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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAHAM LOCAL·NCES 390461902466
Graham Elementary School
9464 US Highway 36, Saint Paris, OH 43072 · (937) 663-4449 · Champaign County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- BThree-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
21.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
325 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 104 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Based on grade levels within Graham Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.1pp since 2021
Math
69.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 67.6% |
| 2022-23 | 66.9% | 65.9% |
| 2021-22 | 68.5% | 59.7% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Graham Elementary School
Graham Elementary School's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Elementary School this school | 735 | 44.2% | 68.3% |
| James A Garfield Elementary School Garrettsville | 655 | 42.9% | 70.7% |
| North Union Elementary School Richwood | 654 | 44.3% | 70.5% |
| Northwestern Elementary School West Salem | 632 | 43.7% | 80.9% |
| Logan Elm Elementary School Circleville | 814 | 46.9% | 73.2% |
| Benjamin Logan Elementary School Bellefontaine | 587 | 42.4% | 71.8% |
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 Graham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #483 of 673 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #680 of 1,569 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #642 of 1,569 ▲ 122 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #607 of 1,514 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #119 of 1,808 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,386 of 1,582 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #1,265 of 1,590 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #354 of 767 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #484 of 992 |
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
735
+53 (+8%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 735 | 35 | 21.0:1 | 44% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 746 | 37 | 20.2:1 | 47% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 37 | 19.6:1 | 38% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 39 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 850 | 43 | 19.8:1 | 39% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 46 | 19.9:1 | 41% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 1,034 | 57 | 18.1:1 | 43% (440) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 15% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 19 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (850 to 735); teachers down 19% (43 to 35).
About Graham Elementary School
A high-enrollment elementary school in Saint Paris, Ohio, Graham Elementary School is part of Graham Local. The school enrolls 735 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average enrollment is about 404.
Graham Elementary School belongs to Graham Local, a district of 3 schools and 1,588 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Graham Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Champaign County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Graham Elementary School scores 17%.
Graham Elementary School reports a ratio of 21.0 students per teacher, from 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is 3.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Graham Elementary School, 44% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Champaign County, the average eligibility rate is 57%.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Graham Elementary School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Graham Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.3%, compared with a predicted 72.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Champaign County, where median household income comes to about $75,556, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Champaign County counts 15 public schools with about 6,135 students.
Graham Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Graham Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, Graham Elementary School is ahead of the 67.2% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The NCES locale for Graham Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Graham Elementary School had a net gain of 53 students, or 8%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.5:1 to 21.0:1 over the same years.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,804
Census ACS
Median income
$75,556
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,135 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Graham Local
- Graham High SchoolHigh · 491 students
- Graham Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
Other schools in Saint Paris
- Graham High SchoolHigh · 491 students
- Graham Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
Other Graham Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Graham Elementary. Graham Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Graham Elementary SchoolGRAHAM, TX · 979 students
- Graham ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 522 students
- Graham ElementaryGraham, WA · 428 students
- Graham Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 412 students
- GRAHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 162 students
Nearby schools
- Graham Middle School0.2 mi · 362
- Graham High School1.6 mi · 491
- Northwestern Elementary School9.2 mi · 950
- Northwestern Junior/Senior High School9.3 mi · 731
- Miami East Junior High School9.7 mi · 327
- Miami East Elementary9.7 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Graham Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Graham Elementary School?
Graham Elementary School enrolls approximately 735 students in grades PK-05.
Is Graham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Graham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Graham Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Graham Elementary School is approximately 21.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Graham Elementary School?
Graham Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Graham Elementary School?
Graham Elementary School is overseen by Graham Local in Champaign County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.