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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450410841
Minerva France Elementary School
4990 Farview Rd, Columbus, OH 43231 · (614) 797-7500 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
22.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
381 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 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
71%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
60.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -8.3pp since 2022
Math
58.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -9.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 72.1% |
| 2022-23 | 68.9% | 67.7% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Minerva France Elementary School
Minerva France Elementary School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minerva France Elementary School this school | 559 | 68.2% | 64.3% |
| Slate Ridge Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 582 | 66.8% | 51.0% |
| French Run Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 389 | 75.1% | 48.5% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Columbus | 538 | 71.4% | 62.4% |
| Waggoner Road Elementary Reynoldsburg | 691 | 67.3% | 48.9% |
| Goshen Lane Elementary School Gahanna | 464 | 51.9% | 60.3% |
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 Minerva France Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #551 of 673 | #58 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #943 of 1,569 ▼ 378 | #81 of 199 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #905 of 1,569 ▼ 252 | #72 of 199 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #331 of 1,808 | #27 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #1,492 of 1,582 | #179 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #67 of 1,590 | #20 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #73 of 767 | #15 of 85 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 559 | 24.8 | 22.5:1 | 68% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 25.8 | 20.7:1 | 69% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 25.5 | 20.8:1 | 61% (325) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minerva France Elementary School.
About Minerva France Elementary School
Minerva France Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Columbus, Ohio. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 559 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
Minerva France Elementary School belongs to Westerville City, a district of 24 schools and 14,589 students.
Minerva France Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 45%. The rest of enrollment is 20% White, 17% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Franklin County's population at about 23%. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 24.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.5:1. That is higher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 68%. On average, public schools in Franklin County report 41%.
Measured against Ohio public elementary schools, Minerva France Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Minerva France Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 64.3% actual against 63.1% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Franklin County, the median household income is $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 402 public schools in Franklin County, enrolling about 195,359 students in all.
Minerva Park Middle School is located about 0.2 miles from Minerva France Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 64.3% is above the 60.2% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Minerva France Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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 Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Nearby schools
- Minerva Park Middle School0.2 mi · 753
- Hawthorne Elementary School0.3 mi · 538
- Avalon Elementary School1.2 mi · 399
- Huber Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 481
- Horizon Science Academy Primary1.4 mi · 386
- Horizon Science Academy Elementary School1.4 mi · 774
Frequently asked questions
About Minerva France Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Minerva France Elementary School?
Minerva France Elementary School enrolls approximately 559 students in grades KG-05.
Is Minerva France Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Minerva France Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Minerva France Elementary School have?
Minerva France Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
How diverse is Minerva France Elementary School?
Minerva France Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 9% Hispanic, 45% Black, 17% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Minerva France Elementary School?
Minerva France Elementary School is overseen by Westerville City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.