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What's something Glacier Ridge Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUBLIN CITY·NCES 390470205318
Glacier Ridge Elementary
7175 Glacier Ridge Blvd, Dublin, OH 43017 · (614) 733-0012 · Union County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
17.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
23 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
87.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.9pp since 2021
Math
89.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.6% | 89.2% |
| 2023-24 | 88.1% | 88.6% |
| 2022-23 | 87.7% | 89.0% |
| 2021-22 | 89.5% | 91.3% |
% 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
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Glacier Ridge Elementary
Glacier Ridge Elementary's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Ridge Elementary this school | 559 | 4.1% | 87.4% |
| Wyandot Elementary School Dublin | 483 | 3.9% | 85.8% |
| Shale Meadows Elementary School Lewis Center | 724 | 9.4% | 89.8% |
| Liberty Tree Elementary School Powell | 727 | 10.2% | 86.7% |
| Peachblow Crossing Elementary Lewis Center | 648 | 6.5% | N/A |
| Abraham Depp Elementary Plain City | 902 | 3.7% | 86.5% |
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 Glacier Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #90 of 673 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.2% | #103 of 1,569 ▲ 4 | #1 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #89 of 1,569 ▲ 19 | #1 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #324 of 1,514 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #332 of 1,808 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #828 of 1,582 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #376 of 1,590 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.1% | #760 of 767 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #250 of 992 | N/A |
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
559
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 559 | 31.5 | 17.8:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 30.5 | 19.3:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 24 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 12 | 58.4:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 27 | 24.6:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 2% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glacier Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (701 to 559); teachers up 163% (12 to 31.5).
About Glacier Ridge Elementary
Glacier Ridge Elementary is an elementary school in Dublin, Ohio, and it is part of Dublin City. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 559 students. The school's enrollment is 38% larger than the 404 average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Glacier Ridge Elementary sits within Dublin City, which has 23 schools and 16,967 students.
White students make up a majority at Glacier Ridge Elementary, at 52%. The remaining shares are 36% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Union County's population at about 85%. Glacier Ridge Elementary's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 31.5 full-time equivalents, or about 17.8 students per teacher. That is close to the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. About 4% of students, or 23, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Union County report 19%.
The allk12 Grade for Glacier Ridge Elementary is B+. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 87.2%. Glacier Ridge Elementary scores 87.4%.
Across Union County, the median household income is $112,322, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Union County has 19 public schools and roughly 12,597 students.
Nearest public school: Deer Run Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Glacier Ridge Elementary ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 87.4% versus an 88.2% average.
The NCES locale for Glacier Ridge Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Glacier Ridge Elementary had 536 students, to 2024-25, when it had 559. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.3:1 to 17.8:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,324
Census ACS
Median income
$112,322
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
12,597 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dublin City
- Dublin Jerome High SchoolHigh · 2,075 students
- Dublin Coffman High SchoolHigh · 1,824 students
- Dublin Scioto High SchoolHigh · 1,437 students
- Abraham Depp ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Ann Simpson Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
- Henry Karrer Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Dublin
- Dublin Jerome High SchoolHigh · 2,075 students
- Dublin Coffman High SchoolHigh · 1,824 students
- Dublin Scioto High SchoolHigh · 1,437 students
- Ann Simpson Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
- Henry Karrer Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- John Sells Middle SchoolMiddle · 715 students
Other Glacier Ridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Glacier Ridge Elementary. Glacier Ridge Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Glacier Ridge Elementary SchoolCrystal Lake, IL · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Deer Run Elementary School1.2 mi · 356
- Willard Grizzell Middle School1.2 mi · 683
- Dublin Jerome High School1.5 mi · 2,075
- Eli Pinney Elementary School1.6 mi · 585
- Eversole Run Middle School2.1 mi · 837
- Abraham Depp Elementary2.1 mi · 902
Frequently asked questions
About Glacier Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Glacier Ridge Elementary?
Glacier Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 559 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Glacier Ridge Elementary serve?
Glacier Ridge Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Glacier Ridge Elementary have?
Glacier Ridge Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Glacier Ridge Elementary?
Student demographics at Glacier Ridge Elementary are roughly 52% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 36% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Glacier Ridge Elementary in?
Glacier Ridge Elementary is part of Dublin City.
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