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What advice would you give to incoming students at Monterey Elementary School?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH-WESTERN CITY·NCES 390448001666
Monterey Elementary School
3811 Hoover Rd, Grove City, OH 43123 · (614) 801-8250 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
19.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
222 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 17% larger than its 4th grade class (77).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
60.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.4pp since 2021
Math
70.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 3 points 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 | 60.0% | 70.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.2% | 71.9% |
| 2021-22 | 63.5% | 65.1% |
% 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
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Monterey Elementary School
Monterey Elementary School's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Elementary School this school | 425 | 52.2% | 66.2% |
| Richard Avenue Elementary School Grove City | 423 | 58.6% | 56.3% |
| Fort Miami Elementary School Maumee | 345 | 48.7% | 74.2% |
| Orrville Elementary School Orrville | 514 | 56.0% | 67.3% |
| Whiteford Elementary School Toledo | 418 | 48.6% | 66.9% |
| Beavertown Elementary School Kettering | 380 | 55.0% | 74.9% |
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 Monterey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #523 of 673 | #52 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #649 of 1,569 ▲ 41 | #51 of 199 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #912 of 1,569 ▼ 105 | #74 of 199 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #962 of 1,514 | #134 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #730 of 1,808 | #92 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,156 of 1,582 | #118 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #491 of 1,590 | #125 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #227 of 767 | #29 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #384 of 992 | #68 of 135 |
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
425
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 425 | 22.1 | 19.3:1 | 52% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 22.1 | 19.9:1 | 52% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 21.6 | 19.8:1 | 43% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 20 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 22.6 | 22.4:1 | 39% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 21 | 23.6:1 | 44% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 17 | 21.7:1 | 44% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 27% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 22 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monterey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (506 to 425); teachers down 2% (22.6 to 22.1).
About Monterey Elementary School
Monterey Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Grove City, Ohio. It educates 425 students in kindergarten through 4.
Monterey Elementary School is run by South-Western City, whose 33 schools enroll 21,873 students.
A majority of students at Monterey Elementary School, 65%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 8% multiracial. By the diversity index, Monterey Elementary School comes in at 54%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.3:1, with 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 52% of enrollment. Public schools in Franklin County average 41%.
The allk12 Grade for Monterey Elementary School is C+. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Monterey Elementary School's results are 2.9 points below predicted: 66.2% against 69.1%.
Franklin County has about 1,333,048 residents, and median household income is about $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Franklin County number 402 and enroll about 195,359.
Nearby, Richard Avenue Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away. Monterey Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Monterey Elementary School's average proficiency of 66.2% compares with 67.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Monterey Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 410 to 425. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.3:1, from 20.5:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 South-Western City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Westland High SchoolHigh · 1,853 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Grove City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Beulah Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Park Street Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 667 students
Other Monterey Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Monterey Elementary. Monterey Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Monterey ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 508 students
- Monterey ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 372 students
- Monterey Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Richard Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 423
- Highland Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 475
- The Bostic Head Start Center0.9 mi · 144
- JC Sommer Elementary School0.9 mi · 545
- South-Western Preschool Center1.0 mi · 345
- Park Street Intermediate School1.1 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Monterey Elementary SchoolHow large is Monterey Elementary School?
Monterey Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-04.
Is Monterey Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monterey Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Monterey Elementary School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Monterey Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monterey Elementary School?
At Monterey Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Monterey Elementary School public or private?
Monterey Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South-Western City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.