Ervin Carlisle Elementary School

Ervin Carlisle Elementary School, a moderately sized K-5 school in Delaware, Ohio, part of Delaware City, teaches 533 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 404.

Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Delaware City, a district that teaches 5,650 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ervin Carlisle Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school logs 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Delaware County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Ervin Carlisle Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at Ervin Carlisle Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Delaware County (around 20%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ervin Carlisle Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.1%, the actual is 76.5%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Across the wider county, Delaware County reports that median household income runs about $133,540, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is one of 59 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students).

The closest other public school is John C Dempsey Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ervin Carlisle Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ervin Carlisle Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 575 (now 533). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 87% to 82% over that span.

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