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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUBLIN CITY·NCES 390470204350
Griffith Thomas Elementary School
4671 Tuttle Rd, Dublin, OH 43017 · (614) 764-5970 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
202 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 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
67%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
76.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
78.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.4% | 78.9% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 75.3% |
| 2022-23 | 70.5% | 73.6% |
| 2021-22 | 74.5% | 77.5% |
% 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
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Griffith Thomas Elementary School
Griffith Thomas Elementary School's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith Thomas Elementary School this school | 552 | 36.6% | 77.9% |
| Normandy Elementary School Dayton | 495 | 36.4% | 76.8% |
| Creekside Early Childhood School West Chester | 720 | 31.1% | N/A |
| Whitney Elementary School Strongsville | 426 | 27.9% | 87.2% |
| Mayfield Center Elementary School Mayfield | 468 | 28.0% | 85.2% |
| Etna Elementary Etna | 511 | 48.1% | 75.3% |
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 Griffith Thomas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #292 of 673 | #26 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #418 of 1,569 ▲ 59 | #30 of 199 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #395 of 1,569 ▼ 74 | #34 of 199 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #879 of 1,514 | #122 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #350 of 1,808 | #32 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,108 of 1,582 | #113 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #165 of 1,590 | #45 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #433 of 767 | #44 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #85 of 992 | #18 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
552
-93 (-14%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 37% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 36% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 22% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 32 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 17 | 46.9:1 | 22% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 35 | 21.0:1 | 16% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 19% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 22 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Griffith Thomas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (798 to 552); teachers up 71% (17 to 29).
About Griffith Thomas Elementary School
Among the schools in Dublin, Ohio, is Griffith Thomas Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 552 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students, so this school is 37% bigger than average.
Griffith Thomas Elementary School belongs to Dublin City, a district of 23 schools and 16,967 students.
At 51%, White students outnumber all other groups at Griffith Thomas Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 20% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Franklin County, the White share is about 59%. By the diversity index, Griffith Thomas Elementary School comes in at 67%.
A ratio of 19.0:1 comes from the school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 37% in 2024-25.
Griffith Thomas Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.9% and a predicted 75.0%.
Federal survey data for Franklin County show that median household income is about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Griffith Thomas Elementary School is among the 402 public schools in Franklin County.
The closest other public school is Heart of Ohio Classical Academy, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Griffith Thomas Elementary School's average proficiency of 77.9% compares with 69.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Griffith Thomas Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Griffith Thomas Elementary School had 645 students in 2020-21 and 552 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The ratio was 20.2:1 in 2020-21 and 19.0:1 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 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
Nearby schools
- Heart of Ohio Classical Academy1.0 mi · 189
- Riverside Elementary School1.1 mi · 318
- John Sells Middle School1.6 mi · 715
- Indian Run Elementary School1.6 mi · 476
- Britton Elementary School1.9 mi · 435
- Norwich Elementary School2.0 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Griffith Thomas Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Griffith Thomas Elementary School?
Griffith Thomas Elementary School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades KG-05.
Is Griffith Thomas Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Griffith Thomas Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Griffith Thomas Elementary School have?
Griffith Thomas Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
How diverse is Griffith Thomas Elementary School?
Griffith Thomas Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 20% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Griffith Thomas Elementary School?
Griffith Thomas Elementary School is overseen by Dublin City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.