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)
390454902246	291	Orchard Hollow Elementary School	Public	K-5	8700 Hendricks Rd	Mentor	44060	Lake County	Mentor Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 257-5955	395	24	16.2	15.4%	336 (85.1%)	7 (1.8%)	13 (3.3%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.4%)	$13,867							81.1	79	349	58
390441801113	292	Southdale Elementary School	Public	K-5	1200 W Dorothy Ln	Kettering	45409	Montgomery County	Kettering City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 499-1890	490	27	18	35.5%	386 (78.8%)	23 (4.7%)	38 (7.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.0%)	$11,997							81	79.7	331	39
390499903791	293	Coventry Elementary School	Public	K-4	3089 Manchester Rd	Akron	44319	Summit County	Coventry Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 644-8469	461	32	14.4	49.9%	381 (82.6%)	29 (6.3%)	6 (1.3%)	10 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.4%)	$12,114							81	81.3	295	2
390436000174	294	Big Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	7247 Big Creek Pkwy	Middleburg Heights	44130	Cuyahoga County	Berea City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(216) 898-8303	526	25	21	20.5%	341 (64.8%)	15 (2.9%)	50 (9.5%)	91 (17.3%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.6%)	$11,480							80.9	76.7	403	109
390445501447	295	Norton Elementary School	Public	1-4	3390 S Cleveland Massillon Rd	Norton	44203	Summit County	Norton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 825-3828	621	36	17.2	35.1%	568 (91.5%)	10 (1.6%)	9 (1.4%)	10 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.7%)	$9,145							80.9	83.7	243	52
390463502524	296	Clough Pike Elementary School	Public	K-5	808 Clough Pike	Cincinnati	45245	Clermont County	West Clermont Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 943-6700	501	29	17.4	25.5%	401 (80.0%)	27 (5.4%)	19 (3.8%)	36 (7.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	$10,696							80.9	79.2	346	50
390435000080	297	Taft Intermediate School	Public	4-5	825 Smith Rd	Ashland	44805	Ashland County	Ashland City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 289-7967	461	18	26.3	35.1%	422 (91.5%)	5 (1.1%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.6%)	$9,349							80.8	79.2	347	50
391001201359	298	Twin Oak Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8888 Martinsburg Rd	Mount Vernon	43050	Knox County	Mount Vernon City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 393-5970	356	19	18.4	38.5%	331 (93.0%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	$9,970							80.8	82.1	276	22
390473702872	299	John Foster Dulles Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6481 Bridgetown Rd	Cincinnati	45248	Hamilton County	Oak Hills Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 574-3443	856	33	26.3	15.8%	758 (88.6%)	32 (3.7%)	18 (2.1%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (4.9%)	$8,403							80.8	86.3	165	134
390456702329	300	Mills Lawn Elementary School	Public	K-6	200 S Walnut St	Yellow Springs	45387	Greene County	Yellow Springs Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 767-7217	300	19	15.7	23.7%	228 (76.0%)	17 (5.7%)	19 (6.3%)	5 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (10.0%)	$13,770							80.8	77.1	390	90

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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.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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