Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WORTHINGTON CITY·NCES 390451302034
Brookside Elementary School
6700 Mcvey Blvd, Columbus, OH 43235 · (614) 450-5300 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
97 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
76.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.7pp since 2021
Math
77.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.6% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.2% | 75.9% |
| 2022-23 | 72.4% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 73.9% | 75.4% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Brookside Elementary School
Brookside Elementary School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Elementary School this school | 319 | 30.4% | 75.5% |
| Buckeye Elementary School Painesville | 366 | 37.4% | 73.0% |
| Conneaut Elementary School Bowling Green | 414 | 32.1% | 79.6% |
| Mill Valley Elementary School Marysville | 403 | 29.3% | 74.1% |
| Meadowlawn Elementary School Sandusky | 421 | 36.6% | 64.9% |
| Granby Elementary School Columbus | 404 | 36.4% | 69.5% |
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 Brookside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #346 of 673 | #32 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #465 of 1,569 ▼ 3 | #36 of 199 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #387 of 1,569 ▲ 113 | #33 of 199 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #837 of 1,514 | #119 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #1,198 of 1,808 | #144 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #62 of 1,582 | #4 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #527 of 1,590 | #135 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #506 of 767 | #54 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #916 of 992 | #125 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
319
-26 (-8%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 319 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 30% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 21.9 | 15.7:1 | 26% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 20.6 | 16.5:1 | 31% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 20.3 | 16.1:1 | 35% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 20 | 17.0:1 | 41% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 45% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 11% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 24 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (327 to 319); teachers up 23% (20.3 to 25).
About Brookside Elementary School
Among the schools in Columbus, Ohio, is Brookside Elementary School, a small elementary school. A total of 319 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students, so this school is 21% smaller than average.
The Worthington City system has 19 schools and 10,874 students.
By race and ethnicity, Brookside Elementary School is 67% White. It is also 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. By the diversity index, Brookside Elementary School comes in at 51%.
Brookside Elementary School counts 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Franklin County is 41%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Brookside Elementary School is 1.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 75.5% actual, 77.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Brookside Elementary School is located in Franklin County, where median household income is about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 402 public schools in Franklin County, with a combined enrollment of about 195,359.
Perry Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Brookside Elementary School places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 345 in 2020-21 and 319 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 12.8:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Brookside Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Worthington City
- Thomas Worthington High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Worthingway Middle SchoolMiddle · 640 students
- Mccord Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Worthington Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Other Brookside Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Brookside Elementary. Brookside Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 18.
- Brookside ElementaryRAMSEY, MN · 779 students
- Brookside ElementaryBeaumont, CA · 691 students
- Brookside ElementaryOak Park, CA · 556 students
- Brookside Elementary SchoolNicholasville, KY · 515 students
- Brookside ElementaryGastonia, NC · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Middle School0.4 mi · 528
- Phoenix Middle School0.4 mi · 154
- Bluffsview Elementary School1.0 mi · 399
- Worthington Kilbourne High School1.0 mi · 1,623
- Mccord Middle School1.2 mi · 636
- Granby Elementary School1.3 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Brookside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brookside Elementary School?
Brookside Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Brookside Elementary School serve?
Brookside Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brookside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brookside Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brookside Elementary School?
Brookside Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Brookside Elementary School?
Brookside Elementary School is overseen by Worthington City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.