Montrose Elementary School

Montrose Elementary School is a small elementary campus in Bexley, Ohio, run under Bexley City. The school educates 324 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in Bexley City (2,496 students total), Montrose Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Montrose Elementary School lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Montrose Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at Montrose Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Montrose Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.3%.

In the broader community, Franklin County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,176, 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), Montrose Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

BCS Online School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montrose Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Montrose Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 324). The Black share of enrollment fell from 11% to 3% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.