Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401951
Cherrington Elementary School
522 Cherrington Rd, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-7050 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
188 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
67.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.3% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 67.3% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 70.3% |
| 2021-22 | 72.5% | 72.0% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Cherrington Elementary School
Cherrington Elementary School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherrington Elementary School this school | 338 | 55.6% | 65.8% |
| Northwood Elementary School Dayton | 362 | 54.7% | 66.8% |
| Wilder Elementary School Westerville | 491 | 50.7% | 68.8% |
| Royal Manor Elementary School Gahanna | 423 | 48.9% | 62.3% |
| Rose Hill Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 393 | 64.6% | 53.2% |
| Monticello Elementary School Huber Heights | 567 | 61.7% | 53.1% |
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 Cherrington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #526 of 673 | #53 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #710 of 1,569 ▼ 2 | #54 of 199 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #680 of 1,569 ▲ 97 | #52 of 199 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #174 of 1,514 | #25 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #1,129 of 1,808 | #134 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,043 of 1,582 | #104 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #170 of 1,590 | #46 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #174 of 767 | #26 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #239 of 992 | #45 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
338
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 338 | 18.1 | 18.7:1 | 56% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 18.1 | 20.1:1 | 56% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 20.1 | 17.8:1 | 44% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 19.1 | 22.4:1 | 35% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 44% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 17 | 22.8:1 | 30% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 20% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 18 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherrington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (427 to 338); teachers down 5% (19.1 to 18.1).
About Cherrington Elementary School
Cherrington Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Westerville, Ohio. The latest federal count shows 338 students in kindergarten through 5.
Federal data list 24 schools in Westerville City, with 14,589 students enrolled.
Cherrington Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 44%. The remaining students are 33% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Among people living in Franklin County, the White share is about 59%. Cherrington Elementary School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
Cherrington Elementary School's 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Ohio have 17.9:1, compared with 18.7:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Franklin County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.8% for Cherrington Elementary School. The school posts 65.8%, 2.0 points below the prediction.
Among Franklin County residents, the median household income is $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Cherrington Elementary School, Franklin County has 401 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Cherrington Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Mark Twain Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 72.8%, higher than Cherrington Elementary School's 65.8%.
For locale, NCES codes Cherrington Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Cherrington Elementary School had 346 students in 2020-21 and 338 in 2024-25, nearly the same. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 17.3:1 to 18.7:1.
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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 Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Mark Twain Elementary School0.5 mi · 398
- Pointview Elementary School0.6 mi · 242
- Walnut Springs Middle School0.7 mi · 613
- McVay Elementary School0.8 mi · 591
- Westerville-South High School0.9 mi · 1,509
- Blendon Middle School0.9 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Cherrington Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cherrington Elementary School?
Cherrington Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Cherrington Elementary School serve?
Cherrington Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cherrington Elementary School have?
Cherrington Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Cherrington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cherrington Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 11% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Cherrington Elementary School public or private?
Cherrington Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westerville City.
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