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Johnnycake Corners Elementary School
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Johnnycake Corners Elementary School
Set in Galena, Ohio, Johnnycake Corners Elementary School is a big elementary school, operated by Olentangy Local. It works with 611 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Johnnycake Corners Elementary School sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Olentangy Local, which oversees 29 schools and 24,133 students, Johnnycake Corners Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Johnnycake Corners Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder breaks down as 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Delaware County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Delaware County's rate of about 20%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Johnnycake Corners Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 86.3%, the actual is 85.5%, a residual of -0.8 points.
In the area at large, census data for Delaware County shows the typical household earns roughly $133,540 per year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Delaware County's 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), Johnnycake Corners Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Berkshire Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnnycake Corners Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 78.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnnycake Corners Elementary School has ticked down 3%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 611 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 86% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for Johnnycake Corners Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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