New Albany Early Learning Center

Set in New Albany, Ohio, New Albany Early Learning Center is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, part of New Albany-Plain Local. It educates 507 students across grades pre-K through K. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

New Albany-Plain Local comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 4,991 students; New Albany Early Learning Center is among them.

Looking at the student body, New Albany Early Learning Center lists that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest breaks down as 11% Asian, 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 10% of students at New Albany Early Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which New Albany Early Learning Center is one.

The closest other public school is New Albany High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 15%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 507 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 4% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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