Best Elementary Schools in Ohio

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							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)
390449001808	1251	Longfellow Elementary School	Public	K-8	1955 W Laskey Rd	Toledo	43613	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-3800	533	31	17.1		143 (26.8%)	262 (49.2%)	55 (10.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (13.5%)	$12,846							20.5	15.5	1312	61
390159905986	1252	Great River Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3650 Olentangy River Rd Ste 43	Columbus	43214	Franklin County	Great River Connections Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(614) 368-1122	1,627	61	26.4		1,101 (67.7%)	238 (14.6%)	129 (7.9%)	12 (0.7%)	5 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	141 (8.7%)	$7,912							20.4	21.4	1244	8
390478003003	1253	Cross Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	587 Bantam Ridge Rd	Wintersville	43953	Jefferson County	Indian Creek Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 264-1691	476	24	19.4	58.0%	421 (88.4%)	24 (5.0%)	15 (3.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	$8,490							20.4	26.7	1186	67
390438405350	1254	Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1102 Pursell Ave	Dayton	45420	Montgomery County	Dayton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 542-4340	324	21	15.4		148 (45.7%)	96 (29.6%)	47 (14.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.3%)	$16,120							20.4	17	1287	33
390050205212	1255	Bridges Community Academy dba Bridges Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	190 St Francis Ave	Tiffin	44883	Seneca County	Bridges Community Academy dba Bridges Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 455-9295	97	8	12.1		75 (77.3%)	3 (3.1%)	14 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.1%)	$10,269							20.2	13	1350	95
390153605813	1256	Dayton SMART Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-6	601 S Keowee St	Dayton	45410	Montgomery County	Dayton SMART Elementary School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 222-2812	81	6	13.5		7 (8.6%)	34 (42.0%)	30 (37.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (12.3%)	$11,961							20.1	7.2	1473	217
390160005964	1257	SMART Academy	Public, Charter	K-4	4351 E 131st St	Garfield Heights	44105	Cuyahoga County	SMART Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 714-3801	99	8	12.3	97.0%	1 (1.0%)	90 (90.9%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.1%)	$11,221							19.7	2	1593	336
390438000665	1258	Leawood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1677 S Hamilton Rd	Columbus	43227	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6504	313	15	20.8		29 (9.3%)	224 (71.6%)	26 (8.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.5%)	$15,372							19.6	10.1	1408	150
390437800536	1259	Scranton School	Public	PK, KG-8	1991 Barber Ave	Cleveland	44113	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-7450	431	24	17.9		60 (13.9%)	74 (17.2%)	293 (68.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$13,393							19.5	16.9	1288	29
390136505544	1260	Horizon Science Academy Lorain	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	760 Tower Blvd	Lorain	44052	Lorain County	Horizon Science Academy Lorain	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 282-4277	829	54	15.3	76.5%	191 (23.0%)	160 (19.3%)	367 (44.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (12.8%)	$10,152							19.5	19.8	1261	1

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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.
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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.