Minerva France Elementary School

Minerva France Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary campus in Columbus, Ohio, operated by Westerville City, caters to 559 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 38% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Westerville City runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 14,589 students. Minerva France Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Minerva France Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% White, 17% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Minerva France Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.1%, the actual is 64.3%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Franklin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Minerva France Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Minerva Park Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Minerva France Elementary School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Minerva France Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 60.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

On allk12, the feed for Minerva France Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.