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Hamilton Elementary School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hamilton Elementary School
Hamilton Elementary School is a heavily attended K-5 school in Columbus, Ohio, part of Hamilton Local. The school teaches 1,028 students in grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 154% larger than the state mean of about 404.
Hamilton Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Hamilton Local, a district that educates 3,268 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Hamilton Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $75,176, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Hamilton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Hamilton Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hamilton Elementary School.
Hamilton Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Hamilton Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,020 (now 1,028). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 73% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.
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Related schools
- Hamilton Township High SchoolHigh · 873 students
- Hamilton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 706 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Hamilton Local PreschoolElementary · 184 students
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Whetstone High SchoolHigh · 1,017 students
- Hamilton Middle School0.1 mi · 477
- Hamilton Intermediate School0.2 mi · 706
- Hamilton Local Preschool0.2 mi · 184
- Hamilton Township High School0.7 mi · 873
- A+ Children's Academy1.7 mi · 107
- Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School1.8 mi · 326