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What's something Norwich Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLIARD CITY·NCES 390470100299
Norwich Elementary School
4454 Davidson Rd, Hilliard, OH 43026 · (614) 921-6000 · Franklin County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
205 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 167 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 31% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
68.2%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.7pp since 2021
Math
65.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 68.3% |
| 2022-23 | 78.1% | 74.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.9% | 68.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Norwich Elementary School
Norwich Elementary School's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Elementary School this school | 463 | 44.3% | 67.8% |
| Woodland Elementary School Liberty Township | 605 | 44.0% | 77.2% |
| Olde Sawmill Elementary School Dublin | 370 | 44.3% | 64.0% |
| Riverside Elementary School Dublin | 318 | 45.6% | 65.6% |
| Shawnee Early Childhood School Cincinnati | 630 | 47.6% | N/A |
| Beacon Elementary School Hilliard | 451 | 39.5% | 66.4% |
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 Norwich Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #491 of 673 | #49 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #782 of 1,569 ▼ 104 | #58 of 199 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #653 of 1,569 ▼ 165 | #50 of 199 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #223 of 1,514 | #31 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #616 of 1,808 | #81 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #633 of 1,582 | #50 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #234 of 1,590 | #62 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #353 of 767 | #37 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #455 of 992 | #81 of 135 |
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
463
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 463 | 27.3 | 16.9:1 | 44% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 27.3 | 15.9:1 | 41% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 30% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 34 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 14% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 28 | 19.7:1 | 14% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 4% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwich Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (539 to 463); teachers up 1% (27 to 27.3).
About Norwich Elementary School
At 4454 Davidson Rd in Hilliard, Ohio, Norwich Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 463 students attend the school in grades 3 through 5.
Norwich Elementary School is part of a district of 24 schools: Hilliard City, with 16,298 students.
At Norwich Elementary School, 54% of students are White. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% Asian, and 8% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Norwich Elementary School scores 65%.
The school lists 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 44% of the student body.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Norwich Elementary School would be expected to post about 72.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.8%.
The county, Franklin County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $75,176, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 402 public schools and about 195,359 students.
Of the public schools around it, Norwich Elementary School is closest to Britton Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Norwich Elementary School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Norwich Elementary School enrolled 475 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 463. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.0:1 to 16.9:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Norwich Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hilliard City
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other schools in Hilliard
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other Norwich Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Norwich Elementary. Norwich Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Norwich Elementary SchoolNorwich, KS · 108 students
Nearby schools
- Britton Elementary School0.1 mi · 435
- Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School0.4 mi · 512
- Hilliard Davidson High School1.0 mi · 1,847
- Hilliard Weaver Middle School1.1 mi · 917
- Avery Elementary School1.1 mi · 432
- J W Reason Elementary School1.4 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Norwich Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Norwich Elementary School?
Norwich Elementary School enrolls approximately 463 students in grades 03-05.
Is Norwich Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Norwich Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Norwich Elementary School have?
Norwich Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Norwich Elementary School?
Student demographics at Norwich Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Norwich Elementary School?
Norwich Elementary School is overseen by Hilliard City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.