the state for these groups. This suggests that Dominion Middle School is effectively supporting the learning needs of its diverse student body.

While Dominion Middle School outperforms nearby schools within the Columbus City Schools District, such as Champion Middle School and Ridgeview Middle School, it lags behind high-performing schools in other districts, such as Jones Middle School in Upper Arlington and Larson Middle School in Grandview Heights. Additionally, Dominion Middle School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 25.8% in 2019-2020 to 67.9% in 2020-2021, which is much higher than the state average. Addressing this issue should be a priority for the school and district.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 100 E Arcadia Ave
       Columbus, OH  43202-2212


(614) 365-6020

District: Columbus City Schools District

SchoolDigger Rank:
554th of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools


Students who attend Dominion Middle School usually attend:

High:    Whetstone High School

Feeder schools for Dominion Middle School:

Elementary:    Clinton Elementary School
    Colerain Elementary School
    Como Elementary School
    Hubbard Elementary School
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Student/teacher ratio:  16.4 Help
Number of students:  717

Racial breakdown:

White:
47.4%
African American:
25.9%
Hispanic:
17.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  51.6% Help


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Compare Details Dominion Middle School ranks worse than 53% of middle schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dominion Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dominion Middle School 554th of 1046 Ohio public middle schools. (See Dominion Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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African American students:
Hispanic students:
White students:


Columbus City Schools District:

SchoolDigger ranks Columbus City Schools District 679th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dominion Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 70.33 133rd 400 66.8%
2005 41.61 480th 692 30.6%
2006 40.42 550th 732 24.9%
2007 44.56 584th 837 30.2%
2008 55.46 495th 835 40.7%
2009 52.13 555th 858 35.3%
2010 52.65 578th 895 35.4%
2011 46.93 647th 925 30.1%
2012 49.18 656th 989 33.7%
2013 46.42 684th 1001 31.7%
2014 57.63 580th 1008 42.5%
2015 48.29 621st 1035 40.0%
2016 61.69 461st 1050 56.1%
2017 55.22 551st 1038 46.9%
2018 58.03 484th 1010 52.1%
2019 56.91 523rd 1050 50.2%
2021 46.20 599th 1037 42.2%
2022 49.85 552nd 1017 45.7%
2023 47.23 608th 1048 42.0%
2024 52.36 554th 1046 47.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.65 103rd 205 49.8%
2019 53.94 103rd 206 50.0%
2021 37.77 141st 219 35.6%
2022 68.81 57th 239 76.2%
2023 67.67 64th 245 73.9%
2024 55.21 114th 254 55.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.06 32nd 107 70.1%
2019 45.29 67th 127 47.2%
2021 25.36 97th 134 27.6%
2022 43.66 57th 110 48.2%
2023 44.13 58th 113 48.7%
2024 65.86 23rd 123 81.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 42.26 300th 590 49.2%
2024 58.60 155th 563 72.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.48 193rd 924 79.1%
2019 73.03 226th 945 76.1%
2021 61.29 339th 923 63.3%
2022 65.02 296th 947 68.7%
2023 61.78 370th 974 62.0%
2024 64.42 349th 989 64.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.80 517th 897 42.4%
2019 54.23 505th 917 44.9%
2021 39.70 584th 910 35.8%
2022 44.55 551st 925 40.4%
2023 39.47 610th 943 35.3%
2024 46.56 555th 942 41.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.98 90th 643 86.0%
2019 65.88 134th 658 79.6%
2021 36.60 347th 576 39.8%
2022 36.01 358th 565 36.6%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.44 469th 521 10.0%
2019 57.91 77th 164 53.0%
2021 40.16 220th 274 19.7%
2022 47.92 165th 241 31.5%
2023 50.01 125th 173 27.7%
2024 54.75 118th 196 39.8%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Middle Schools for Gifted and Talented Students!

Rank History for Male students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.98 415th 916 54.7%
2019 54.27 481st 933 48.4%
2021 40.80 573rd 924 38.0%
2022 45.14 543rd 946 42.6%
2023 46.08 559th 963 42.0%
2024 49.83 526th 958 45.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.42 137th 384 64.3%
2019 46.20 204th 405 49.6%
2021 25.82 280th 385 27.3%
2022 32.32 261st 413 36.8%
2023 26.52 318th 436 27.1%
2024 41.28 221st 429 48.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.36 71st 192 63.0%
2019 61.69 71st 222 68.0%
2021 31.79 151st 228 33.8%
2022 42.25 143rd 247 42.1%
2023 35.92 164th 249 34.1%
2024 45.39 128th 239 46.4%
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Rank History for White students at Dominion Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.50 282nd 781 63.9%
2019 69.27 250th 796 68.6%
2021 55.26 366th 781 53.1%
2022 56.76 360th 809 55.5%
2023 61.18 327th 805 59.4%
2024 63.72 291st 795 63.4%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Dominion Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 206 177 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 383
1989 226 176 9 0 0 n/a n/a 0 411
1990 229 171 6 1 0 n/a n/a 0 407
1991 229 153 7 4 0 n/a n/a 0 393
1992 265 158 8 2 0 n/a n/a 0 433
1993 273 177 10 6 2 n/a n/a 0 468
1994 266 171 4 6 2 n/a n/a 0 449
1995 253 150 7 2 0 n/a n/a 0 412
1996 253 150 7 2 0 n/a n/a 0 412
1997 430 68 4 7 0 n/a n/a 0 509
1998 512 99 7 4 0 n/a n/a 0 622
1999 481 113 5 5 0 n/a n/a 0 604
2000 428 123 6 10 2 n/a n/a 0 569
2001 411 143 7 10 3 n/a n/a 0 574
2002 338 149 8 19 0 n/a n/a 0 514
2003 338 149 8 19 0 n/a n/a 0 514
2004 332 127 10 24 0 n/a n/a 0 493
2005 322 165 10 20 0 n/a n/a 3 520
2006 349 176 10 23 0 n/a n/a 1 559
2007 335 172 12 20 2 n/a n/a 12 553
2008 365 137 11 24 1 n/a n/a 12 550
2009 331 155 9 34 1 n/a n/a 22 552
2010 331 164 13 27 4 n/a n/a 27 566
2011 295 165 11 27 2 0 42 0 542
2012 306 150 13 30 3 0 43 0 545
2013 296 148 15 36 3 0 36 0 534
2014 289 121 20 30 2 0 31 0 493
2015 274 145 12 44 1 0 39 0 515
2016 307 172 10 49 1 0 54 0 593
2017 327 183 8 55 0 0 49 0 622
2018 353 153 10 47 1 0 54 0 618
2019 375 182 8 62 0 0 55 0 682
2020 386 184 9 87 0 0 65 0 731
2021 371 173 9 102 1 1 62 0 719
2022 349 191 10 114 1 0 56 0 721
2023 340 186 9 122 0 1 59 0 717

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dominion Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 383 26.0 14.7 0
1989 411 28.0 14.6 n/a
1990 407 27.0 15.0 n/a
1991 393 29.0 13.5 n/a
1992 433 29.0 14.9 35.3
1993 468 30.0 15.6 39.5
1994 449 31.0 14.5 40.1
1995 412 28.0 14.7 0
1996 412 28.0 14.7 0
1997 509 30.0 17.0 23.8
1998 622 32.0 19.4 16.4
1999 604 35.5 17.0 22.7
2000 569 36.0 15.8 27.9
2001 574 35.0 16.4 29.1
2002 514 35.0 14.7 39.1
2003 514 35.0 14.7 39.1
2004 493 31.0 15.9 38.5
2005 520 33.0 15.8 42
2006 559 32.0 17.5 42.1
2007 553 29.5 18.7 45.8
2008 550 28.5 19.3 n/a
2009 552 29.5 18.7 57
2010 566 33.5 16.9 53.8
2011 542 33.5 16.1 65.5
2012 545 34.5 15.7 57.1
2013 534 32.0 16.6 55.2
2014 493 32.0 15.4 49.3
2015 515 n/a n/a 59.4
2016 593 35.0 16.9 51.6
2017 622 39.0 15.9 n/a
2018 618 35.0 17.6 n/a
2019 682 39.0 17.4 n/a
2020 731 41.0 17.8 n/a
2021 719 42.0 17.1 n/a
2022 721 42.0 17.1 n/a
2023 717 43.7 16.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dominion Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 383 26.0 14.7 0
1989 411 28.0 14.6 n/a
1990 407 27.0 15.0 n/a
1991 393 29.0 13.5 n/a
1992 433 29.0 14.9 35.3
1993 468 30.0 15.6 39.5
1994 449 31.0 14.5 40.1
1995 412 28.0 14.7 0
1996 412 28.0 14.7 0
1997 509 30.0 17.0 23.8
1998 622 32.0 19.4 16.4
1999 604 35.5 17.0 22.7
2000 569 36.0 15.8 27.9
2001 574 35.0 16.4 29.1
2002 514 35.0 14.7 39.1
2003 514 35.0 14.7 39.1
2004 493 31.0 15.9 38.5
2005 520 33.0 15.8 42
2006 559 32.0 17.5 42.1
2007 553 29.5 18.7 45.8
2008 550 28.5 19.3 n/a
2009 552 29.5 18.7 57
2010 566 33.5 16.9 53.8
2011 542 33.5 16.1 65.5
2012 545 34.5 15.7 57.1
2013 534 32.0 16.6 55.2
2014 493 32.0 15.4 49.3
2015 515 n/a n/a 59.4
2016 593 35.0 16.9 51.6
2017 622 39.0 15.9 n/a
2018 618 35.0 17.6 n/a
2019 682 39.0 17.4 n/a
2020 731 41.0 17.8 n/a
2021 719 42.0 17.1 n/a
2022 721 42.0 17.1 n/a
2023 717 43.7 16.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Dominion Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $8,236
2022 $12,988
2023 $13,902

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dominion Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 523rd of 1050 Middle schoolsRanks 608th of 1048 Middle schools
 8.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Dominion Middle School)59.347.3
 12%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Columbus City Schools District)29.920
 9.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)60.150
 10.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Dominion Middle School)61.654
 7.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Columbus City Schools District)30.426.8
 3.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)56.155
 1.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Dominion Middle School)52.627.8
 24.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Columbus City Schools District)26.214.7
 11.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.547.6
 9.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Dominion Middle School)64.561.6
 2.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Columbus City Schools District)38.538.2
 0.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)67.764.8
 2.9%
8th Grade Science (Dominion Middle School)64.655.3
 9.3%
   8th Grade Science (Columbus City Schools District)40.535.8
 4.7%
   8th Grade Science (Ohio)68.264
 4.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Dominion Middle School)61.840.5
 21.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Columbus City Schools District)35.420.9
 14.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.346.4
 10.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Dominion Middle School)54.252.4
 1.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Columbus City Schools District)32.931.5
 1.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)58.357.5
 0.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students682717
 5.1%
African American182186
 2.2%
American Indian00
Asian89
 12.5%
Hispanic62122
 96.8%
Pacific Islander01
White375340
 9.3%
Two or More Races5559
 7.3%


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Students at Dominion Middle School are 47% White, 26% African American, 17% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Dominion Middle School usually go on to attend Whetstone High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 717 students attended Dominion Middle School.

Dominion Middle School ranks 554th of 1046 Ohio middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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