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How has Elgin Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELGIN LOCAL·NCES 390484103242
Elgin Elementary School
1250 Keener Rd S, Marion, OH 43302 · (740) 223-4301 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
300 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Elgin Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
58.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.9pp since 2021
Math
65.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.3% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 69.3% |
| 2022-23 | 64.1% | 70.4% |
| 2021-22 | 60.2% | 67.2% |
% 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
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Elgin Elementary School
Elgin Elementary School's state test result (66.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Elementary School this school | 490 | 61.2% | 66.1% |
| Ansonia Elementary School Ansonia | 495 | 60.8% | 79.0% |
| Taft Intermediate School Ashland | 460 | 59.3% | 79.0% |
| Indian Lake Elementary School Lewistown | 530 | 62.5% | 78.6% |
| Belpre Elementary School Belpre | 484 | 61.0% | 63.5% |
| Waterloo Elementary School Atwater | 462 | 65.2% | 64.4% |
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 Elgin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #524 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #783 of 1,569 ▼ 138 | #3 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #954 of 1,569 ▲ 6 | #5 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #341 of 1,514 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #506 of 1,808 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #459 of 1,582 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #1,300 of 1,590 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #122 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #447 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
490
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 490 | 30.5 | 16.1:1 | 61% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 28.5 | 16.3:1 | 67% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 51.5 | 9.5:1 | 55% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 51 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 28.6 | 16.6:1 | 55% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 56% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 18 | 17.2:1 | 45% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | 21% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 23 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elgin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (474 to 490); teachers up 7% (28.6 to 30.5).
About Elgin Elementary School
Elgin Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Marion, Ohio. The school counts 490 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students.
Elgin Local runs 3 schools with a combined 1,022 students. Elgin Elementary School is one of them.
The large majority of students at Elgin Elementary School, 92%, are White. Next come 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Elgin Elementary School has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Elgin Elementary School is 30.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.1:1. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. The school counts 300 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 61%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 65.7%.
Marion County has about 65,020 residents, and median household income is about $59,371, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 27 public schools in Marion County, with a combined enrollment of about 12,492.
Nearest public school: Elgin Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Elgin Elementary School holds 4 other public schools.
In the federal locale system, Elgin Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Elgin Elementary School was 501 in 2020-21 and 490 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.8:1 to 16.1:1.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,020
Census ACS
Median income
$59,371
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elgin Local
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 275 students
- Elgin Middle SchoolMiddle · 257 students
Other schools in Marion
- TRECA Digital AcademyCombined · 2,165 students
- Ulysses S. Grant Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Harding High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Buckeye Community School - MarionHigh · 824 students
- Tri-Rivers Career CenterHigh · 583 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other Elgin Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Elgin Elementary. Elgin Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Elgin Elementary SchoolElgin, OK · 946 students
- Elgin Elementary SchoolELGIN, TX · 673 students
- Elgin Elementary SchoolELGIN, AZ · 118 students
- ELGIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLELGIN, NE · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Elgin Middle School0.0 mi · 257
- Elgin High School0.0 mi · 275
- James A. Garfield Elementary School4.7 mi · 343
- William McKinley Elementary School4.9 mi · 444
- Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School5.4 mi · 230
- Buckeye Community School - Marion5.9 mi · 824
Frequently asked questions
About Elgin Elementary SchoolHow large is Elgin Elementary School?
Elgin Elementary School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-05.
Is Elgin Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elgin Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Elgin Elementary School have?
Elgin Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elgin Elementary School?
At Elgin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Is Elgin Elementary School public or private?
Elgin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elgin Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.