Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG WALNUT LOCAL·NCES 390467405600
General Rosecrans Elementary
301 S. Miller Drive, Sunbury, OH 43074 · (740) 965-3010 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
54 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 26% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
General Rosecrans Elementary→Big Walnut Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Big Walnut Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
70.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.5pp since 2021
Math
81.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 81.1% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 79.6% |
| 2022-23 | 79.8% | 78.5% |
| 2021-22 | 72.8% | 71.6% |
% 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 General Rosecrans Elementary
General Rosecrans Elementary's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Rosecrans Elementary this school | 296 | 18.2% | 79.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Lakewood | 270 | 16.7% | 90.6% |
| Berlin Elementary School Berlin | 332 | 20.5% | 74.9% |
| Eastview Elementary School Avon Lake | 346 | 13.6% | 85.1% |
| Big Walnut Elementary School Sunbury | 295 | 13.2% | 74.8% |
| Prairie Run Elementary School Sunbury | 352 | 21.9% | 78.3% |
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 General Rosecrans Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #272 of 673 | #22 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #343 of 1,569 ▲ 23 | #19 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #576 of 1,569 ▼ 314 | #29 of 33 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #708 of 1,514 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #1,294 of 1,808 | #32 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #541 of 1,582 | #2 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #1,030 of 1,590 | #30 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #655 of 767 | #16 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.0% | #42 of 992 | #1 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. 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
296
-53 (-15%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 296 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 18% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 15% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 22 | 23.9:1 | 20% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for General Rosecrans Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (470 to 296); teachers down 31% (26 to 18).
About General Rosecrans Elementary
General Rosecrans Elementary serves students in Sunbury, Ohio, as a small elementary school. The school's 296 students are in kindergarten through 3. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
A total of 8 schools make up Big Walnut Local, with 4,298 students enrolled.
The student body at General Rosecrans Elementary is 86% White. The rest of enrollment is 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at General Rosecrans Elementary is 18 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.4:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Around 18% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Delaware County average 20%.
The allk12 Grade for General Rosecrans Elementary is B. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with General Rosecrans Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 81.9%. General Rosecrans Elementary scores 79.0%, 2.9 points below that line.
Delaware County has these Census figures: the median household income is $133,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Delaware County is home to 59 public schools and about 44,100 public school students.
The nearest public school is Big Walnut Intermediate School, at about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, General Rosecrans Elementary is 4th among 8 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, General Rosecrans Elementary's enrollment dropped 15%, to 296. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.4:1 to 16.4:1.
Community posts for General Rosecrans Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Big Walnut Local
- Big Walnut High SchoolHigh · 1,299 students
- Big Walnut Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Big Walnut Intermediate SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Prairie Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Big Walnut Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Hylen Souders Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 students
Other schools in Sunbury
- Big Walnut High SchoolHigh · 1,299 students
- Big Walnut Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Big Walnut Intermediate SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Prairie Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Big Walnut Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Big Walnut Early Learning Center at Harrison StreetElementary · 131 students
Nearby schools
- Big Walnut Intermediate School0.6 mi · 663
- Big Walnut Elementary School0.8 mi · 295
- Big Walnut Middle School1.0 mi · 973
- Prairie Run Elementary School1.2 mi · 352
- Big Walnut Early Learning Center at Harrison Street1.2 mi · 131
- Big Walnut High School1.3 mi · 1,299
Frequently asked questions
About General Rosecrans ElementaryHow many students attend General Rosecrans Elementary?
General Rosecrans Elementary enrolls approximately 296 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does General Rosecrans Elementary serve?
General Rosecrans Elementary serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at General Rosecrans Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at General Rosecrans Elementary is approximately 16.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at General Rosecrans Elementary?
Student demographics at General Rosecrans Elementary are roughly 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees General Rosecrans Elementary?
General Rosecrans Elementary is overseen by Big Walnut Local in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.