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)
390493303563	571	Fort Jennings Elementary School	Public	K-5	#1 Musketeer Drive	Fort Jennings	45844	Putnam County	Jennings Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 286-2762	164	14	11.7	31.7%	163 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$13,458							68.5	78.6	360	211
390449001785	572	Elmhurst Elementary School	Public	K-8	4530 Elmhurst Rd	Toledo	43613	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-3550	372	26	14.3	43.0%	215 (57.8%)	69 (18.5%)	50 (13.4%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.6%)	$13,662							68.5	66.5	634	62
390448301712	573	Echo Hills Elementary School	Public	K-4	4405 Stow Rd	Stow	44224	Summit County	Stow-Munroe Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 689-5450	305	22	13.8	36.4%	242 (79.3%)	18 (5.9%)	12 (3.9%)	16 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$11,956							68.4	56.6	844	271
390480203086	574	Utica Elementary School	Public	K-5	367 Church Street	Utica	43080	Licking County	North Fork Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 892-2551	360	24	15.3	53.1%	347 (96.4%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$12,128							68.3	63.5	698	124
390468502674	575	Berne Union Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	506 N Main St	Sugar Grove	43155	Fairfield County	Berne Union Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 746-9668	461	21	21.9		430 (93.3%)	5 (1.1%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.6%)	$13,695							68.3	67.4	620	45
390056705059	576	Par Excellence Academy dba Par Excellence STEM Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	1350 Granville Rd	Newark	43055	Licking County	Par Excellence Academy dba Par Excellence STEM Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 344-7279	189	8	22.5		133 (70.4%)	14 (7.4%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	36 (19.0%)	$12,947							68.2	74.5	448	128
390487704645	577	West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9675 State Route 37	Malta	43758	Morgan County	Morgan Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 342-4873	256	17	15	85.9%	240 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	$12,590							68.2	65.3	666	89
390463502527	578	Merwin Elementary School	Public	K-5	1040 Gaskins Rd	Cincinnati	45245	Clermont County	West Clermont Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 947-7800	581	33	17.6	42.3%	488 (84.0%)	15 (2.6%)	37 (6.4%)	15 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (4.1%)	$10,451							68.2	70.4	558	20
390142705618	579	Southside Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1400 Oak Hill Ave	Youngstown	44507	Mahoning County	Southside Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 774-5562	173	9	19.2		6 (3.5%)	118 (68.2%)	25 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (11.0%)	$10,874							68.2	11.5	1385	806
390442201160	580	Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8	Public	K-8	755 Saint Johns Ave	Lima	45804	Allen County	Lima City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 996-3190	166	21	7.9		49 (29.5%)	68 (41.0%)	16 (9.6%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (18.1%)	$17,526							68.2	67.6	614	34

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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.