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If you could change one rule at Norwood Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON LOCAL·NCES 390482503174
Norwood Elementary School
899 Norwood Dr, West Jefferson, OH 43162 · (614) 879-7642 · Madison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
222 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Based on grade levels within Jefferson Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.5pp since 2021
Math
71.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 71.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.8% | 78.5% |
| 2021-22 | 71.3% | 72.8% |
% 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Norwood Elementary School
Norwood Elementary School's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Elementary School this school | 445 | 49.9% | 72.7% |
| Park Avenue Elementary School Mount Gilead | 475 | 50.9% | 47.6% |
| Greeneview Elementary School Jamestown | 412 | 48.1% | 82.7% |
| Hollingsworth East Elementary School Eaton | 417 | 48.0% | N/A |
| Western Reserve Elementary School Collins | 460 | 48.5% | 64.5% |
| Crestview Elementary School Columbiana | 414 | 50.7% | 77.6% |
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 Norwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #410 of 673 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #601 of 1,569 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #597 of 1,569 ▼ 260 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #378 of 1,514 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #674 of 1,808 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #424 of 1,582 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #1,250 of 1,590 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #263 of 767 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #349 of 992 |
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
445
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 445 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 50% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 50% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 42% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 29 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 27.5 | 19.5:1 | 44% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 46% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 42% (236) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 14 | 20.7:1 | 40% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 13 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (537 to 445); teachers up 2% (27.5 to 28).
About Norwood Elementary School
West Jefferson, Ohio, is home to Norwood Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 445 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, Jefferson Local has 3 schools and 976 students.
The large majority of students at Norwood Elementary School, 91%, are White. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Norwood Elementary School comes in at 17%.
Teachers at the school number 28 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.9:1. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 49% average for public schools in Madison County.
The allk12 Grade for Norwood Elementary School is B. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 70.0% for a school in Ohio with Norwood Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Norwood Elementary School posts 72.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Madison County, median household income is about $87,045, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Norwood Elementary School is among the 18 public schools in Madison County.
The school nearest to Norwood Elementary School is West Jefferson High School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Norwood Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Norwood Elementary School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The number of students declined from 462 to 445 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Norwood Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,423
Census ACS
Median income
$87,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Local
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 279 students
- West Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 252 students
Other schools in West Jefferson
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 279 students
- West Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 252 students
Other Norwood Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Norwood Elementary. Norwood Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Norwood ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 521 students
- Norwood ElementaryKnoxville, TN · 471 students
- NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 443 students
- Norwood Elementary SchoolBURLESON, TX · 425 students
- Norwood ElementaryNorwood, NC · 354 students
Nearby schools
- West Jefferson High School0.9 mi · 279
- West Jefferson Middle School1.0 mi · 252
- Alton Hall Elementary School6.2 mi · 504
- Brown Elementary School6.4 mi · 448
- Hilliard Memorial Middle School6.6 mi · 797
- Hilliard Bradley High School6.6 mi · 1,712
Frequently asked questions
About Norwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Norwood Elementary School?
Norwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-05.
Is Norwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Norwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Norwood Elementary School have?
Norwood Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Norwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Norwood Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Norwood Elementary School public or private?
Norwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.