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Deer Run Elementary School

8815 Avery Rd, Dublin, OH 43017 · (614) 764-5932 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 404
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
13 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4212%
Grade 16518%
Grade 24513%
Grade 35716%
Grade 47020%
Grade 57722%

This year's kindergarten class (42) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).

Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
22162%
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
113%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 8% · US 30%
Black
93%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 17% · US 15%
Asian
6919%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
4412%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
19655%
Female
16045%

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Test scores

Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or Above
English Language Arts
97.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +8.2pp since 2021
Math
98.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.4pp since 2021

What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.

Ohio's State Tests results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2597.2%98.3%
2023-2496.6%95.0%
2022-2394.8%95.5%
2021-2289.0%92.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
96.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 96% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Deer Run Elementary School

Deer Run Elementary School's state test result (96.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Deer Run Elementary School this school3563.7%96.3%
Scottish Corners Elementary School
Dublin
4929.1%85.4%
Miller Elementary School
Aurora
28611.2%N/A
Greensview Elementary School
Upper Arlington
4839.1%89.7%
Scioto Ridge Elementary School
Powell
6427.5%88.6%
Montgomery Elementary School
Cincinnati
56614.0%94.2%
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 Deer Run Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OhioIn Delaware County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
96.3%#6 of 673#1 of 33
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
98.3%#6 of 1,569
▲ 18
#1 of 33
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
97.2%#4 of 1,569
▲ 3
#1 of 33
no change
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+6.8pp#446 of 1,514#3 of 33
Enrollment
ranked largest first
356#1,035 of 1,808#30 of 35
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.6:1#565 of 1,582#4 of 34
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
56.0%#455 of 1,590#14 of 34
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
3.7%#764 of 767#34 of 34
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.0%#420 of 992#10 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 2024-25
Enrollment
356
-49 (-12%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2535621.516.6:14% (13)
2023-243722117.7:15% (19)
2022-2337520.518.3:12% (6)
2020-214052119.3:1N/A
2017-184196.564.5:15% (19)
2015-164802221.8:12% (9)
2010-115142619.8:11% (6)
2000-014912817.5:11% (7)
1990-914402120.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Run Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 15% (419 to 356); teachers up 231% (6.5 to 21.5).

About Deer Run Elementary School

Deer Run Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Dublin, Ohio. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 356 students.

Deer Run Elementary School is one school in a 23-school district, Dublin City, which enrolls 16,967 students.

White students are 62% of those enrolled at Deer Run Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Asian, 12% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. In Delaware County overall, about 80% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.

With 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Roughly 4% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Delaware County average 20%.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 87.4% for Deer Run Elementary School. The school posts 96.3%, 8.9 points above the prediction.

In Delaware County, home to about 226,834 people, the median household earns about $133,540 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Deer Run Elementary School shares Delaware County with 58 other public schools.

Deer Run Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Willard Grizzell Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Deer Run Elementary School is ahead of the 87.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.

NCES describes the area around Deer Run Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment was 356 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 405. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.3:1 to 16.6:1 over the same years.

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Delaware County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Deer Run Elementary School
District
Dublin City
Address
8815 Avery Rd, Dublin, OH 43017
Phone
(614) 764-5932
County
Delaware County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
356
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
13 (4%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
390470204165
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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One other US public school is named Deer Run Elementary. Deer Run Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Deer Run Elementary School
How many students attend Deer Run Elementary School?
Deer Run Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Deer Run Elementary School serve?
Deer Run Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deer Run Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Run Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Deer Run Elementary School?
Deer Run Elementary School reports a student body of 62% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 19% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Deer Run Elementary School in?
Deer Run Elementary School is part of Dublin City.
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