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Hoffman Trails Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 77.4% |
| 2023-24 | 85.6% | 83.1% |
| 2022-23 | 81.3% | 81.1% |
| 2021-22 | 83.1% | 77.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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%.
Schools most like Hoffman Trails Elementary School
Hoffman Trails Elementary School's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Trails Elementary School this school | 468 | 25.9% | 80.3% |
| Darby Creek Elementary School Hilliard | 526 | 29.7% | 73.6% |
| Fort Island Primary Elementary School Fairlawn | 358 | 28.2% | 81.0% |
| Alton Darby Elementary School Hilliard | 533 | 32.1% | N/A |
| High Point Elementary School Gahanna | 555 | 22.7% | 82.3% |
| Shaw Elementary School Beavercreek | 607 | 29.7% | 73.4% |
Where Hoffman Trails Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #240 of 673 | #22 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #455 of 1,569 ▼ 199 | #35 of 199 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #499 of 1,569 ▼ 327 | #42 of 199 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #171 of 1,514 | #24 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #599 of 1,808 | #78 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #413 of 1,582 | #25 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #500 of 1,590 | #129 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #574 of 767 | #58 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #202 of 992 | #37 of 135 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 468 | 29.5 | 15.9:1 | 26% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 27.5 | 16.1:1 | 25% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 30 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 10% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 28 | 21.4:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 7% (33) |
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (602 to 468); teachers up 2% (29 to 29.5).
About Hoffman Trails Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Hoffman Trails Elementary School serves students in Hilliard, Ohio. In all, 468 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Hoffman Trails Elementary School is part of a district of 24 schools: Hilliard City, with 16,298 students.
About 66% of the student body at Hoffman Trails Elementary School is White. Other students are 11% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Hoffman Trails Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Hoffman Trails Elementary School, there are about 15.9 students; the school has 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio, 17.9:1, is higher. There are 121 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 26% of enrollment. Across public schools in Franklin County, the average is 41%.
Hoffman Trails Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 80.3% is 1.2 points above the 79.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Franklin County show that the median household earns about $75,176 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Franklin County, 402 public schools serve about 195,359 students.
Hilliard Darby High School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hoffman Trails Elementary School at 1st of 8.
The NCES locale for Hoffman Trails Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 547 (2020-21) to 468 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.9:1, from 18.2:1.
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