Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- B+Three-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 10 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 33.9% |
| 2022-23 | 44.1% | 32.2% |
| 2021-22 | 41.9% | 29.3% |
Where Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #1,211 of 1,569 ▲ 27 | #129 of 199 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,167 of 1,569 ▲ 28 | #116 of 199 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #459 of 1,514 | #73 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #1,175 of 1,808 | #138 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #686 of 1,582 | #56 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #112 of 1,590 | #34 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #216 of 992 | #41 of 135 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 18 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 21 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 95% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 20 | 18.5:1 | 72% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 42% (206) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 20 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (417 to 326); teachers down 10% (21 to 19).
About Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School
Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School is a small elementary school in Ohio, located in Columbus. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 326 students on the rolls.
Across its 115 schools, Columbus City Schools District enrolls 46,249 students. Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 38%. The remaining students are 35% Black, 16% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. Among people living in Franklin County, the White share is about 59%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.2 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.9:1.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
For the population of Franklin County, the median household earns about $75,176 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School shares Franklin County with 401 other public schools.
A+ Children's Academy is the nearest public school to Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 365 to 326. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.3:1 to 17.2:1.
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