Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 390469602717
Goshen Lane Elementary School
370 Goshen Ln, Gahanna, OH 43230 · (614) 478-5580 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Ohio public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
241 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 51 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 107% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
55.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +11.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 51.1% |
| 2022-23 | 70.2% | 58.7% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 44.5% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Goshen Lane Elementary School
Goshen Lane Elementary School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Lane Elementary School this school | 464 | 51.9% | 60.3% |
| Lander Elementary Cleveland | 506 | 49.4% | 75.7% |
| Wilder Elementary School Westerville | 491 | 50.7% | 68.8% |
| Rose Hill Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 393 | 64.6% | 53.2% |
| Minerva France Elementary School Columbus | 559 | 68.2% | 64.3% |
| Slate Ridge Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 582 | 66.8% | 51.0% |
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 Goshen Lane Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #596 of 673 | #62 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #991 of 1,569 ▲ 36 | #84 of 199 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #730 of 1,569 ▲ 139 | #59 of 199 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #427 of 1,514 | #69 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #611 of 1,808 | #79 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #855 of 1,582 | #77 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #113 of 1,590 | #35 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #231 of 767 | #30 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #769 of 992 | #112 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
464
-88 (-16%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 415
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 464 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 52% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 25.5 | 15.7:1 | 41% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 40% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 32 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 24 | 20.6:1 | 47% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 23 | 19.3:1 | 51% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 56% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 29% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 415 | 24 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goshen Lane Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (494 to 464); teachers up 8% (24 to 26).
About Goshen Lane Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Goshen Lane Elementary School serves students in Gahanna, Ohio. The school reports 464 students in pre-K through 5.
The 13 schools of Gahanna-Jefferson City, including Goshen Lane Elementary School, enroll 8,290 students.
Enrollment at Goshen Lane Elementary School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 46%. The school is also 26% White, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. That is higher than the 23% Black share among all Franklin County residents. By the diversity index, Goshen Lane Elementary School comes in at 70%.
Goshen Lane Elementary School employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.9:1. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is about 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 52% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 41% average for public schools in Franklin County.
allk12 grades Goshen Lane Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Goshen Lane Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.3%; the prediction is 69.2%.
Franklin County has these Census figures: median household income is about $75,176, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Goshen Lane Elementary School is among the 402 public schools in Franklin County.
The shortest distance from Goshen Lane Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Early Childhood Education and Family Center. The five-mile area around Goshen Lane Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 69.7% proficiency; Goshen Lane Elementary School posts 60.3%.
In the federal locale system, Goshen Lane Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 464 was 16% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 552.
Community posts for Goshen Lane Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Gahanna-Jefferson City
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Blacklick Elementary SchoolElementary · 692 students
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
Other schools in Gahanna
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood Education and Family Center0.9 mi · 22
- Royal Manor Elementary School1.1 mi · 423
- Gahanna West Middle School1.1 mi · 608
- Chapelfield Elementary School1.1 mi · 409
- Jefferson Elementary School1.2 mi · 437
- Ohio Construction Academy1.3 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About Goshen Lane Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Goshen Lane Elementary School?
Goshen Lane Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Goshen Lane Elementary School serve?
Goshen Lane Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Goshen Lane Elementary School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Goshen Lane Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Goshen Lane Elementary School?
Student demographics at Goshen Lane Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 9% Hispanic, 46% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Goshen Lane Elementary School?
Goshen Lane Elementary School is overseen by Gahanna-Jefferson City in Franklin County.
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