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)
390473602858	601	Monfort Heights Elementary School	Public	K-5	3711 W Fork Rd	Cincinnati	45247	Hamilton County	Northwest Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 389-1570	575	31	18.5	52.3%	322 (56.0%)	116 (20.2%)	16 (2.8%)	47 (8.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (12.7%)	$11,099							67.3	57.1	831	230
391000000954	602	Wilson Vance Elementary School	Public	3-5	610 Bristol Dr	Findlay	45840	Hancock County	Findlay City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 425-8332	396	22	18	47.5%	250 (63.1%)	18 (4.5%)	80 (20.2%)	21 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.6%)	$9,837							67.3	65.2	668	66
390447501615	603	Onaway Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	3115 Woodbury Rd	Shaker Heights	44120	Cuyahoga County	Shaker Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(216) 295-4080	419	23	18.2	23.2%	218 (52.0%)	142 (33.9%)	15 (3.6%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.6%)	$17,043							67.2	73.1	484	119
390475702918	604	Holgate Elementary School	Public	K-5	801 Joe E Brown Ave	Holgate	43527	Henry County	Holgate Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 264-5231	178	11	16.1		142 (79.8%)	1 (0.6%)	33 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$15,595							67.2	74.8	444	160
390488004232	605	Highland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1250 Township Road 16	Marengo	43334	Morrow County	Highland Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 768-3040	828	49	16.8	35.9%	768 (92.8%)	16 (1.9%)	24 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.3%)	$10,872							67.1	68.3	599	6
391002103680	606	Old Fort Elementary School Bettsville Campus	Public	PK, KG-6	118 Washington St	Bettsville	44815	Seneca County	Old Fort Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 986-5166	381	23	16.5	37.0%	329 (86.4%)	5 (1.3%)	36 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	$13,034							67	73.8	464	142
390470100299	607	Norwich Elementary School	Public	3-5	4454 Davidson Rd	Hilliard	43026	Franklin County	Hilliard City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 921-6000	434	27	15.8	40.8%	242 (55.8%)	61 (14.1%)	66 (15.2%)	41 (9.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.1%)	$13,092							67	74.6	447	160
390469602714	608	Chapelfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	280 Chapelfield Rd	Gahanna	43230	Franklin County	Gahanna-Jefferson City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 478-5575	419	25	16.7	35.1%	244 (58.2%)	87 (20.8%)	25 (6.0%)	29 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.9%)	$12,024							67	71.5	524	84
390437805433	609	Douglas MacArthur	Public	PK, KG-8	4401 Valleyside Rd	Cleveland	44135	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-8400	247	16	15.4		70 (28.3%)	81 (32.8%)	47 (19.0%)	36 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.3%)	$18,657							67	60.6	762	153
390445301440	610	North Ridgeville Academic Center	Public	3-8	34620 Bainbridge Rd	North Ridgeville	44039	Lorain County	North Ridgeville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 353-1131	1,864	92	20.2	30.9%	1,562 (83.8%)	37 (2.0%)	156 (8.4%)	32 (1.7%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	71 (3.8%)	$10,007							67	66.3	639	29

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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.