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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLIARD CITY·NCES 390470102750
J W Reason Elementary School
4790 Cemetery Rd, Hilliard, OH 43026 · (614) 921-5900 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
291 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
58.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
52.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -8.1pp 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 53 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.3% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 52.3% |
| 2022-23 | 61.4% | 62.9% |
| 2021-22 | 63.6% | 61.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 J W Reason Elementary School
J W Reason Elementary School's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J W Reason Elementary School this school | 472 | 61.7% | 56.4% |
| Alton Hall Elementary School Galloway | 504 | 61.5% | 46.1% |
| Hilliard Horizon Elementary School Columbus | 596 | 58.4% | 57.5% |
| Meadowvale Elementary School Toledo | 510 | 63.7% | 54.0% |
| James A Harmon Elementary School Grove City | 589 | 69.6% | 54.2% |
| Darby Woods Elementary School Galloway | 554 | 72.2% | 59.2% |
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 J W Reason Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #625 of 673 | #68 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,045 of 1,569 ▼ 33 | #88 of 199 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #956 of 1,569 ▼ 190 | #79 of 199 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #110 of 1,514 | #18 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #585 of 1,808 | #76 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #325 of 1,582 | #17 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #173 of 1,590 | #47 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #117 of 767 | #20 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #963 of 992 | #132 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
472
-45 (-9%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 472 | 30.8 | 15.3:1 | 62% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 29.8 | 16.1:1 | 64% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 27 | 18.1:1 | 52% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 28 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 51% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 50% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 20 | 19.7:1 | 38% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 33 | 17.3:1 | 16% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J W Reason Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (477 to 472); teachers up 19% (26 to 30.8).
About J W Reason Elementary School
J W Reason Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Hilliard, Ohio. It reports enrollment of 472 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Hilliard City, has 16,298 students enrolled across 24 schools.
White students make up 49% of enrollment at J W Reason Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Franklin County overall, about 59% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
J W Reason Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.3 students per teacher, from 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.9:1. Lunch program data show 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Franklin County is 21 points.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, J W Reason Elementary School's results are 9.2 points below predicted: 56.4% against 65.5%.
In Franklin County, home to about 1,333,048 people, the median household earns about $75,176 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. J W Reason Elementary School shares Franklin County with 401 other public schools.
J W Reason Elementary School's nearest public school is Hilliard Online Academy (about 0.7 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 73.0%; J W Reason Elementary School's is 56.4%, ranking 8th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 472, down from 517 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.5 to 15.3 over 4 years.
The discussion board for J W Reason Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Hilliard City
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other schools in Hilliard
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Nearby schools
- Hilliard Online Academy0.7 mi · 92
- Scioto Darby Elementary School0.8 mi · 376
- Beacon Elementary School0.8 mi · 451
- Avery Elementary School0.8 mi · 432
- Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School1.0 mi · 512
- Hilliard Crossing Elementary School1.1 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About J W Reason Elementary SchoolHow many students attend J W Reason Elementary School?
J W Reason Elementary School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does J W Reason Elementary School serve?
J W Reason Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J W Reason Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J W Reason Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is J W Reason Elementary School?
J W Reason Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is J W Reason Elementary School public or private?
J W Reason Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hilliard City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.