Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YELLOW SPRINGS EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390456702329
Mills Lawn Elementary School
200 S Walnut St, Yellow Springs, OH 45387 · (937) 767-7217 · Greene County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
16.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
101 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Mills Lawn Elementary School→Yellow Springs/McKinney High School
Based on grade levels within Yellow Springs Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.7pp since 2021
Math
79.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +19.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 20 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.8% | 79.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 80.7% |
| 2022-23 | 78.9% | 68.8% |
| 2021-22 | 76.5% | 60.0% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Mills Lawn Elementary School
Mills Lawn Elementary School's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Lawn Elementary School this school | 282 | 35.8% | 77.3% |
| Helke Early Learning Center Vandalia | 310 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Driscoll Elementary School Dayton | 269 | 34.2% | 72.3% |
| Emerson Elementary School Lakewood | 323 | 39.6% | 75.7% |
| Horace Mann Elementary School Lakewood | 269 | 36.4% | 69.0% |
| Scioto Darby Elementary School Hilliard | 376 | 36.4% | 73.0% |
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 Mills Lawn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #304 of 673 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #400 of 1,569 ▼ 69 | #8 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #509 of 1,569 ▼ 172 | #8 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #359 of 1,514 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #1,345 of 1,808 | #16 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #571 of 1,582 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #664 of 1,590 | #9 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #447 of 767 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #199 of 992 | #3 of 11 |
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
282
-27 (-9%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 282 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 36% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 35% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 24% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 17 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 25.8 | 14.1:1 | 27% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 32% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 31% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 12% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mills Lawn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (364 to 282); teachers down 34% (25.8 to 17).
About Mills Lawn Elementary School
Mills Lawn Elementary School is an elementary school in Yellow Springs, Ohio, according to federal school records. Total enrollment is 282 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Ohio enroll about 404 students on average.
Within Yellow Springs Exempted Village, Mills Lawn Elementary School is one of 2 schools. The district enrolls 609 students.
Of every 100 students at Mills Lawn Elementary School, about 74 are White. The rest of enrollment is 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 8% Black. The diversity index for Mills Lawn Elementary School is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 16.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Mills Lawn Elementary School, which has 17. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for elementary schools in Ohio. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 36%. Among public schools in Greene County, the average eligibility rate is 27%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mills Lawn Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Ohio public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Mills Lawn Elementary School is 2.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Census data for Greene County show median household income comes to about $87,309, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 39 public schools and about 22,426 students.
Yellow Springs/McKinney High School is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Mills Lawn Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Local comparison: Mills Lawn Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 77.3% versus a 66.5% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 27 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 18.2:1 in 2020-21 and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,688
Census ACS
Median income
$87,309
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
22,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yellow Springs Exempted Village
- Yellow Springs/McKinney High SchoolHigh · 327 students
Other schools in Yellow Springs
- Yellow Springs/McKinney High SchoolHigh · 327 students
Nearby schools
- Yellow Springs/McKinney High School1.0 mi · 327
- Greenon High School4.7 mi · 413
- Greenon Jr. High School4.7 mi · 227
- Greenon Elementary School4.7 mi · 897
- Fairborn High School5.8 mi · 1,027
- Cedarville Elementary School6.0 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Mills Lawn Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mills Lawn Elementary School?
Mills Lawn Elementary School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-06.
Is Mills Lawn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mills Lawn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Mills Lawn Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Mills Lawn Elementary School.
How diverse is Mills Lawn Elementary School?
Mills Lawn Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Mills Lawn Elementary School public or private?
Mills Lawn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yellow Springs Exempted Village.
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