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Alumni: what's one memory from Buckeye Valley West Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUCKEYE VALLEY LOCAL·NCES 390467502646
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School
4340 State Route 257 S, Ostrander, OH 43061 · (740) 666-2731 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- BThree-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
18.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
86 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 104% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
84.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.1pp since 2021
Math
85.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.1% | 85.1% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 81.3% |
| 2022-23 | 82.4% | 80.7% |
| 2021-22 | 81.0% | 79.2% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Buckeye Valley West Elementary School
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Valley West Elementary School this school | 648 | 13.3% | 82.8% |
| Goldwood Primary Elementary School Rocky River | 575 | 14.8% | N/A |
| Kensington Intermediate Elementary School Rocky River | 586 | 15.4% | 95.1% |
| Sharon Elementary School Wadsworth | 627 | 8.9% | 90.6% |
| Sherwood Elementary School Cincinnati | 689 | 12.9% | 89.4% |
| Mariemont Elementary School Cincinnati | 514 | 15.6% | 92.1% |
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 Buckeye Valley West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #180 of 673 | #16 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #219 of 1,569 ▲ 92 | #15 of 33 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #168 of 1,569 ▲ 54 | #15 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #629 of 1,514 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #210 of 1,808 | #10 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,005 of 1,582 | #15 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #1,127 of 1,590 | #32 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #698 of 767 | #20 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.0% | #72 of 561 | #1 of 15 |
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
648
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 648 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 13% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 35 | 18.9:1 | 14% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 34 | 19.4:1 | 7% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 28 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 21 | 21.4:1 | 29% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 13% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 15 | 20.1:1 | 7% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 24 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckeye Valley West Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (450 to 648); teachers up 67% (21 to 35).
About Buckeye Valley West Elementary School
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School, located in Ostrander, Ohio, is a large elementary school. The school's enrollment of 648 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 60% higher than the average for elementary schools in Ohio, which is about 404.
Buckeye Valley Local counts 4 schools and 2,298 students, including Buckeye Valley West Elementary School.
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School's enrollment is 88% White. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Delaware County is about 80% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.5:1. That is close to the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 13% in 2024-25.
allk12 grades Buckeye Valley West Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Buckeye Valley West Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (82.8% actual, 83.8% predicted).
Delaware County census figures show that the median household income is $133,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Delaware County is home to 59 public schools and about 44,100 public school students.
The nearest public school is Robert F Schultz Elementary School, at about 4.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 83.7%, higher than Buckeye Valley West Elementary School's 82.8%.
The federal government classifies Buckeye Valley West Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 34 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 18.5 students per teacher, compared with 21.9 in 2020-21.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buckeye Valley Local
- Buckeye Valley Local Middle SchoolMiddle · 612 students
- Buckeye Valley Local High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Buckeye Valley East Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Robert F Schultz Elementary School4.4 mi · 777
- Indian Springs Elementary4.5 mi · 721
- Liberty Tree Elementary School4.5 mi · 727
- Hyatts Middle School4.6 mi · 835
- Olentangy Liberty High School4.7 mi · 1,847
- Ervin Carlisle Elementary School5.0 mi · 533
Frequently asked questions
About Buckeye Valley West Elementary SchoolHow large is Buckeye Valley West Elementary School?
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-05.
Is Buckeye Valley West Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Buckeye Valley West Elementary School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Buckeye Valley West Elementary School.
How diverse is Buckeye Valley West Elementary School?
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Buckeye Valley West Elementary School public or private?
Buckeye Valley West Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Buckeye Valley Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.