Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH-WESTERN CITY·NCES 390448001658
Finland Elementary School
1835 Finland Ave, Columbus, OH 43223 · (614) 801-8125 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
337 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 21% smaller than its 4th grade class (86).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
38.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -11.3pp since 2021
Math
60.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +15.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.8% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.4% | 56.1% |
| 2021-22 | 50.1% | 45.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Finland Elementary School
Finland Elementary School's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland Elementary School this school | 371 | 90.8% | 43.6% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Toledo | 511 | 75.7% | 42.5% |
| West Franklin Elementary School Columbus | 488 | 90.2% | 47.0% |
| Highland Park Elementary School Grove City | 475 | 74.5% | 67.0% |
| Herbert Mills Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 431 | 73.5% | 50.3% |
| Holloway Elementary School Holland | 341 | 73.3% | 61.0% |
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 Finland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #667 of 673 | #79 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #908 of 1,569 ▲ 286 | #77 of 199 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #1,269 of 1,569 ▲ 47 | #134 of 199 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #857 of 1,514 | #121 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #966 of 1,808 | #119 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #639 of 1,582 | #52 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #87 of 1,590 | #26 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #9 of 767 | #1 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #130 of 992 | #25 of 135 |
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
371
-39 (-10%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 371 | 21.9 | 16.9:1 | 91% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 21.9 | 16.8:1 | 92% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 19.6 | 18.2:1 | 82% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 18 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 22.6 | 22.6:1 | 84% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 27 | 21.7:1 | 82% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 296 | 14 | 21.1:1 | 67% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 23 | 19.8:1 | 42% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Finland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (511 to 371); teachers down 3% (22.6 to 21.9).
About Finland Elementary School
Finland Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Columbus, Ohio. In all, 371 students attend the school in pre-K through 4.
Finland Elementary School is a school in South-Western City. The district has 33 schools and 21,873 students.
White students make up 42% of enrollment at Finland Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Next come 25% Black, 22% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. That compares with about 59% White among all Franklin County residents. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Finland Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 41% for public schools in Franklin County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Finland Elementary School posts 43.6% against a 54.5% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Ohio.
In Franklin County, the median household earns about $75,176 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Franklin County, 402 public schools serve about 195,359 students.
Finland Middle School is the nearest public school to Finland Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Finland Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 49.3%, higher than Finland Elementary School's 43.6%.
Federal data place Finland Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 22.8 in 2020-21 to 16.9 in 2024-25.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South-Western City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Westland High SchoolHigh · 1,853 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Nearby schools
- Finland Middle School0.1 mi · 673
- Franklin Woods Intermediate School0.2 mi · 666
- James A Harmon Elementary School0.5 mi · 589
- East Franklin Elementary School0.6 mi · 257
- Briggs High School1.3 mi · 956
- Lindbergh Elementary School1.5 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Finland Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Finland Elementary School?
Finland Elementary School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Finland Elementary School serve?
Finland Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Finland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Finland Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Finland Elementary School?
Finland Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 22% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Finland Elementary School?
Finland Elementary School is overseen by South-Western City in Franklin County.
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