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Best kept secret at Huber Ridge Elementary School?
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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401955
Huber Ridge Elementary School
5757 Buenos Aires Blvd, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-7150 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Ohio public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
20.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
332 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
58.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.8pp since 2021
Math
61.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 59.7% |
| 2022-23 | 64.9% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.3% | 48.2% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Huber Ridge Elementary School
Huber Ridge Elementary School's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huber Ridge Elementary School this school | 481 | 69.0% | 58.6% |
| Rose Hill Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 393 | 64.6% | 53.2% |
| Herbert Mills Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 431 | 73.5% | 50.3% |
| Bolton Crossing Elementary Grove | 717 | 70.0% | 45.6% |
| Dorr Street Elementary School Toledo | 392 | 65.8% | 52.3% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Columbus | 538 | 71.4% | 62.4% |
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 Huber Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #611 of 673 | #65 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #897 of 1,569 ▼ 13 | #74 of 199 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #949 of 1,569 ▲ 20 | #78 of 199 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #622 of 1,514 | #95 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #540 of 1,808 | #68 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #1,279 of 1,582 | #141 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #42 of 1,590 | #15 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #69 of 767 | #14 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #506 of 992 | #91 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
481
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 659
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 481 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 69% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 65% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 25.3 | 17.5:1 | 53% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 25 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 55% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 54% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 51% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 20% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 659 | 28 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huber Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (551 to 481); teachers down 11% (27 to 24).
About Huber Ridge Elementary School
The public elementary school Huber Ridge Elementary School is located in Westerville, Ohio. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 481 students.
Westerville City oversees Huber Ridge Elementary School and 23 other schools, with 14,589 students in total.
Enrollment at Huber Ridge Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 36%. After that, the student body is 33% Black, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Franklin County is about 59% White. Huber Ridge Elementary School has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1 at Huber Ridge Elementary School, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 69% of enrollment. Among public schools in Franklin County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
Measured against Ohio public elementary schools, Huber Ridge Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 62.7% at Huber Ridge Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Franklin County show that median household income is about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 402 public schools in Franklin County, with a combined enrollment of about 195,359.
Nearest public school: Early Learning Center, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Huber Ridge Elementary School places 6th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Huber Ridge Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 520 in 2020-21 and 481 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 292
- Wilder Elementary School0.7 mi · 491
- Pointview Elementary School1.1 mi · 242
- Minerva Park Middle School1.1 mi · 753
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.2 mi · 538
- Minerva France Elementary School1.3 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Huber Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Huber Ridge Elementary School?
Huber Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Huber Ridge Elementary School serve?
Huber Ridge Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Huber Ridge Elementary School?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Huber Ridge Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Huber Ridge Elementary School?
At Huber Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 15% Hispanic, 33% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Huber Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Huber Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westerville City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.