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Enrollment
602
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CLERMONT LOCAL·NCES 390463502527
Merwin Elementary School
1040 Gaskins Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45245 · (513) 947-7800 · Clermont County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
281 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within West Clermont Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
70.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
71.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 71.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 69.6% |
| 2022-23 | 72.5% | 68.6% |
| 2021-22 | 69.9% | 66.5% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Merwin Elementary School
Merwin Elementary School's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merwin Elementary School this school | 602 | 46.7% | 70.9% |
| Willowville Elementary School Batavia | 614 | 44.6% | 77.1% |
| Amelia Elementary School Amelia | 671 | 48.0% | 64.4% |
| Indian Riffle Elementary School Kettering | 521 | 44.1% | 83.2% |
| Miami Whitewater Elementary School Harrison | 672 | 50.0% | 71.4% |
| Midview North Elementary School Grafton | 517 | 50.7% | N/A |
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 Merwin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Clermont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #444 of 673 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #603 of 1,569 ▲ 27 | #12 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #578 of 1,569 ▼ 13 | #13 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #773 of 1,514 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #277 of 1,808 | #6 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #979 of 1,582 | #8 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #909 of 1,590 | #7 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #313 of 767 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.1% | #166 of 561 | #5 of 8 |
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
602
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 602 | 32.8 | 18.4:1 | 47% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 42% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 34.4 | 17.7:1 | 33% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 29 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 27.5 | 17.9:1 | 30% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 25 | 20.9:1 | 31% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 32 | 22.0:1 | 23% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 35 | 20.5:1 | 7% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 27 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Merwin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (493 to 602); teachers up 19% (27.5 to 32.8).
About Merwin Elementary School
The public elementary school Merwin Elementary School is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school's 602 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
West Clermont Local counts 7,641 students in its 9 schools, and Merwin Elementary School is one of them.
Merwin Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 83% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. In Clermont County overall, about 92% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Merwin Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
With 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Merwin Elementary School was 18.4:1. Elementary schools in Ohio have a similar average ratio of 17.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 47%.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Merwin Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 70.9% against 71.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Clermont County, median household income is about $85,510, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Clermont County number 47 and enroll about 26,246.
The next-closest public school is West Clermont High School, about 1.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Merwin Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 70.9% is above the 70.3% average for nearby schools.
Merwin Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 619 to 602. The number of students per teacher fell from 21.3 to 18.4 over 4 years.
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Clermont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
211,181
Census ACS
Median income
$85,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
26,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Clermont Local
- West Clermont High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- West Clermont Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,704 students
- Amelia Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Willowville Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Summerside ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Withamsville-Tobasco Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Cincinnati
- Walnut Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,453 students
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- West Clermont High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Dohn CommunityHigh · 1,675 students
- Princeton High SchoolHigh · 1,619 students
Other Merwin Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Merwin Elementary. Merwin Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Merwin ElementaryCovina, CA · 462 students
Nearby schools
- West Clermont High School1.4 mi · 2,048
- Withamsville-Tobasco Elementary School1.5 mi · 500
- West Clermont Middle School1.8 mi · 1,704
- Locust Corner Elementary School1.9 mi · 314
- Clough Pike Elementary School2.4 mi · 471
- Amelia Elementary School2.9 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About Merwin Elementary SchoolHow large is Merwin Elementary School?
Merwin Elementary School enrolls approximately 602 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Merwin Elementary School serve?
Merwin Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Merwin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Merwin Elementary School is approximately 18.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Merwin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Merwin Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Merwin Elementary School in?
Merwin Elementary School is part of West Clermont Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.