John C Dempsey Middle School
Delaware, OH · Middle School · Grades 6-8
John C Dempsey Middle School is a middle school in Delaware, OH with 1,247 students enrolled and a 67% proficiency rate. Part of Delaware City. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
John C Dempsey Middle School is a middle school located in Delaware, Ohio. The school serves 1,247 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 67% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
John C Dempsey Middle School is part of the Delaware City in Ohio.
How This School Compares
John C Dempsey Middle School has 1,247 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Delaware City (799 students). Its 67% proficiency rate is 8 percentage points above the district average of 59%. Compared to the Ohio state average of 53%, the school performs 14 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
John C Dempsey Middle School has 1,247 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 67% of students at John C Dempsey Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
John C Dempsey Middle School is part of the Delaware City in Delaware, Ohio. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.