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Alumni: what's one memory from Northwestern Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
950
Elementary
DISTRICT 841 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWESTERN LOCAL·NCES 390462602494
Northwestern Elementary School
5610 Troy Rd, Springfield, OH 45502 · (937) 964-1351 · Clark County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL950 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
420 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 77 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 132 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (132).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Northwestern Elementary School→Northwestern Junior/Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Northwestern Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.7pp since 2021
Math
59.1%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 59.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 59.9% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 63.2% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Northwestern Elementary School
Northwestern Elementary School's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Elementary School this school | 950 | 44.2% | 62.4% |
| Logan Elm Elementary School Circleville | 814 | 46.9% | 73.2% |
| Greenon Elementary School Enon | 897 | 49.7% | 64.3% |
| Graham Elementary School Saint Paris | 735 | 44.2% | 68.3% |
| Licking Valley Elementary School Newark | 913 | 39.9% | 72.2% |
| Firelands Elementary School Oberlin | 783 | 45.0% | 76.8% |
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 Northwestern Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #579 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #928 of 1,569 ▼ 47 | #6 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #833 of 1,569 ▲ 131 | #6 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #348 of 1,514 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 950 | #37 of 1,808 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #1,465 of 1,582 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.2% | #1,135 of 1,590 | #17 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #355 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #531 of 561 | #8 of 9 |
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
950
+73 (+8%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 950 | 43 | 22.1:1 | 44% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 945 | 46 | 20.5:1 | 37% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 935 | 44 | 21.3:1 | 34% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 877 | 44 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 940 | 45.5 | 20.7:1 | 37% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 929 | 48 | 19.4:1 | 35% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 35 | 19.5:1 | 42% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 690 | 35 | 19.7:1 | 12% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 34 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwestern Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (940 to 950); teachers down 5% (45.5 to 43).
About Northwestern Elementary School
Northwestern Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Springfield, Ohio. Federal data show 950 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Ohio enroll around 404, and this school is 135% bigger than that mark.
Northwestern Local (2 schools, 1,681 students) runs Northwestern Elementary School.
The share of White students at Northwestern Elementary School is 89%. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The diversity index for Northwestern Elementary School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 22.1:1 is based on 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.9:1. In all, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Clark County report 56%.
A school with Northwestern Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 72.1%. Northwestern Elementary School scores 62.4%, 9.7 points below that line.
The school is in Clark County, where median household income comes to about $63,132, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Clark County's 44 public schools enroll about 20,515 students and include Northwestern Elementary School.
Northwestern Junior/Senior High School sits about 0.1 miles from Northwestern Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles.
Northwestern Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Northwestern Elementary School enrolled 877 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 950. Federal data show the ratio rising from 19.9:1 to 22.1:1.
This page is set up for the Northwestern Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
135,158
Census ACS
Median income
$63,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwestern Local
- Northwestern Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 731 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Kenton Ridge Middle/High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
- Kenton Ridge ElementaryElementary · 984 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Northwestern Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- Global Impact STEM AcademyHigh · 697 students
Other Northwestern Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Northwestern Elementary. Northwestern Elementary School is the largest of the 10.
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolWest Salem, OH · 632 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolKokomo, IN · 665 students
- Northwestern ElementaryPoplar, WI · 515 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolAlbion, PA · 350 students
- Northwestern ElementaryMardela Springs, MD · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Northwestern Junior/Senior High School0.1 mi · 731
- Donnelsville Elementary School5.5 mi · 333
- Snyder Park Elementary School5.9 mi · 373
- Snowhill Elementary School5.9 mi · 420
- Clark Early Learning Center6.3 mi · 344
- Buckeye Community School - Springfield6.8 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About Northwestern Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northwestern Elementary School?
Northwestern Elementary School enrolls approximately 950 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Northwestern Elementary School serve?
Northwestern Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Northwestern Elementary School?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Northwestern Elementary School.
How diverse is Northwestern Elementary School?
Northwestern Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwestern Elementary School?
Northwestern Elementary School is overseen by Northwestern Local in Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.