Best Elementary Schools in Ohio

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							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)
390468002660	341	Margaretta Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5906 Bogart Rd W	Castalia	44824	Erie County	Margaretta Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 684-5357	548	32	17.1	43.2%	496 (90.5%)	4 (0.7%)	25 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$12,421							79.1	76.4	407	66
390438000655	342	Indian Springs Elementary School	Public	K-5	50 E Henderson Rd	Columbus	43214	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6032	360	19	18.9		221 (61.4%)	61 (16.9%)	23 (6.4%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (14.2%)	$14,726							79.1	75.2	429	87
391000202887	343	Arcadia Elementary School	Public	K-6	19033 State Route 12	Arcadia	44804	Hancock County	Arcadia Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 894-6431	311	18	17.3		266 (85.5%)	3 (1.0%)	30 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	$11,881							79	83.9	238	105
390451902118	344	Walter G. Nord Middle School	Public	4-5	501 Lincoln St	Amherst	44001	Lorain County	Amherst Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 988-4441	551	31	17.7	37.2%	396 (71.9%)	18 (3.3%)	90 (16.3%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.1%)	$10,809							79	76.3	409	65
390506104006	345	Edgerton Elementary School	Public	K-6	111 E River St	Edgerton	43517	Williams County	Edgerton Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 298-2332	252	18	14	48.8%	228 (90.5%)	6 (2.4%)	13 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	$12,632							79	79.8	328	17
391002402311	346	Upper Sandusky Middle School	Public	4-8	390 W Walker St	Upper Sandusky	43351	Wyandot County	Upper Sandusky Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 294-5721	509	31	16.3	44.2%	446 (87.6%)	5 (1.0%)	44 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	$14,996							78.9	76.8	399	53
390446301495	347	Dentzler Elementary School	Public	K-4	3600 Dentzler Rd	Parma	44134	Cuyahoga County	Parma City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 885-2430	454	26	17.8	61.5%	274 (60.4%)	33 (7.3%)	74 (16.3%)	30 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.3%)	$13,495							78.9	77.9	372	25
391002901893	348	Isham Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-4	325 Sunset Blvd	Wadsworth	44281	Medina County	Wadsworth City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 335-1440	354	20	18	44.4%	295 (83.3%)	7 (2.0%)	27 (7.6%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.6%)	$12,540							78.8	77.2	388	40
390504303942	349	J F Burns Elementary School	Public	K-4	8471 Columbia Rd	Kings Mills	45039	Warren County	Kings Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 398-8050	803	39	20.8	27.6%	549 (68.4%)	14 (1.7%)	48 (6.0%)	140 (17.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (6.4%)	$10,693							78.8	83.3	249	100
390435900157	350	Bellevue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1150 Castalia St	Bellevue	44811	Huron County	Bellevue City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 484-5050	827	46	17.8	53.9%	711 (86.0%)	4 (0.5%)	63 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.9%)	$9,397							78.7	80	325	25

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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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Educational resources:

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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.