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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Norwayne Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWAYNE LOCAL·NCES 390505603990
Norwayne Elementary School
286 S. Main Street, Creston, OH 44217 · (330) 435-6383 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
219 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
82.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.6pp since 2021
Math
80.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 83.6% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.4% | 87.9% |
| 2021-22 | 82.1% | 82.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 73% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Norwayne Elementary School
Norwayne Elementary School's state test result (84.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwayne Elementary School this school | 539 | 40.6% | 84.9% |
| Nolley Elementary School New Franklin | 527 | 39.7% | 86.8% |
| Benjamin Logan Elementary School Bellefontaine | 587 | 42.4% | 71.8% |
| Margaretta Elementary School Castalia | 536 | 42.7% | 77.8% |
| Wheelersburg Elementary School Wheelersburg | 536 | 42.2% | 79.2% |
| Hillsdale PK-6 Jeromesville | 547 | 38.9% | 76.0% |
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 Norwayne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #142 of 673 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #373 of 1,569 ▼ 146 | #4 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #206 of 1,569 ▲ 32 | #2 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #415 of 1,514 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #383 of 1,808 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #991 of 1,582 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #1,418 of 1,590 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #395 of 767 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #139 of 992 | #2 of 10 |
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
539
-80 (-13%) vs 2020
+70% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 539 | 29.3 | 18.4:1 | 41% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 28.3 | 20.1:1 | 38% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 29.3 | 19.8:1 | 33% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 28 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 29.5 | 24.9:1 | 28% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 29 | 24.4:1 | 29% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 30 | 23.4:1 | 31% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 297 | 12 | 24.8:1 | 12% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 15 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwayne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (736 to 539); teachers down 1% (29.5 to 29.3).
About Norwayne Elementary School
Norwayne Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Creston, Ohio. The school serves 539 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students.
Norwayne Elementary School is a school in Norwayne Local. The district has 3 schools and 1,264 students.
Federal enrollment data show Norwayne Elementary School is 94% White. It is also 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 93% White share among all Wayne County residents. Norwayne Elementary School's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 18.4 students per teacher and 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 41%. That rate is below the 49% average among public schools in Wayne County.
A school in Ohio with Norwayne Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 73.5%. Norwayne Elementary School scores 84.9%.
In the county around the school, Wayne County, the median household income is $73,574, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 45 public schools in Wayne County, enrolling about 14,479 students in all.
Nearby, Norwayne Middle School is about 0.2 miles away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Norwayne Elementary School's average proficiency of 84.9% compares with 76.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 13% from its 2020-21 level of 619. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.1:1 to 18.4:1 over the same years.
The Norwayne Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,588
Census ACS
Median income
$73,574
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
14,479 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norwayne Local
- Norwayne High SchoolHigh · 415 students
- Norwayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 310 students
- Norwayne Online SchoolCombined
Other schools in Creston
- Norwayne High SchoolHigh · 415 students
- Norwayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 310 students
- Norwayne Online SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Norwayne Middle School0.2 mi · 310
- Norwayne High School0.2 mi · 415
- Rittman Academy5.4 mi · 31
- Rittman High School5.5 mi · 212
- Rittman Middle School5.5 mi · 190
- Rittman Early Learning Center5.6 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About Norwayne Elementary SchoolHow large is Norwayne Elementary School?
Norwayne Elementary School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Norwayne Elementary School serve?
Norwayne Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norwayne Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norwayne Elementary School is approximately 18.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Norwayne Elementary School?
At Norwayne Elementary School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Norwayne Elementary School public or private?
Norwayne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Norwayne Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.