Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 202 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY LOCAL·NCES 391002603645
Clay Elementary School
44 Clay High St, Portsmouth, OH 45662 · (740) 354-6644 · Scioto County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- 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
29.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
199 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Based on grade levels within Clay Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.0pp since 2021
Math
71.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 75.5% |
| 2022-23 | 61.3% | 66.8% |
| 2021-22 | 65.5% | 62.9% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Clay Elementary School
Clay Elementary School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Elementary School this school | 326 | 61.0% | 67.5% |
| Ridgedale Elementary School Morral | 306 | 61.4% | 60.1% |
| Cridersville Elementary School Cridersville | 349 | 60.7% | 56.0% |
| Tri-Village Elementary School New Madison | 381 | 60.4% | 79.2% |
| Rittman Elementary School Rittman | 359 | 57.7% | 68.5% |
| Sardinia Elementary School Sardinia | 274 | 58.4% | 75.8% |
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 Clay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Scioto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #494 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #607 of 1,569 ▼ 135 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #922 of 1,569 ▼ 107 | #6 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #922 of 1,514 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #1,179 of 1,808 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 29.6:1 | #1,568 of 1,582 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #1,442 of 1,590 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #123 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #750 of 992 | #6 of 7 |
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
326
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 188
Student : Teacher
29.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 326 | 11 | 29.6:1 | 61% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 58% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 15 | 22.5:1 | 45% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 18 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 8.4 | 41.5:1 | 61% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 8 | 45.6:1 | 63% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 8 | 27.5:1 | 52% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 197 | 11 | 17.9:1 | 41% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 188 | 8 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clay Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (349 to 326); teachers up 31% (8.4 to 11).
About Clay Elementary School
Clay Elementary School is a public elementary school in Portsmouth, Ohio. A total of 326 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
The 3 schools in Clay Local enroll 605 students altogether, Clay Elementary School among them.
The large majority of students at Clay Elementary School, 94%, are White. Next come 2% Hispanic. County-wide, about 93% of residents are White. Clay Elementary School has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers at Clay Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 29.6:1. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. The lunch program counts 61% of students at Clay Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Scioto County report 45%.
The allk12 Grade for Clay Elementary School is B. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 55% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Clay Elementary School would score about 65.8%. It scores 67.5%, 1.8 points above that figure.
Across Scioto County, median household income is about $50,609, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The public schools of Scioto County number 32 and enroll about 10,849.
The closest other public school is Clay Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Clay Elementary School was 328 in 2020-21 and 326 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 18.2:1 to 29.6:1.
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Scioto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,627
Census ACS
Median income
$50,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clay Local
- Clay High SchoolHigh · 145 students
- Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 134 students
Other schools in Portsmouth
- Portsmouth ElementaryElementary · 791 students
- Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High SchoolHigh · 636 students
- Sciotoville Community SchoolCombined · 373 students
- Clay High SchoolHigh · 145 students
- Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 134 students
Other Clay Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Clay Elementary. Clay Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Clay ElementaryAltoona, IA · 700 students
- Clay Elementary SchoolClay, AL · 606 students
- Clay Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 578 students
- Clay Elementary SchoolClay, WV · 431 students
- Clay Elementary SchoolEphrata, PA · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Clay Middle School0.0 mi · 134
- Clay High School0.0 mi · 145
- Scioto County Career Technical Center3.5 mi · 549
- Oak Intermediate Elementary School4.1 mi · 87
- Glenwood High School4.1 mi · 147
- Stanton Primary Elementary School4.1 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About Clay Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Clay Elementary School?
Clay Elementary School enrolls approximately 326 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Clay Elementary School serve?
Clay Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Clay Elementary School have?
Clay Elementary School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 29.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clay Elementary School?
At Clay Elementary School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Clay Elementary School in?
Clay Elementary School is part of Clay Local.
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