Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

John C Dempsey Middle School, Delaware, OH

John C Dempsey Middle School is a public middle school in Delaware, part of Delaware City School District. It enrolled 1,278 students in 2024-25, with 18.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,278
Teachers (FTE): 71.0
Students per teacher: 18.0
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower than the district figure of 19.5. The Ohio average across schools is 17.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.0

District19.5

Ohio17.3

United States15.3

School details

Address: 599 Pennsylvania Ave, Delaware, OH 43015
Phone: (740)833-1800
District: Delaware City School District
County: Delaware County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 390438704530

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 417
Reduced-price lunch: 62
Free or reduced-price lunch: 47937.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Middle schools elsewhere in Delaware

Olentangy Berlin Middle School Olentangy Local School District
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School Buckeye Valley Local School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.