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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 390469600465
Blacklick Elementary School
6540 Havens Corners Rd, Blacklick, OH 43004 · (614) 759-5100 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
174 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
78.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.1pp since 2021
Math
71.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -5.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 78 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 are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 78.6% |
| 2021-22 | 72.4% | 76.6% |
% 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
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Blacklick Elementary School
Blacklick Elementary School's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklick Elementary School this school | 692 | 25.1% | 74.2% |
| Wilcox Elementary School Twinsburg | 652 | 27.6% | N/A |
| Samuel Bissell Elementary School Twinsburg | 582 | 29.6% | 81.8% |
| Hyde Park School Cincinnati | 617 | 24.3% | 85.9% |
| Worthington Estates Elementary School Worthington | 555 | 32.3% | 75.5% |
| High Point Elementary School Gahanna | 555 | 22.7% | 82.3% |
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 Blacklick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #373 of 673 | #35 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #618 of 1,569 ▼ 76 | #46 of 199 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #315 of 1,569 ▲ 150 | #26 of 199 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #1,011 of 1,514 | #137 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #149 of 1,808 | #15 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,384 of 1,582 | #160 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #332 of 1,590 | #83 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #583 of 767 | #59 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.3% | #109 of 561 | #7 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
692
+130 (+23%) vs 2020
+53% since 2000-01, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 692 | 33 | 21.0:1 | 25% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 32 | 21.0:1 | 15% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 30.6 | 20.9:1 | 15% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 27 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 4% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blacklick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (519 to 692); teachers up 22% (27 to 33).
About Blacklick Elementary School
Blacklick Elementary School, located in Blacklick, Ohio, is a large elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 692 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Ohio) has about 404 students.
Gahanna-Jefferson City is made up of 13 schools with 8,290 students in all.
At 55%, White students outnumber all other groups at Blacklick Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 24% Black, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. That is close to the 59% White share among all Franklin County residents. Blacklick Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1 at Blacklick Elementary School, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 25% of enrollment. Among public schools in Franklin County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
Blacklick Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (74.2%) and its predicted rate (79.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
Franklin County census figures show that median household income is about $75,176, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 402 public schools operate in Franklin County, serving about 195,359 students.
The school nearest to Blacklick Elementary School is Lincoln Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.9 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Blacklick Elementary School is 4th among 7 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Blacklick Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
The number of students grew from 562 to 692 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Gahanna-Jefferson City
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School1.9 mi · 730
- Gahanna South Middle School1.9 mi · 653
- High Point Elementary School2.0 mi · 555
- Everest Elementary School2.1 mi · 682
- Gahanna East Middle School2.3 mi · 660
- Gahanna Lincoln High School - OLS2.5 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Blacklick Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blacklick Elementary School?
Blacklick Elementary School enrolls approximately 692 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Blacklick Elementary School serve?
Blacklick Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blacklick Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blacklick Elementary School is approximately 21.0:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Blacklick Elementary School?
Student demographics at Blacklick Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 6% Hispanic, 24% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Blacklick Elementary School public or private?
Blacklick Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gahanna-Jefferson City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.