Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FINDLAY CITY·NCES 391000000940
Bigelow Hill Elementary School
300 Hillcrest Ave, Findlay, OH 45840 · (419) 425-8306 · Hancock County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
225 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 119 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 31% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.9pp since 2021
Math
71.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +20.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 20 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 71.1% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 70.9% |
| 2022-23 | 62.2% | 58.3% |
| 2021-22 | 60.5% | 51.0% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Bigelow Hill Elementary School
Bigelow Hill Elementary School's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow Hill Elementary School this school | 350 | 64.3% | 67.4% |
| Brookside Intermediate School Sheffield Village | 416 | 60.8% | 61.8% |
| Hiawatha Elementary School Toledo | 309 | 61.5% | 55.0% |
| Darbydale Elementary School Grove City | 405 | 59.3% | 59.5% |
| Robinwood Lane Elementary School Youngstown | 344 | 67.7% | 73.0% |
| Mcgregor Elementary School Toledo | 377 | 60.7% | 59.1% |
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 Bigelow Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hancock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #501 of 673 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #626 of 1,569 ▼ 28 | #5 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #920 of 1,569 ▼ 187 | #10 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.6pp | #289 of 1,514 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,062 of 1,808 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #587 of 1,582 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #543 of 1,590 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #102 of 767 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.6% | #107 of 561 | #2 of 8 |
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
350
+139 (+66%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
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 | 350 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 64% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 57% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 55% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 13 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 16 | 16.4:1 | 60% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 64% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 53% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 31% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 13 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bigelow Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (262 to 350); teachers up 31% (16 to 21).
About Bigelow Hill Elementary School
Bigelow Hill Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Findlay, Ohio. The school enrolls 350 students in grades 3 through 5.
Findlay City has 5,694 students spread across 11 schools.
The share of White students at Bigelow Hill Elementary School is 68%, a majority. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Black. That is lower than the 89% White share among all Hancock County residents. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Bigelow Hill Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.9:1. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Hancock County average 47%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bigelow Hill Elementary School is +2.8 points: 67.4% actual, 64.5% predicted.
For Hancock County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $73,141 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Hancock County number 37, with about 11,975 students.
Measured in a straight line, Northview Primary School is about 0.7 miles from Bigelow Hill Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 67.4% is above the 65.8% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Bigelow Hill Elementary School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Bigelow Hill Elementary School enrolled 211 in 2020-21 and 350 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size.
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Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,866
Census ACS
Median income
$73,141
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
11,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Findlay City
- Findlay High SchoolHigh · 1,592 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Donnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Millstream Career CenterHigh · 455 students
- Wilson Vance Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Northview Primary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Findlay
- Findlay High SchoolHigh · 1,592 students
- Liberty-Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Liberty-Benton High SchoolHigh · 549 students
- Donnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Liberty-Benton Middle SchoolMiddle · 462 students
Nearby schools
- Northview Primary School0.7 mi · 399
- Glenwood Middle School1.2 mi · 579
- Findlay City Schools Preschool1.4 mi · 293
- Findlay High School1.5 mi · 1,592
- Millstream Career Center1.7 mi · 455
- Findlay Digital Academy2.7 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Bigelow Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Bigelow Hill Elementary School?
Bigelow Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 350 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Bigelow Hill Elementary School serve?
Bigelow Hill Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Bigelow Hill Elementary School have?
Bigelow Hill Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Bigelow Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bigelow Hill Elementary School are roughly 68% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Bigelow Hill Elementary School?
Bigelow Hill Elementary School is overseen by Findlay City in Hancock County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.