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Enrollment
800
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER ARLINGTON CITY·NCES 390449301859
Barrington Road Elementary School
1780 Barrington Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221 · (614) 487-5180 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
20 students
DISTRICT 7% · 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 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
89.2%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.7pp since 2021
Math
88.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.0pp 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 88 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 down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.2% | 88.5% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 91.8% |
| 2022-23 | 88.9% | 89.9% |
| 2021-22 | 89.9% | 91.4% |
% 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
89.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 88% 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 Barrington Road Elementary School
Barrington Road Elementary School's state test result (89.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Road Elementary School this school | 800 | 2.5% | 89.1% |
| Granville Elementary School Granville | 679 | 6.6% | 84.8% |
| Marion Local Elementary School Maria Stein | 710 | 4.5% | 94.5% |
| Wilson Elementary School Cincinnati | 635 | 5.5% | 91.0% |
| Madeira Elementary School Cincinnati | 867 | 7.7% | 90.5% |
| Clearcreek Elementary School Springboro | 850 | 6.6% | N/A |
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 Barrington Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #62 of 673 | #6 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #131 of 1,569 ▼ 86 | #6 of 199 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.2% | #63 of 1,569 ▼ 14 | #7 of 199 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #334 of 1,514 | #35 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #83 of 1,808 | #6 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #550 of 1,582 | #37 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #1,301 of 1,590 | #188 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.5% | #767 of 767 | #85 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #276 of 561 | #25 of 52 |
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
800
+73 (+10%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 800 | 48.5 | 16.5:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 778 | 46.7 | 16.7:1 | 2% (19) |
| 2022-23 | 770 | 43 | 17.9:1 | 1% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 42 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 43.1 | 16.7:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 40 | 18.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 41 | 18.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 32 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barrington Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (721 to 800); teachers up 13% (43.1 to 48.5).
About Barrington Road Elementary School
Barrington Road Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of Upper Arlington, Ohio. It teaches 800 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Ohio have about 404 students on average; enrollment here is 98% higher.
The district, Upper Arlington City, has 6,669 students enrolled across 10 schools.
White students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 59%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Barrington Road Elementary School lists 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is 1.4 students per teacher. About 3% of students at Barrington Road Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Franklin County is 41%.
Barrington Road Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of Ohio public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Barrington Road Elementary School is 87.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 89.1%.
Franklin County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Franklin County's 402 public schools enroll about 195,359 students and include Barrington Road Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Jones Middle School is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Barrington Road Elementary School. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Barrington Road Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Barrington Road Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Barrington Road Elementary School had a net gain of 73 students, or 10%.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upper Arlington City
- Upper Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Tremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Windermere Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Greensview Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in Upper Arlington
- Upper Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Tremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Windermere Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Greensview Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Jones Middle School0.2 mi · 733
- Upper Arlington Online Academy0.2 mi · 47
- Tremont Elementary School1.1 mi · 694
- Metro Early College High School1.1 mi · 869
- Upper Arlington High School1.2 mi · 1,908
- Grandview Heights High School1.2 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Barrington Road Elementary SchoolHow large is Barrington Road Elementary School?
Barrington Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 800 students in grades KG-05.
Is Barrington Road Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barrington Road Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Barrington Road Elementary School have?
Barrington Road Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barrington Road Elementary School?
At Barrington Road Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Barrington Road Elementary School in?
Barrington Road Elementary School is part of Upper Arlington City.
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