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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401957
Mark Twain Elementary School
799 E Walnut St, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-7200 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
119 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 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
56%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
79.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +9.5pp since 2021
Math
81.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 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 | 79.2% | 81.6% |
| 2023-24 | 78.9% | 82.3% |
| 2022-23 | 79.4% | 82.4% |
| 2021-22 | 69.8% | 68.7% |
% 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
79.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Mark Twain Elementary School
Mark Twain Elementary School's state test result (79.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Elementary School this school | 398 | 29.9% | 79.6% |
| Robert Frost Elementary School Westerville | 420 | 26.7% | 79.9% |
| Colonial Hills Elementary School Worthington | 371 | 35.0% | 71.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Gahanna | 437 | 24.5% | 81.2% |
| Worthington Estates Elementary School Worthington | 555 | 32.3% | 75.5% |
| W O Cline Elementary School Centerville | 434 | 34.8% | 76.9% |
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 Mark Twain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #254 of 673 | #23 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #324 of 1,569 ▼ 47 | #21 of 199 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #285 of 1,569 ▲ 91 | #23 of 199 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.2pp | #219 of 1,514 | #43 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #834 of 1,808 | #104 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,231 of 1,582 | #130 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #452 of 1,590 | #113 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #514 of 767 | #55 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #86 of 992 | #19 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
398
-205 (-34%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 398 | 20.2 | 19.7:1 | 30% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 20.2 | 22.1:1 | 31% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 20.2 | 22.7:1 | 26% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 26 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 25 | 22.9:1 | 36% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 38% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 17 | 27.9:1 | 29% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 20 | 22.6:1 | 5% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 17 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mark Twain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (573 to 398); teachers down 19% (25 to 20.2).
About Mark Twain Elementary School
Mark Twain Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Westerville, Ohio. Enrollment stands at 398 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
Besides Mark Twain Elementary School, Westerville City runs 23 other schools. The district enrolls 14,589 students.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Mark Twain Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Franklin County, where about 59% of residents are White. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Mark Twain Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.7 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Of all students at Mark Twain Elementary School, 30% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Franklin County, the average is 41%.
Mark Twain Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 79.6% and a predicted 77.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Franklin County show that median household income comes to 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%. Franklin County counts 402 public schools with about 195,359 students.
Walnut Springs Middle School is the nearest public school to Mark Twain Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Mark Twain Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Mark Twain Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 205 students, from 603 to 398. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 23.2:1 to 19.7:1.
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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 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
Other Mark Twain Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 13 states are named Mark Twain Elementary. Mark Twain Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 31.
- Mark Twain ElementaryRiverside, CA · 1,033 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolALVIN, TX · 634 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryLawndale, CA · 585 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryPASCO, WA · 579 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryKirkland, WA · 550 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Springs Middle School0.3 mi · 613
- Cherrington Elementary School0.5 mi · 338
- McVay Elementary School0.5 mi · 591
- Westerville-North High School1.0 mi · 1,587
- Robert Frost Elementary School1.0 mi · 420
- Pointview Elementary School1.1 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About Mark Twain Elementary SchoolHow large is Mark Twain Elementary School?
Mark Twain Elementary School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mark Twain Elementary School serve?
Mark Twain Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mark Twain Elementary School?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Mark Twain Elementary School.
How diverse is Mark Twain Elementary School?
Mark Twain Elementary School reports a student body of 62% White, 7% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Mark Twain Elementary School public or private?
Mark Twain 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.