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)
390452002120	401	Barnesville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	210 W Church St	Barnesville	43713	Belmont County	Barnesville Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 425-3639	544	27	20.5	39.5%	527 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	$10,991							76.3	73.1	482	81
390436600205	402	Brunswick Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-5	3845 Magnolia Dr	Brunswick	44212	Medina County	Brunswick City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 273-0486	376	23	16.3	24.2%	313 (83.2%)	13 (3.5%)	22 (5.9%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.1%)	$11,395							76.3	71.8	517	115
390494403592	403	Lucas Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	84 Lucas North Rd	Lucas	44843	Richland County	Lucas Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 892-2338	199	12	16.5	58.3%	187 (94.0%)	2 (1.0%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	$13,288							76.2	71.4	528	125
390484803272	404	Cloverleaf Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8337 Friendsville Rd	Seville	44273	Medina County	Cloverleaf Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 302-0102	1,075	57	18.8	32.3%	1,004 (93.4%)	4 (0.4%)	20 (1.9%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (3.8%)	$11,738							76.2	78.6	359	45
390499405457	405	Sandy Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5018 State Route 183 NE	Magnolia	44643	Stark County	Sandy Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 866-3339	544	31	17.5	44.9%	511 (93.9%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	$13,306							76.1	76.2	410	5
390467204595	406	Tinora Elementary School	Public	K-4	5751 Domersville Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Northeastern Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 497-1022	366	21	17.4	22.1%	323 (88.3%)	3 (0.8%)	30 (8.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$11,145							76.1	75.1	436	30
390441801102	407	J F Kennedy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5030 Polen Dr	Kettering	45440	Montgomery County	Kettering City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 499-1830	619	37	16.9	43.0%	414 (66.9%)	95 (15.3%)	33 (5.3%)	15 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (9.7%)	$12,469							76	73.6	469	62
390470102751	408	Ridgewood Elementary School	Public	K-5	4237 Dublin Rd	Hilliard	43026	Franklin County	Hilliard City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 921-6100	602	34	17.9	16.9%	468 (77.7%)	23 (3.8%)	65 (10.8%)	18 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (4.0%)	$11,460							76	74.4	450	42
390474202889	409	Arlington Local Elementary School	Public	K-6	336 S Main St	Arlington	45814	Hancock County	Arlington Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 365-5121	327	20	16		315 (96.3%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$12,126							75.9	84.4	225	184
390477902989	410	John E Gregg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	212 County Road 75a	Bergholz	43908	Jefferson County	Edison Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 768-2100	380	20	19.4	51.6%	360 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	$13,285							75.9	76.7	404	6

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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.