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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLENTANGY LOCAL·NCES 390467605485
Cheshire Elementary
2681 Gregory Rd, Delaware, OH 43015 · (740) 657-5750 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
59 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
85.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.9pp since 2021
Math
88.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.1% | 88.3% |
| 2023-24 | 92.3% | 87.7% |
| 2022-23 | 91.1% | 89.7% |
| 2021-22 | 89.0% | 87.4% |
% 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
87.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% 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 Cheshire Elementary
Cheshire Elementary's state test result (87.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Elementary this school | 508 | 11.6% | 87.5% |
| Kings Mills Elementary School Kings Mills | 567 | 16.9% | 82.8% |
| Liberty Tree Elementary School Powell | 727 | 10.2% | 86.7% |
| Indian Springs Elementary Powell | 721 | 9.2% | 86.5% |
| Grace L Roxbury Elementary School Solon | 487 | 19.1% | 98.2% |
| Alum Creek Elementary School Lewis Center | 664 | 19.6% | 87.9% |
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 Cheshire Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #83 of 673 | #10 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.3% | #133 of 1,569 ▼ 5 | #9 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #141 of 1,569 ▼ 105 | #12 of 33 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #359 of 1,514 | #15 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #463 of 1,808 | #24 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #564 of 1,582 | #3 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #280 of 1,590 | #6 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.6% | #708 of 767 | #22 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #132 of 992 | #3 of 17 |
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
508
-232 (-31%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 508 | 30.7 | 16.6:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 833 | 38.7 | 21.5:1 | 8% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 32.6 | 22.1:1 | 2% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 33 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 32.6 | 21.4:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 33 | 21.4:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 5% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheshire Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (697 to 508); teachers down 6% (32.6 to 30.7).
About Cheshire Elementary
Cheshire Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Delaware, Ohio, administered by Olentangy Local. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 508 students. That is 26% bigger than the average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.
Cheshire Elementary is a school in Olentangy Local. The district has 29 schools and 24,133 students.
The largest group at Cheshire Elementary is White students, at 51%. Other groups include 29% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Delaware County residents are about 80% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Teacher count: 30.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 12%. Across public schools in Delaware County, the average is 20%.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Cheshire Elementary outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Cheshire Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (87.5%) and its predicted rate (84.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
In the wider Delaware County area, median household income comes to about $133,540, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Delaware County counts 59 public schools with about 44,100 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Olentangy Berlin Middle School, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cheshire Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cheshire Elementary had a net loss of 232 students, or 31%. The ratio was 22.4:1 in 2020-21 and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Cheshire Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Olentangy Local
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- Olentangy Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Olentangy High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Olentangy Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
Other schools in Delaware
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Rutherford B Hayes High SchoolHigh · 1,612 students
- John C Dempsey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Olentangy Berlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- Robert F Schultz Elementary SchoolElementary · 777 students
- Laura Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Olentangy Berlin Middle School0.2 mi · 886
- Olentangy Berlin High School0.6 mi · 1,823
- Peachblow Crossing Elementary1.5 mi · 648
- Shale Meadows Elementary School1.7 mi · 724
- Olentangy Preschool at DACC1.9 mi · 33
- Delaware Area Career Center South Campus1.9 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Cheshire ElementaryHow large is Cheshire Elementary?
Cheshire Elementary enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cheshire Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cheshire Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cheshire Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cheshire Elementary is approximately 16.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cheshire Elementary?
Cheshire Elementary reports a student body of 51% White, 4% Hispanic, 7% Black, 29% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Cheshire Elementary in?
Cheshire Elementary is part of Olentangy Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.