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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at High Point Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 390469604348
High Point Elementary School
700 Venetian Way, Gahanna, OH 43230 · (614) 478-5545 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
126 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
85.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -7.3pp since 2021
Math
79.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -11.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 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 down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 79.2% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.5% | 88.2% |
| 2021-22 | 92.3% | 90.5% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 High Point Elementary School
High Point Elementary School's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point Elementary School this school | 555 | 22.7% | 82.3% |
| Alcott Elementary School Westerville | 537 | 22.0% | 90.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Gahanna | 437 | 24.5% | 81.2% |
| Hyde Park School Cincinnati | 617 | 24.3% | 85.9% |
| Robert Frost Elementary School Westerville | 420 | 26.7% | 79.9% |
| Hoffman Trails Elementary School Hilliard | 468 | 25.9% | 80.3% |
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 High Point Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #194 of 673 | #16 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #412 of 1,569 ▼ 56 | #28 of 199 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #144 of 1,569 ▲ 13 | #14 of 199 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.3pp | #46 of 1,514 | #7 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #342 of 1,808 | #30 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,079 of 1,582 | #108 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #493 of 1,590 | #126 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #608 of 767 | #65 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #344 of 561 | #37 of 52 |
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
555
+65 (+13%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 555 | 29.4 | 18.9:1 | 23% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 25.1 | 21.9:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 24.1 | 21.9:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 25 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 28 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for High Point Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (513 to 555); teachers down 2% (30 to 29.4).
About High Point Elementary School
High Point Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Gahanna, Ohio. A federal count lists 555 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 37% bigger than that.
High Point Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Gahanna-Jefferson City, which enrolls 8,290 students in total.
A majority of students at High Point Elementary School, 65%, are White. Next come 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at High Point Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
A ratio of 18.9:1 comes from the school's 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 23% of students at High Point Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 18 points below the 41% average for public schools in Franklin County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, High Point Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 82.3% actual against 80.2% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Franklin County, median household income is about $75,176, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. High Point Elementary School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County, which together enroll about 195,359 students.
Of nearby public schools, Gahanna East Middle School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, High Point Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
High Point Elementary School had 490 students in 2020-21 and 555 in 2024-25, a 13% increase.
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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 Gahanna-Jefferson City
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Blacklick Elementary SchoolElementary · 692 students
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
Other schools in Gahanna
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,468 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Gahanna East Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
- Gahanna South Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Gahanna West Middle SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- Goshen Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other High Point Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named High Point Elementary. High Point Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- High Point Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 684 students
- High Point ElementaryPasadena, MD · 665 students
- HIGH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 600 students
- High Point ElementaryBristol, VA · 582 students
- High Point Elementary SchoolTEMPLE, TX · 563 students
Nearby schools
- Gahanna East Middle School0.2 mi · 660
- Gahanna- Jefferson Clark Hall1.5 mi · 176
- Gahanna Lincoln High School - OLS1.5 mi · 15
- Lincoln High School1.5 mi · 2,468
- Jefferson Elementary School1.6 mi · 437
- Lincoln Elementary School1.7 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About High Point Elementary SchoolHow many students attend High Point Elementary School?
High Point Elementary School enrolls approximately 555 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does High Point Elementary School serve?
High Point Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at High Point Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at High Point Elementary School is approximately 18.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is High Point Elementary School?
High Point Elementary School reports a student body of 65% White, 7% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees High Point Elementary School?
High Point Elementary School is overseen by Gahanna-Jefferson City in Franklin County.
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