Best Elementary Schools in Ohio

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1577)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
390438000592	1161	Berwick Alternative K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	2655 Scottwood Rd	Columbus	43209	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6140	667	37	18		19 (2.8%)	561 (84.1%)	34 (5.1%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.0%)	$14,492							27.9	23.5	1224	63
390437800499	1162	Mary Church Terrell	Public	PK, KG-8	3595 Bosworth Rd	Cleveland	44111	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-6450	237	17	13.9		59 (24.9%)	83 (35.0%)	63 (26.6%)	10 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	18 (7.6%)	$13,358							27.8	33.5	1106	56
390494503599	1163	Madison South Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	700 S Illinois Ave	Mansfield	44907	Richland County	Madison Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 522-4319	491	33	14.8	77.8%	386 (78.6%)	38 (7.7%)	24 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.6%)	$10,962							27.8	24	1216	53
390437800528	1164	Paul L Dunbar Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2159 West 29th	Cleveland	44113	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-7400	376	23	16.3		59 (15.7%)	225 (59.8%)	82 (21.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$14,988							27.7	29.5	1156	8
390437105973	1165	AIM Academy @ Belden	Public	K-6	2115 Georgetown Rd NE	Canton	44704	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 456-3167	277	17	16		80 (28.9%)	118 (42.6%)	15 (5.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (22.4%)	$16,432							27.5	22.6	1237	72
390438004433	1166	Valley Forge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1321 Urban Dr	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5648	241	18	13.3		17 (7.1%)	112 (46.5%)	63 (26.1%)	37 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.0%)	$14,936							27.3	28.9	1165	1
390437800435	1167	Charles A Mooney School	Public	PK, KG-8	3213 Montclair Ave	Cleveland	44109	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-3200	326	24	13.5		114 (35.0%)	106 (32.5%)	91 (27.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.6%)	$12,498							27.2	20.2	1257	90
390064605345	1168	Noble Academy-Cleveland	Public, Charter	K-8	1200 E 200th St	Euclid	44117	Cuyahoga County	Noble Academy-Cleveland	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 486-8866	349	29	12		8 (2.3%)	317 (90.8%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.9%)	$11,653							26.9	29.4	1158	10
390438000736	1169	Westgate Alternative Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3080 Wicklow Rd	Columbus	43204	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5971	254	15	16.9		134 (52.8%)	51 (20.1%)	31 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (14.6%)	$16,123							26.8	31.7	1132	37
390439400904	1170	Eastern Heights Elementary School	Public	K-4	528 Garford Ave	Elyria	44035	Lorain County	Elyria City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 284-8011	547	33	16.3		299 (54.7%)	58 (10.6%)	90 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (18.3%)	$5,948							26.8	29.4	1157	13

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Ohio State Tests Mathematics, Ohio State Tests English Language Arts, Ohio State Tests Science test scores released by the Ohio Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 15, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Ohio Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.