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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLIARD CITY·NCES 390470102744
Beacon Elementary School
3600 Lacon Rd, Hilliard, OH 43026 · (614) 921-5200 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
178 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
66.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.1pp since 2021
Math
65.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +11.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.6% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.1% | 60.7% |
| 2022-23 | 61.2% | 51.7% |
| 2021-22 | 62.6% | 54.9% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Beacon Elementary School
Beacon Elementary School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Elementary School this school | 451 | 39.5% | 66.4% |
| Wilson Vance Elementary School Findlay | 412 | 44.7% | 67.7% |
| Olde Sawmill Elementary School Dublin | 370 | 44.3% | 64.0% |
| Fouse Elementary School Westerville | 459 | 33.3% | 78.9% |
| Buckeye Elementary School Painesville | 366 | 37.4% | 73.0% |
| Norwich Elementary School Hilliard | 463 | 44.3% | 67.8% |
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 Beacon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #518 of 673 | #51 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #776 of 1,569 ▲ 87 | #57 of 199 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #701 of 1,569 ▼ 112 | #56 of 199 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #389 of 1,514 | #65 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #654 of 1,808 | #84 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #489 of 1,582 | #31 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #367 of 1,590 | #92 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #412 of 767 | #41 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #833 of 992 | #118 of 135 |
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
451
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 451 | 27.8 | 16.2:1 | 39% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 26.3 | 16.3:1 | 40% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 37% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 38% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 39% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 25 | 21.5:1 | 31% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 11% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 26 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beacon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (472 to 451); teachers up 3% (27 to 27.8).
About Beacon Elementary School
Beacon Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Hilliard, Ohio. There are 451 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Hilliard City enrolls 16,298 students, and its 24 schools include Beacon Elementary School.
At Beacon Elementary School, 58% of students are White. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put Franklin County at about 59% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Beacon Elementary School is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.2:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Franklin County is close, at 41%.
Beacon Elementary School is 7.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (66.4% versus 73.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.
Franklin County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin County's 402 public schools enroll about 195,359 students and include Beacon Elementary School.
J W Reason Elementary School sits about 0.8 miles from Beacon Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Beacon Elementary School is 6th among 7 schools close by.
Beacon Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
A 3% rise took enrollment from 436 in 2020-21 to 451 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Beacon Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Hilliard City
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other schools in Hilliard
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other Beacon Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beacon Elementary. Beacon Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Beacon Elementary SchoolHARPER WOODS, MI · 368 students
Nearby schools
- J W Reason Elementary School0.8 mi · 472
- Hilliard Crossing Elementary School1.3 mi · 518
- Hilliard Online Academy1.4 mi · 92
- Scioto Darby Elementary School1.4 mi · 376
- Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School1.6 mi · 512
- Avery Elementary School1.6 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Beacon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Beacon Elementary School?
Beacon Elementary School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-05.
Is Beacon Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beacon Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Beacon Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Beacon Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Beacon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Beacon Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Beacon Elementary School in?
Beacon Elementary School is part of Hilliard City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.