Finland Elementary School

Set in Columbus, Ohio, Finland Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school, overseen by South-Western City. It serves 371 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 33 schools in South-Western City (21,873 students total), Finland Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Finland Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 25% Black, 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Franklin County's rate of about 41%.

After controlling for student poverty, Finland Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.5%; this one comes in at 43.6%, -10.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Franklin County) records that median household income runs about $75,176, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Finland Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Finland Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Finland Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

Finland Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Finland Elementary School's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 511 (now 371). White enrollment moved from 49% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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