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Alumni: what's one memory from Ervin Carlisle Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELAWARE CITY·NCES 390438700845
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School
746 St Rt 37 W, Delaware, OH 43015 · (740) 833-1450 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
165 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Delaware City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +8.0pp since 2021
Math
75.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +18.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 19 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 73.9% |
| 2022-23 | 72.9% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 73.9% | 56.3% |
% 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
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 →
Where Ervin Carlisle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #322 of 673 | #25 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #518 of 1,569 | #26 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #219 of 1,569 | #18 of 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.4pp | #136 of 1,514 | #2 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #399 of 1,808 | #23 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,239 of 1,582 | #19 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #879 of 1,590 | #27 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #502 of 767 | #6 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #722 of 992 | #12 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
533
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 533 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 31% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 29 | 18.4:1 | 28% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 29 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 29 | 19.8:1 | 23% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 22% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 26 | 20.1:1 | 27% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 12% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 21 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ervin Carlisle Elementary School.
About Ervin Carlisle Elementary School
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Delaware, Ohio. It reports enrollment of 533 students in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 32% larger than the 404-student average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School sits within Delaware City, which has 7 schools and 5,650 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is White, at 82%. After that, the student body is 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Among Delaware County residents, the White share is about 80%. The diversity index for Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Ervin Carlisle Elementary School comes to 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.7:1. Elementary schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.9:1. On the income side, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Delaware County average 20%.
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.5% is within a point of the 77.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Delaware County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $133,540 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Public schools in Delaware County number 59, with about 44,100 students.
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School's nearest public school is John C Dempsey Middle School (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Ervin Carlisle Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 533, close to the 546 recorded in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Delaware City
- Rutherford B Hayes High SchoolHigh · 1,612 students
- John C Dempsey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Robert F Schultz Elementary SchoolElementary · 777 students
- Laura Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- James Conger Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- David Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 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
- John C Dempsey Middle School0.4 mi · 1,278
- Rutherford B Hayes High School0.7 mi · 1,612
- Robert F Schultz Elementary School0.8 mi · 777
- David Smith Elementary School1.1 mi · 376
- Laura Woodward Elementary School1.5 mi · 621
- James Conger Elementary School2.1 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Ervin Carlisle Elementary SchoolHow large is Ervin Carlisle Elementary School?
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ervin Carlisle Elementary School serve?
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Ervin Carlisle Elementary School?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Ervin Carlisle Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ervin Carlisle Elementary School?
At Ervin Carlisle Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Ervin Carlisle Elementary School public or private?
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Delaware City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.