Enrollment
1,224
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CELINA CITY·NCES 391003000266
Celina Elementary School
1225 W Logan St, Celina, OH 45822 · (419) 586-8300 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,224 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
15.7:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
621 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 163 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 187 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 173 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 176 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 178 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (163) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (178).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Celina Elementary School→Celina Middle School
Based on grade levels within Celina City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.0pp since 2021
Math
77.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 62 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 down about 5 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 | 62.4% | 77.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 77.3% |
| 2022-23 | 69.9% | 74.7% |
| 2021-22 | 67.5% | 71.7% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Celina Elementary School
Celina Elementary School's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celina Elementary School this school | 1,224 | 50.7% | 71.4% |
| Miami Trace Elementary School Washington | 1,139 | 50.9% | 73.2% |
| London Elementary School London | 1,011 | 53.2% | 63.0% |
| Batavia Elementary School Batavia | 1,242 | 44.8% | 66.0% |
| Greenon Elementary School Enon | 897 | 49.7% | 64.3% |
| Shawnee Elementary School Springfield | 983 | 53.2% | 64.2% |
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 Celina Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #430 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #453 of 1,569 ▼ 24 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #841 of 1,569 ▼ 189 | #6 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #1,014 of 1,514 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,224 | #7 of 1,808 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #384 of 1,582 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #931 of 1,590 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #250 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +208.3% | #4 of 561 | N/A |
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
1,224
+899 (+277%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 1,224 | 78 | 15.7:1 | 51% (621) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 51% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 37 | 9.6:1 | 45% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 23 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 20.5 | 19.4:1 | 50% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 52% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 296 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 69% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 44% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 728 | 34 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Celina Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 208% (397 to 1,224); teachers up 280% (20.5 to 78).
About Celina Elementary School
Celina Elementary School sits in Celina, Ohio, and is classified as an elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 1,224 students. It has 203% more students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
Celina City has a total of 8 schools and 3,694 students, Celina Elementary School among them.
The share of students at Celina Elementary School who are White is 83%. Other groups include 7% Pacific Islander, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mercer County residents are about 95% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 78 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 621 students, or 51%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Mercer County, the average is 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Celina Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Celina Elementary School scores 71.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 69.6%.
In the surrounding county, Mercer County, the median household earns about $76,782 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Celina Elementary School, Mercer County has 22 public schools.
Celina Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Celina Intermediate Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Celina Elementary School at 2nd of 4.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment records show 325 in 2020-21 and 1,224 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.7:1) than in 2020-21 (14.1:1).
The Celina Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,484
Census ACS
Median income
$76,782
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
9,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Celina City
- Celina High SchoolHigh · 743 students
- Celina Primary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Tri Star Career CompactHigh · 382 students
- Celina Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 348 students
- Celina Middle SchoolMiddle · 348 students
- Head StartElementary · 101 students
Other schools in Celina
- Celina High SchoolHigh · 743 students
- Celina Primary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Tri Star Career CompactHigh · 382 students
- Celina Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 348 students
- Celina Middle SchoolMiddle · 348 students
- Head StartElementary · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Celina Intermediate Elementary School0.1 mi · 348
- Head Start1.5 mi · 101
- Celina Middle School1.6 mi · 348
- Celina Primary School1.6 mi · 531
- Celina High School1.7 mi · 743
- Tri Star Career Compact4.3 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Celina Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Celina Elementary School?
Celina Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,224 students in grades KG-06.
Is Celina Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Celina Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Celina Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Celina Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Celina Elementary School?
Student demographics at Celina Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Celina Elementary School public or private?
Celina Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Celina City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.