Creekside Middle School

Summary:

Creekside Middle School is a public middle school located in Fairfield, Ohio, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,126 students. The school is part of the Fairfield City School District, which is ranked 393 out of 839 districts in Ohio and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Creekside Middle School has shown strong academic performance, particularly in 8th grade science and Algebra I. In 2023-2024, 70.7% of 8th graders were proficient or better in science, outperforming the Fairfield City and Ohio state averages. Additionally, 100% of Creekside students were proficient or better in Algebra I, significantly higher than the Fairfield City and Ohio state averages. The school has also performed well for certain student subgroups, such as African American students and gifted and talented students, ranking 74th out of 429 Ohio middle schools for African American students and 81st out of 196 Ohio middle schools for gifted and talented students.

However, Creekside Middle School has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 6.4% in 2019-2020 to 30.1% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, while Creekside outperforms nearby schools like Mt Healthy Junior High School and Crossroads Middle School in academic metrics, it lags behind higher-performing schools like Lakota Plains Junior School and Ross Middle School.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1111 Nilles Rd
       Fairfield, OH  45014-2909


(513) 829-4433

District: Fairfield City

SchoolDigger Rank:
499th of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,283 Help


Students who attend Creekside Middle School usually attend:

High:    Fairfield High School

Feeder schools for Creekside Middle School:

Elementary:    Fairfield Central Elementary School
    Fairfield South Elementary School
    Fairfield West Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2 Help
Number of students:  1,113

Racial breakdown:

White:
41.8%
African American:
22.5%
Hispanic:
21.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  63% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Creekside Middle School ranks better than 52.3% of middle schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.68. (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.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Creekside Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (41.8%), African American (22.5%), Hispanic (21.2%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Creekside Middle School is 18.2. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Creekside Middle School is $10,283.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Creekside Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Creekside Middle School 499th of 1046 Ohio public middle schools. (See Creekside Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Fairfield City:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairfield City 393rd of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Creekside Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 71.83 192nd 692 72.3%
2006 74.58 172nd 732 76.5%
2007 75.09 203rd 837 75.7%
2008 74.45 209th 835 75.0%
2009 72.10 266th 858 69.0%
2010 72.62 268th 895 70.1%
2011 69.52 349th 925 62.3%
2012 65.98 446th 989 54.9%
2013 64.79 476th 1001 52.4%
2014 67.69 394th 1008 60.9%
2015 68.09 351st 1035 66.1%
2016 67.39 372nd 1050 64.6%
2017 61.84 466th 1038 55.1%
2018 52.24 564th 1010 44.2%
2019 51.29 596th 1050 43.2%
2021 60.05 461st 1037 55.5%
2022 60.14 435th 1017 57.2%
2023 55.74 526th 1048 49.8%
2024 57.68 499th 1046 52.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.36 132nd 205 35.6%
2019 46.70 118th 206 42.7%
2021 59.39 84th 219 61.6%
2022 68.72 58th 239 75.7%
2023 54.02 112th 245 54.3%
2024 47.94 132nd 254 48.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.34 63rd 107 41.1%
2019 39.67 70th 127 44.9%
2021 51.00 53rd 134 60.4%
2022 42.05 62nd 110 43.6%
2023 36.06 71st 113 37.2%
2024 52.56 43rd 123 65.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 29.26 444th 590 24.7%
2024 32.58 377th 563 33.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.69 547th 924 40.8%
2019 48.06 564th 945 40.3%
2021 59.76 354th 923 61.6%
2022 62.29 331st 947 65.0%
2023 50.68 499th 974 48.8%
2024 54.22 466th 989 52.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.51 495th 897 44.8%
2019 52.17 532nd 917 42.0%
2021 54.60 453rd 910 50.2%
2022 55.46 453rd 925 51.0%
2023 50.38 527th 943 44.1%
2024 55.21 467th 942 50.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.88 469th 643 27.1%
2019 38.07 421st 658 36.0%
2021 31.06 410th 576 28.8%
2022 37.91 337th 565 40.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.96 270th 521 48.2%
2021 67.89 69th 274 74.8%
2022 66.91 63rd 241 73.9%
2024 63.11 81st 196 58.7%
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Rank History for Foster Care students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.64 19th 25 24.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.67 565th 916 38.3%
2019 46.70 577th 933 38.2%
2021 56.25 431st 924 53.4%
2022 55.83 429th 946 54.7%
2023 52.66 493rd 963 48.8%
2024 51.78 502nd 958 47.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.77 60th 73 17.8%
2019 36.72 44th 66 33.3%
2021 39.06 49th 69 29.0%
2022 29.62 53rd 67 20.9%
2023 33.43 48th 67 28.4%
2024 32.20 53rd 76 30.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.87 96th 384 75.0%
2019 71.49 85th 405 79.0%
2021 77.18 50th 385 87.0%
2022 75.49 66th 413 84.0%
2023 65.53 106th 436 75.7%
2024 73.01 74th 429 82.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.39 150th 192 21.9%
2019 29.16 166th 222 25.2%
2021 50.12 113th 228 50.4%
2022 40.13 152nd 247 38.5%
2023 35.82 165th 249 33.7%
2024 41.64 139th 239 41.8%
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Rank History for White students at Creekside Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.74 441st 781 43.5%
2019 45.38 478th 796 39.9%
2021 53.81 383rd 781 51.0%
2022 59.35 334th 809 58.7%
2023 59.77 340th 805 57.8%
2024 63.66 292nd 795 63.3%
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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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Enrollment information for Creekside Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1581 37 20 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1644
1989 1588 43 14 3 7 n/a n/a 0 1655
1990 1688 43 11 7 15 n/a n/a 0 1764
1991 1793 62 14 4 13 n/a n/a 0 1886
1992 1860 78 24 10 12 n/a n/a 0 1984
1993 1879 88 31 9 9 n/a n/a 0 2016
1994 1859 83 41 18 4 n/a n/a 0 2005
1995 1873 94 43 17 3 n/a n/a 0 2030
1996 1873 94 43 17 3 n/a n/a 0 2030
1997 1894 97 32 12 3 n/a n/a 0 2038
1998 1273 70 22 10 2 n/a n/a 0 1377
1999 1280 63 14 10 1 n/a n/a 0 1368
2000 1284 85 15 14 1 n/a n/a 0 1399
2001 1248 94 22 20 3 n/a n/a 0 1387
2002 1291 115 25 24 0 n/a n/a 31 1486
2003 1291 115 25 24 0 n/a n/a 31 1486
2004 1315 148 29 29 0 n/a n/a 39 1560
2005 1268 182 20 42 0 n/a n/a 47 1559
2006 1215 198 18 30 1 n/a n/a 55 1517
2007 1209 194 19 44 1 n/a n/a 51 1518
2008 1183 182 27 55 2 n/a n/a 59 1508
2009 1215 198 36 58 4 n/a n/a 59 1570
2010 1154 231 28 64 1 n/a n/a 70 1548
2011 1129 226 30 75 3 0 75 0 1538
2012 1145 232 34 87 5 0 91 0 1594
2013 1088 233 38 81 3 1 83 0 1527
2014 1090 242 41 93 2 0 93 0 1561
2015 1045 264 39 122 3 1 93 0 1567
2016 989 273 41 126 2 1 81 0 1513
2017 997 284 46 147 3 3 80 0 1560
2018 760 187 48 143 3 0 66 0 1207
2019 684 205 53 150 2 0 69 0 1163
2020 690 221 60 167 1 1 71 0 1211
2021 671 212 59 180 0 0 67 0 1189
2022 619 231 78 197 0 0 64 0 1189
2023 536 233 78 193 1 2 83 0 1126
2024 465 250 77 236 0 3 82 0 1113

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 Creekside Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1644 87.0 18.8 0
1989 1655 88.0 18.8 n/a
1990 1764 90.2 19.5 n/a
1991 1886 94.5 19.9 n/a
1992 1984 100.1 19.8 4.2
1993 2016 109.2 18.5 5.9
1994 2005 108.7 18.4 7.2
1995 2030 101.3 20.0 7.6
1996 2030 101.3 20.0 7.6
1997 2038 101.3 20.1 7.4
1998 1377 73.5 18.7 5.3
1999 1368 74.6 18.3 7.9
2000 1399 81.7 17.1 7.7
2001 1387 83.3 16.7 7.9
2002 1486 84.1 17.7 10.5
2003 1486 84.1 17.7 10.5
2004 1560 84.5 18.5 12.3
2005 1559 86.4 18.0 14.2
2006 1517 88.6 17.1 20
2007 1518 102.3 14.8 22.3
2008 1508 89.4 16.9 n/a
2009 1570 89.9 17.5 18.7
2010 1548 90.4 17.1 27.9
2011 1538 82.4 18.6 29.4
2012 1594 88.1 18.0 31.4
2013 1527 83.1 18.3 31.8
2014 1561 85.2 18.3 34.3
2015 1567 n/a n/a 37.6
2016 1513 81.0 18.6 36.8
2017 1560 80.7 19.3 37.9
2018 1207 67.7 17.8 46.5
2019 1163 67.7 17.1 55.7
2020 1211 60.1 20.1 51.4
2021 1189 58.6 20.2 n/a
2022 1189 58.3 20.3 n/a
2023 1126 59.3 18.9 52.1
2024 1113 60.8 18.2 63

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 Creekside Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1644 87.0 18.8 0
1989 1655 88.0 18.8 n/a
1990 1764 90.2 19.5 n/a
1991 1886 94.5 19.9 n/a
1992 1984 100.1 19.8 4.2
1993 2016 109.2 18.5 5.9
1994 2005 108.7 18.4 7.2
1995 2030 101.3 20.0 7.6
1996 2030 101.3 20.0 7.6
1997 2038 101.3 20.1 7.4
1998 1377 73.5 18.7 5.3
1999 1368 74.6 18.3 7.9
2000 1399 81.7 17.1 7.7
2001 1387 83.3 16.7 7.9
2002 1486 84.1 17.7 10.5
2003 1486 84.1 17.7 10.5
2004 1560 84.5 18.5 12.3
2005 1559 86.4 18.0 14.2
2006 1517 88.6 17.1 20
2007 1518 102.3 14.8 22.3
2008 1508 89.4 16.9 n/a
2009 1570 89.9 17.5 18.7
2010 1548 90.4 17.1 27.9
2011 1538 82.4 18.6 29.4
2012 1594 88.1 18.0 31.4
2013 1527 83.1 18.3 31.8
2014 1561 85.2 18.3 34.3
2015 1567 n/a n/a 37.6
2016 1513 81.0 18.6 36.8
2017 1560 80.7 19.3 37.9
2018 1207 67.7 17.8 46.5
2019 1163 67.7 17.1 55.7
2020 1211 60.1 20.1 51.4
2021 1189 58.6 20.2 n/a
2022 1189 58.3 20.3 n/a
2023 1126 59.3 18.9 52.1
2024 1113 60.8 18.2 63

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Creekside Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $6,600
2022 $9,678
2023 $10,424
2024 $10,283

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Creekside Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 596th of 1050 Middle schoolsRanks 526th of 1048 Middle schools
 6.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Creekside Middle School)56.252
 4.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield City)58.550.7
 7.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)60.150
 10.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Creekside Middle School)53.648.1
 5.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Fairfield City)54.552.1
 2.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)56.155
 1.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Creekside Middle School)49.239.7
 9.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield City)52.340.5
 11.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.547.6
 9.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Creekside Middle School)6367
 4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Fairfield City)66.168.7
 2.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)67.764.8
 2.9%
8th Grade Science (Creekside Middle School)71.771
 0.7%
   8th Grade Science (Fairfield City)69.969.1
 0.8%
   8th Grade Science (Ohio)68.264
 4.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Creekside Middle School)45.842.6
 3.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fairfield City)4840.5
 7.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.346.4
 10.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Creekside Middle School)54.557.7
 3.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Fairfield City)57.257.7
 0.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)58.357.5
 0.8%
End of Course Algebra I (Creekside Middle School)97.597.6
 0.1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Fairfield City)63.249.6
 13.6%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students11631126
 3.2%
African American205233
 13.7%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian5378
 47.2%
Hispanic150193
 28.7%
Pacific Islander02
White684536
 21.6%
Two or More Races6983
 20.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients55.7%52.1%
 3.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Creekside Middle School

Creekside Middle School ranks 499th of 1046 Ohio middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Creekside Middle School usually go on to attend Fairfield High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,113 students attended Creekside Middle School.

Students at Creekside Middle School are 42% White, 22% African American, 21% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 7% Asian.


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