Middle Schools in Dublin City

Dublin City, Ohio has five middle schools — Ann Simpson Davis Middle School, Henry Karrer Middle School, Eversole Run Middle School, John Sells Middle School, and Willard Grizzell Middle School — all serving grades 6–8 and together enrolling 4,010 students, with school sizes ranging from 683 to 890. The Dublin City district is rated 145th of 773 Ohio districts (81st percentile, 4 stars). At the school level the ratings split cleanly: three schools hold 5 stars and two hold 3 stars.

Willard Grizzell is the benchmark, the smallest school at 683 students yet ranked 42 of 1,046 in 2025–26 (96th percentile, 5 stars). Eversole Run ranks 49 of 1,046 (95th percentile) and posts the highest 8th-grade Science score at 87.9%, with the lowest free/reduced-price lunch rate at 4.06%. Henry Karrer ranks 60 of 1,046 (94th percentile), improved from 74th in 2023–24, and has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 6.7%. All three 5-star schools beat district averages on all seven 2025–26 grade-level tests. By contrast, Ann Simpson Davis (427 of 1,046, 59th percentile, 3 stars) and John Sells (499 of 1,046, 52nd percentile, 3 stars) score below district averages on all seven; John Sells has slipped from 410th.

Two patterns stand out. Absenteeism and poverty track performance closely: the top three schools have chronic absenteeism under 10% and free/reduced-price lunch under 10%, while Ann Simpson Davis (20.7% absenteeism, 44.49% FRPL) and John Sells (19.8%, 51.05%) are far higher. End-of-course math is a district-wide strength — every school reports 100% proficiency in Geometry and 96.6% to 100% in Algebra I, well above district and state. Spending and class size do not explain outcomes here: John Sells and Willard Grizzell spend nearly the same per student ($8,568 vs. $8,621), and John Sells has the smallest classes at 13.5 students per teacher.