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What's the most underrated thing about Benjamin Logan Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL·NCES 390480703099
Benjamin Logan Elementary School
4560 County Road 26, Bellefontaine, OH 43311 · (937) 592-4838 · Logan County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
18.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
249 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 5% smaller than its 4th grade class (115).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Benjamin Logan Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.4pp since 2021
Math
75.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.5% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 68.7% |
| 2022-23 | 67.1% | 61.4% |
| 2021-22 | 68.2% | 70.3% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Benjamin Logan Elementary School
Benjamin Logan Elementary School's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Logan Elementary School this school | 587 | 42.4% | 71.8% |
| Northwestern Elementary School West Salem | 632 | 43.7% | 80.9% |
| James A Garfield Elementary School Garrettsville | 655 | 42.9% | 70.7% |
| Norwayne Elementary School Creston | 539 | 40.6% | 84.9% |
| Margaretta Elementary School Castalia | 536 | 42.7% | 77.8% |
| Wheelersburg Elementary School Wheelersburg | 536 | 42.2% | 79.2% |
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 Benjamin Logan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #425 of 673 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #489 of 1,569 ▲ 174 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #606 of 1,569 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #710 of 1,514 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #295 of 1,808 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #971 of 1,582 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #1,318 of 1,590 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #379 of 767 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #712 of 992 |
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
587
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+100% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 587 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 42% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 33 | 19.0:1 | 43% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 31 | 20.8:1 | 28% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 34 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 32% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 34 | 19.5:1 | 31% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 28% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 37 | 21.3:1 | 11% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 14 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Logan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (635 to 587); teachers down 9% (35 to 32).
About Benjamin Logan Elementary School
Benjamin Logan Elementary School sits in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and is classified as an elementary school. The school enrolls 587 students, from kindergarten through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 45% above that.
Benjamin Logan Local is responsible for 3 schools, Benjamin Logan Elementary School included, with 1,591 students in all.
At Benjamin Logan Elementary School, White students make up 92% of the student body. It is also 5% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That is close to the 92% White share among all Logan County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Benjamin Logan Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.3:1, with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Ohio have a similar average ratio of 17.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Benjamin Logan Elementary School is B. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Benjamin Logan Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 71.8% actual against 72.8% predicted.
Logan County census figures show that median household income is about $71,551, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Benjamin Logan Elementary School is among the 13 public schools in Logan County.
Benjamin Logan Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Benjamin Logan Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 65.2% proficiency; Benjamin Logan Elementary School posts 71.8%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 601 in 2020-21, 587 in 2024-25.
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Logan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,089
Census ACS
Median income
$71,551
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,357 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Benjamin Logan Local
- Benjamin Logan High SchoolHigh · 508 students
- Benjamin Logan Middle SchoolMiddle · 496 students
Other schools in Bellefontaine
- Bellefontaine High SchoolHigh · 643 students
- Bellefontaine Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Ohio Hi-PointHigh · 586 students
- Benjamin Logan High SchoolHigh · 508 students
- Bellefontaine Intermediate SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Benjamin Logan Middle SchoolMiddle · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Logan Middle School0.1 mi · 496
- Benjamin Logan High School0.2 mi · 508
- Ohio Hi-Point4.2 mi · 586
- Bellefontaine Intermediate School6.0 mi · 505
- Bellefontaine Elementary School6.3 mi · 616
- Bellefontaine Middle School6.5 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Logan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Benjamin Logan Elementary School?
Benjamin Logan Elementary School enrolls approximately 587 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Benjamin Logan Elementary School serve?
Benjamin Logan Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Benjamin Logan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Benjamin Logan Elementary School is approximately 18.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Benjamin Logan Elementary School?
Benjamin Logan Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Benjamin Logan Elementary School in?
Benjamin Logan Elementary School is part of Benjamin Logan Local.
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