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What's the most underrated thing about Minster Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINSTER LOCAL·NCES 390459404582
Minster Elementary School
50 E 7th St, Minster, OH 45865 · (419) 628-4174 · Auglaize County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
63 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (67).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Minster Elementary School→Minster Jr/Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Minster Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
89.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.5pp since 2021
Math
93.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.1% | 93.8% |
| 2023-24 | 89.5% | 94.0% |
| 2022-23 | 90.0% | 95.0% |
| 2021-22 | 89.6% | 94.9% |
% 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
91.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Minster Elementary School
Minster Elementary School's state test result (91.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minster Elementary School this school | 504 | 12.5% | 91.8% |
| Fort Recovery Elementary School Fort Recovery | 513 | 12.5% | 85.0% |
| Kirtland Elementary School Kirtland | 452 | 15.5% | 87.9% |
| Glandorf Elementary School Ottawa | 515 | 6.8% | 87.5% |
| Fort Loramie Elementary School Fort Loramie | 403 | 8.9% | 94.0% |
| St Henry Elementary School Saint Henry | 489 | 6.7% | 94.4% |
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 Minster Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Auglaize County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.8% | #24 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.8% | #33 of 1,569 ▼ 2 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #64 of 1,569 ▲ 12 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #408 of 1,514 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #472 of 1,808 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #577 of 1,582 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #1,545 of 1,590 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #702 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.0% | #198 of 561 | N/A |
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
504
+66 (+15%) vs 2020
+93% since 2010-11, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 504 | 30.4 | 16.6:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 30.1 | 16.1:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 26.1 | 17.6:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 27 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 25.6 | 16.7:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 14 | 18.6:1 | 10% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minster Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (427 to 504); teachers up 19% (25.6 to 30.4).
About Minster Elementary School
In Minster, Ohio, Minster Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 504 students. That is 25% above the average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.
Minster Local has a total of 2 schools and 896 students, Minster Elementary School among them.
Roughly 97% of students at Minster Elementary School are White. Auglaize County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Minster Elementary School scores 6%.
Teacher count: 30.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 13%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Auglaize County is 48%.
Minster Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Minster Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 91.8%, compared with a predicted 84.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Auglaize County show that median household income comes to about $78,660, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 18, with about 7,462 students.
Minster Jr/Sr High School is about 0.1 miles from Minster Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Minster Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Minster Elementary School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 438 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 504 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Minster Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Auglaize County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,125
Census ACS
Median income
$78,660
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Minster Jr/Sr High School0.1 mi · 392
- New Bremen High School2.5 mi · 384
- New Bremen Elementary School2.5 mi · 446
- Fort Loramie Elementary School3.6 mi · 403
- Fort Loramie Junior-Senior High School4.1 mi · 319
- Marion Local High School6.0 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Minster Elementary SchoolHow large is Minster Elementary School?
Minster Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Minster Elementary School serve?
Minster Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Minster Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Minster Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Minster Elementary School?
Minster Elementary School reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Minster Elementary School?
Minster Elementary School is overseen by Minster Local in Auglaize County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.