Bolton Crossing Elementary

Located at 2695 Holt Rd, in Grove, Ohio, Bolton Crossing Elementary is a large primary school that hosts 717 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under South-Western City. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 77% bigger than typical.

South-Western City comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 21,873 students; Bolton Crossing Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bolton Crossing Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 32% Black, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bolton Crossing Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.4%; this one comes in at 45.6%, -16.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household income runs about $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Bolton Crossing Elementary is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

The closest other public school is Pleasant View Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bolton Crossing Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bolton Crossing Elementary has edged up 38%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 717 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 50% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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