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)
390476202930	411	Fairfield Local Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11611 State Route 771	Leesburg	45135	Highland County	Fairfield Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 780-2988	445	24	18.5	57.8%	426 (95.7%)	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	$10,869							75.8	68.1	605	194
390449305751	412	Wickliffe Elementary School	Public	K-5	2405 Wickliffe Rd	Upper Arlington	43221	Franklin County	Upper Arlington City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 487-5150	475	25	19.3	5.1%	390 (82.1%)	8 (1.7%)	25 (5.3%)	17 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.4%)	$13,495							75.8	72.8	496	84
390464202548	413	Beaver Local Elementary School	Public	K-4	46088 Bell School Rd	East Liverpool	43920	Columbiana County	Beaver Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 386-8700	638	42	15.1		604 (94.7%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.6%)	$9,209							75.7	63	708	295
390437300273	414	Normandy Elementary School	Public	2-5	401 Normandy Ridge Rd	Dayton	45459	Montgomery County	Centerville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 434-0917	419	22	19	24.1%	250 (59.7%)	60 (14.3%)	16 (3.8%)	60 (14.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.6%)	$13,985							75.6	76.8	400	14
390444701393	415	Junction City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	307 Poplar Street	Junction City	43748	Perry County	New Lexington School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 987-3751	407	24	16.9		391 (96.1%)	5 (1.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$12,093							75.6	77.8	373	42
390454902250	416	Sterling Morton Elementary School	Public	K-5	9292 Jordan Dr	Mentor	44060	Lake County	Mentor Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 257-5954	320	19	16.4	40.0%	267 (83.4%)	12 (3.8%)	21 (6.6%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.7%)	$13,313							75.6	73.5	471	55
390499303766	417	Ransom H Barr Elementary School	Public	K-4	2000 47th St NE	Canton	44705	Stark County	Plain Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 491-3730	368	18	20.8	55.7%	253 (68.8%)	63 (17.1%)	13 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (10.3%)	$9,764							75.6	79.5	340	77
390441110729	418	Stevenson Elementary School	Public	3-5	152 Cynthia St	Heath	43056	Licking County	Heath City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 522-8442	401	21	19	39.9%	346 (86.3%)	8 (2.0%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (9.7%)	$11,240							75.5	73	487	69
390470802770	419	Delta Elementary School	Public	K-4	1099 Panther Pride Drive	Delta	43515	Fulton County	Pike-Delta-York Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 822-5630	399	24	16.7	32.3%	344 (86.2%)	3 (0.8%)	38 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.5%)	$10,558							75.4	72.5	499	80
390467202637	420	Tinora Middle School	Public, Alternative	4-9	5921 Domersville Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Northeastern Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 497-2361	332	17	19.5	18.1%	291 (87.7%)	3 (0.9%)	30 (9.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$10,645							75.4			(n/a)

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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.