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What tradition at Oak Creek Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLENTANGY LOCAL·NCES 390467603636
Oak Creek Elementary School
1256 Westwood Dr, Lewis Center, OH 43035 · (740) 657-4700 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
20.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
145 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
84.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.0pp since 2021
Math
82.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.6% | 82.7% |
| 2023-24 | 89.5% | 81.9% |
| 2022-23 | 89.8% | 86.2% |
| 2021-22 | 87.6% | 83.9% |
% 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
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Oak Creek Elementary School
Oak Creek Elementary School's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Creek Elementary School this school | 649 | 22.3% | 84.5% |
| Glen Oak Elementary School Lewis Center | 654 | 18.0% | 82.4% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School Lewis Center | 648 | 17.7% | 80.0% |
| Symmes Elementary School Loveland | 656 | 26.5% | 85.8% |
| Freedom Trail Elementary Lewis | 605 | 16.0% | 82.4% |
| Blue Ash Elementary Cincinnati | 650 | 18.2% | 89.1% |
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 Oak Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #154 of 673 | #15 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #295 of 1,569 ▼ 4 | #17 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #153 of 1,569 ▼ 75 | #14 of 33 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #312 of 1,514 | #11 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #209 of 1,808 | #9 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,300 of 1,582 | #23 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #136 of 1,590 | #2 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #611 of 767 | #11 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #853 of 992 | #14 of 17 |
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
649
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 649 | 32.1 | 20.2:1 | 22% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 34.6 | 18.8:1 | 22% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 35.2 | 19.6:1 | 15% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 33 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 31.9 | 21.2:1 | 13% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 30 | 21.9:1 | 12% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 14% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 15% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (675 to 649); teachers up 1% (31.9 to 32.1).
About Oak Creek Elementary School
At 1256 Westwood Dr in Lewis Center, Ohio, Oak Creek Elementary School operates as a large elementary school. A total of 649 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students, so this school is 61% bigger than average.
Oak Creek Elementary School is among 29 schools run by Olentangy Local, which serves 24,133 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Oak Creek Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 49%. Next come 21% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 80% White among all Delaware County residents. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Oak Creek Elementary School counts 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 20.2 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Ohio have 17.9:1, compared with 20.2:1 here. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 20% average for public schools in Delaware County.
allk12 grades Oak Creek Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Oak Creek Elementary School would score about 80.4%. It scores 84.5%, 4.2 points above that figure.
Across Delaware County, the median household income is $133,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Delaware County is home to 59 public schools and about 44,100 public school students.
Glen Oak Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Oak Creek Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Oak Creek Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 84.5% against a local average of 82.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Oak Creek Elementary School's enrollment dropped 4%, to 649.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olentangy Local
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- Olentangy Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Olentangy High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Olentangy Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
Other schools in Lewis Center
- Olentangy High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Olentangy Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
- Shale Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Alum Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 664 students
- Glen Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
Other Oak Creek Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Oak Creek Elementary. Oak Creek Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Oak Creek ElementaryIrvine, CA · 963 students
- Oak Creek Elementary SchoolNEW BRAUNFELS, TX · 855 students
- Oak Creek Elementary SchoolLake Oswego, OR · 402 students
- Oak Creek Elementary SchoolCornville, AZ · 238 students
- Oak Creek Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Glen Oak Elementary School1.0 mi · 654
- Olentangy Orange Middle School1.2 mi · 1,056
- Olentangy Meadows Elementary School1.3 mi · 574
- Orange High School1.4 mi · 1,936
- Alum Creek Elementary School1.8 mi · 664
- Freedom Trail Elementary2.3 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oak Creek Elementary School?
Oak Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Oak Creek Elementary School serve?
Oak Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Creek Elementary School is approximately 20.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Oak Creek Elementary School?
Oak Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 21% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Creek Elementary School?
Oak Creek Elementary School is overseen by Olentangy Local in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.