New Albany Primary School

As a sizable primary school in New Albany, Ohio, New Albany Primary School enrolls 981 students from grades 1 through 3, operated by New Albany-Plain Local. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 143% bigger than typical.

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

Demographically, New Albany Primary School lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Franklin County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, New Albany Primary School records 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, New Albany Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.0%, the actual is 88.3%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the area at large, Franklin County reports that median household income runs about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. New Albany Primary School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

New Albany Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Albany Primary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 82.0%.

New Albany Primary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 1,047 students in 2018 compared to 981 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the New Albany Primary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.