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)
390507004035	951	E A Powell Elementary School	Public	K-6	500 N Main St	North Baltimore	45872	Wood County	North Baltimore Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 257-2124	367	25	14.4	46.3%	289 (78.7%)	4 (1.1%)	56 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.6%)	$14,085							47.6	49.6	932	19
390442001133	952	Medill Elementary School	Public	K-5	1160 Sheridan Dr	Lancaster	43130	Fairfield County	Lancaster City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 687-7352	620	25	24.8	57.4%	539 (86.9%)	20 (3.2%)	18 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.5%)	$9,537							47.6	49.4	935	17
390437500374	953	Sayler Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	6700 Home City Ave	Cincinnati	45233	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-5100	319	24	13.4		200 (62.7%)	59 (18.5%)	22 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	34 (10.7%)	$15,679							47.5	41.4	1034	81
390438300768	954	Preston Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Tallmadge Rd	Cuyahoga Falls	44221	Summit County	Cuyahoga Falls City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 926-3805	270			58.1%	139 (51.5%)	42 (15.6%)	17 (6.3%)	38 (14.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (12.2%)	$11,872							47.5	53.4	888	66
390484303251	955	Ridgedale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3105 Hillman Ford Rd	Morral	43337	Marion County	Ridgedale Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 382-6065	311	20	15.4	47.6%	284 (91.3%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.8%)	$11,966							47.4	47.9	961	6
390453602191	956	Mckinley Elementary School	Public	K-5	602 Plum St	Fairport Harbor	44077	Lake County	Fairport Harbor Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 354-4982	269	14	19.2	57.2%	199 (74.0%)	10 (3.7%)	41 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.1%)	$10,635							47.1	42.7	1016	60
390494903613	957	Adena Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3367 County Road 550	Frankfort	45628	Ross County	Adena Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 998-5293	491	20	24.5	99.4%	446 (90.8%)	6 (1.2%)	12 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.5%)	$11,645							47	52.3	899	58
390440000965	958	George H Gerke Elementary School	Public	K-6	312 Sherman Dr	Franklin	45005	Warren County	Franklin City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 743-8650	286	14	20.4	58.0%	223 (78.0%)	11 (3.8%)	16 (5.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (11.9%)	$9,863							47	59.2	787	171
390450401955	959	Huber Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	5757 Buenos Aires Blvd	Westerville	43081	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 797-7150	442	25	17.4	52.9%	178 (40.3%)	132 (29.9%)	58 (13.1%)	17 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (12.9%)	$14,289							46.9	58.1	812	147
390452702155	960	Carrollton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	252 3rd St NE	Carrollton	44615	Carroll County	Carrollton Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 627-4592	820	40	20.5	56.8%	767 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.6%)	$12,167							46.8	48.7	948	12

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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.