Best Elementary Schools in Ohio

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the Ohio State Tests test scores by the Ohio Department of Education. The most recent update was on Sunday, September 15, 2024.

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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)
390436500538	961	Brooklyn School	Public	PK, KG-7	9200 Biddulph Rd	Brooklyn	44144	Cuyahoga County	Brooklyn City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 485-8127	646	34	19		282 (43.7%)	57 (8.8%)	181 (28.0%)	78 (12.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (7.0%)	$12,949							46.8	45.7	982	21
390454002205	962	Rainsboro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12916 Barrett Mill Rd	Bainbridge	45612	Ross County	Greenfield Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 365-1271	216	12	18	71.8%	197 (91.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)	$12,456							46.7	46.8	975	13
390448504556	963	Struthers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	520 9th St	Struthers	44471	Mahoning County	Struthers City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 750-1065	644	34	18.9		440 (68.3%)	60 (9.3%)	77 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (10.2%)	$10,358							46.5	44.2	997	34
390440200986	964	Intermediate Elementary School	Public	3-5	476 Portland Way N	Galion	44833	Crawford County	Galion City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 468-3676	358	23	15.9	69.6%	316 (88.3%)	2 (0.6%)	15 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.1%)	$10,466							46.5	48.2	955	9
390696804255	965	Buckeye Trail Elementary	Public	K-5	65553 Wintergreen Rd	Lore City	43755	Guernsey County	East Guernsey Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 489-5100	446	29	15.3	79.4%	428 (96.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	$14,186							46.5	52.2	900	65
390449004559	966	Old West End Academy Elementary School	Public	K-8	3131 Cambridge St	Toledo	43610	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-4700	263	19	13.8		6 (2.3%)	236 (89.7%)	9 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.6%)	$18,354							46.2	34.9	1092	126
390012904179	967	Pathway School of Discovery	Public, Charter	K-8	173 Avondale Dr	Dayton	45404	Montgomery County	Pathway School of Discovery	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 235-5498	800	36	22.4	89.0%	308 (38.5%)	275 (34.4%)	83 (10.4%)	10 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	119 (14.9%)	$10,856							46.1	40.5	1047	80
390439400908	968	Northwood Elementary School	Public	K-4	570 Abbe Rd N	Elyria	44035	Lorain County	Elyria City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 284-8014	344	18	18.6		201 (58.4%)	36 (10.5%)	48 (14.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (16.9%)	$12,136							45.9	52.2	901	67
390064105328	969	Harvard Avenue Performance Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	12000 Harvard Ave	Cleveland	44105	Cuyahoga County	Harvard Avenue Performance Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 283-5100	312	0			0 (0.0%)	299 (95.8%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$12,726							45.6	26.3	1191	222
390449001784	970	Edgewater Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5549 Edgewater Dr	Toledo	43611	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-6750	130	10	13		81 (62.3%)	10 (7.7%)	26 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (10.0%)	$21,744							45.6	31.5	1134	164

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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.