Herbert Mills Elementary School

Herbert Mills Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, one of the schools within Reynoldsburg City. Current enrollment sits at 431 students spanning grades K through 5.

Reynoldsburg City comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,130 students; Herbert Mills Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Herbert Mills Elementary School records that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 29% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Herbert Mills Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.0%; Herbert Mills Elementary School posts 50.3%, -10.7 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Herbert Mills Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Reynoldsburg High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Herbert Mills Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

Herbert Mills Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Herbert Mills Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 442 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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