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What's something Herbert Mills Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 473 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REYNOLDSBURG CITY·NCES 390470002738
Herbert Mills Elementary School
6826 Retton Rd, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 · (614) 367-2160 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Ohio public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- DThree-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
18.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
317 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
50.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.5pp since 2021
Math
45.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -6.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 42.6% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 57.3% |
| 2021-22 | 54.4% | 52.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Herbert Mills Elementary School
Herbert Mills Elementary School's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Mills Elementary School this school | 431 | 73.5% | 50.3% |
| Huber Ridge Elementary School Westerville | 481 | 69.0% | 58.6% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Columbus | 538 | 71.4% | 62.4% |
| Rose Hill Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 393 | 64.6% | 53.2% |
| Bolton Crossing Elementary Grove | 717 | 70.0% | 45.6% |
| French Run Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 389 | 75.1% | 48.5% |
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 Herbert Mills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #654 of 673 | #73 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,142 of 1,569 ▼ 9 | #108 of 199 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,090 of 1,569 ▼ 22 | #94 of 199 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #164 of 1,514 | #23 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #717 of 1,808 | #91 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #886 of 1,582 | #82 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #37 of 1,590 | #12 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #45 of 767 | #9 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #913 of 992 | #124 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
431
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 431 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 74% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 22.5 | 18.2:1 | 81% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 18.5 | 22.6:1 | 55% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 18 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 19.8 | 22.3:1 | 55% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 19 | 22.3:1 | 57% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 17 | 25.1:1 | 69% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 21% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 28 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herbert Mills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (442 to 431); teachers up 21% (19.8 to 24).
About Herbert Mills Elementary School
Herbert Mills Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 431 students.
Reynoldsburg City enrolls 7,130 students in 10 schools, including Herbert Mills Elementary School.
At Herbert Mills Elementary School, the largest share of students is Black, at 39%. The school is also 29% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is higher than the 23% Black share among all Franklin County residents. Herbert Mills Elementary School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.0:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Herbert Mills Elementary School is 74%. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Franklin County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Ohio public elementary schools, Herbert Mills Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Herbert Mills Elementary School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Ohio. Predicted: 61.0%. Actual: 50.3%.
In the county around the school, Franklin County, the median household income is $75,176, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Franklin County is home to 402 public schools and about 195,359 public school students.
The nearest public school is Reynoldsburg High School, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Herbert Mills Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Herbert Mills Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 431 students in 2024-25, 16 more than the 415 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.0:1.
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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 Reynoldsburg City
- Reynoldsburg High SchoolHigh · 2,115 students
- Waggoner Road Junior HighMiddle · 924 students
- Baldwin Road Junior High SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Waggoner Road ElementaryElementary · 691 students
- Slate Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Taylor Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Other schools in Reynoldsburg
- Reynoldsburg High SchoolHigh · 2,115 students
- Waggoner Road Junior HighMiddle · 924 students
- Baldwin Road Junior High SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Waggoner Road ElementaryElementary · 691 students
- Tussing Elementary SchoolElementary · 647 students
- Slate Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Reynoldsburg High School0.4 mi · 2,115
- French Run Elementary School1.1 mi · 389
- Baldwin Road Junior High School1.1 mi · 781
- Rose Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 393
- Olde Orchard Alt Elementary School1.5 mi · 521
- Yorktown Middle School1.6 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Herbert Mills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Herbert Mills Elementary School?
Herbert Mills Elementary School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-05.
Is Herbert Mills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Herbert Mills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Herbert Mills Elementary School have?
Herbert Mills Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Herbert Mills Elementary School?
Student demographics at Herbert Mills Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 15% Hispanic, 39% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Herbert Mills Elementary School public or private?
Herbert Mills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Reynoldsburg City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.