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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450404565
Alcott Elementary School
7117 Mount Royal Ave, Westerville, OH 43082 · (614) 797-7350 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
118 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
89.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.9pp since 2021
Math
88.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.4% | 88.7% |
| 2023-24 | 90.1% | 90.7% |
| 2022-23 | 87.8% | 87.6% |
| 2021-22 | 88.5% | 86.7% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
90.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alcott Elementary School
Alcott Elementary School's state test result (90.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcott Elementary School this school | 537 | 22.0% | 90.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Gahanna | 437 | 24.5% | 81.2% |
| Hyde Park School Cincinnati | 617 | 24.3% | 85.9% |
| High Point Elementary School Gahanna | 555 | 22.7% | 82.3% |
| Kilgour School Cincinnati | 577 | 21.3% | 91.3% |
| Robert Frost Elementary School Westerville | 420 | 26.7% | 79.9% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alcott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.6% | #36 of 673 | #3 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #120 of 1,569 ▼ 59 | #8 of 33 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.4% | #58 of 1,569 ▲ 2 | #4 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #902 of 1,514 | #10 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #388 of 1,808 | #22 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,101 of 1,582 | #17 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.2% | #596 of 1,590 | #18 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #614 of 767 | #12 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #506 of 561 | #15 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
537
+35 (+7%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 16.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 537 | 28.3 | 19.0:1 | 22% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 27.3 | 19.3:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 27.8 | 18.9:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 26 | 20.3:1 | 14% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 26 | 20.4:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 684 | 29 | 23.6:1 | 4% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alcott Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (528 to 537); teachers up 9% (26 to 28.3).
About Alcott Elementary School
Alcott Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Westerville, Ohio. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 537 students. It has 33% more students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
The Westerville City system has 24 schools and 14,589 students.
More than half of the students at Alcott Elementary School are White (70%). The remaining shares are 15% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Delaware County's population at about 80%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Alcott Elementary School scores 47%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. The school has 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1. In all, 22% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Delaware County is similar, at 20%.
Alcott Elementary School is 10.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (90.6% versus 80.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.
Delaware County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $133,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 59 public schools in the county, enrolling about 44,100, Alcott Elementary School among them.
Westerville Central High School sits about 0.1 miles from Alcott Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Alcott Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.0:1) than in 2020-21 (16.2:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Alcott Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other Alcott Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Alcott Elementary. Alcott Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Alcott ElementaryPomona, CA · 606 students
- Alcott ElementaryRiverside, CA · 603 students
- Alcott Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 567 students
- ALCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHASTINGS, NE · 267 students
- Alcott ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Westerville Central High School0.1 mi · 1,485
- Genoa Middle School0.9 mi · 702
- Fouse Elementary School1.0 mi · 459
- Heritage Middle School1.4 mi · 592
- Robert Frost Elementary School1.6 mi · 420
- Westerville-North High School1.7 mi · 1,587
Frequently asked questions
About Alcott Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Alcott Elementary School?
Alcott Elementary School enrolls approximately 537 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Alcott Elementary School serve?
Alcott Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Alcott Elementary School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Alcott Elementary School.
How diverse is Alcott Elementary School?
Alcott Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 4% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Alcott Elementary School in?
Alcott Elementary School is part of Westerville City.
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