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How has Oakdale Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
710
Elementary
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK HILLS LOCAL·NCES 390473702874
Oakdale Elementary School
3850 Virginia Ct, Cincinnati, OH 45248 · (513) 574-1100 · Hamilton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
321 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
76.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.6pp since 2021
Math
81.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 81.2% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 85.6% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 82.6% |
| 2021-22 | 73.5% | 81.5% |
% 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
81.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% 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 Oakdale Elementary School
Oakdale Elementary School's state test result (81.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale Elementary School this school | 710 | 45.2% | 81.2% |
| Willowville Elementary School Batavia | 614 | 44.6% | 77.1% |
| Amelia Elementary School Amelia | 671 | 48.0% | 64.4% |
| Smith Intermediate School Dayton | 642 | 45.2% | 71.0% |
| Indian Riffle Elementary School Kettering | 521 | 44.1% | 83.2% |
| Merwin Elementary School Cincinnati | 602 | 46.7% | 70.9% |
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 Oakdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #218 of 673 | #24 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #337 of 1,569 ▼ 157 | #23 of 104 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #407 of 1,569 ▼ 44 | #29 of 104 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #934 of 1,514 | #78 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #139 of 1,808 | #14 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #1,273 of 1,582 | #83 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #799 of 1,590 | #63 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #331 of 767 | #14 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #670 of 992 | #51 of 65 |
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
710
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 770
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 710 | 35.5 | 20.0:1 | 45% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 33.5 | 22.1:1 | 46% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 34 | 21.5:1 | 37% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 36 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 32.5 | 23.9:1 | 28% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 32% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 679 | 31 | 21.9:1 | 20% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 35 | 20.6:1 | 5% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 770 | 34 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (775 to 710); teachers up 9% (32.5 to 35.5).
About Oakdale Elementary School
Oakdale Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school serves 710 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Ohio is roughly 404 students; this school is 76% bigger than that.
Oak Hills Local enrolls 7,381 students, and its 10 schools include Oakdale Elementary School.
White students account for 79% of enrollment at Oakdale Elementary School. Other students are 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. That is higher than the 63% White share among all Hamilton County residents. By the diversity index, Oakdale Elementary School comes in at 36%.
The school reports 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.0 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 45% of students. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Hamilton County, the school's rate is higher.
On BeatsExpectations, Oakdale Elementary School is 9.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hamilton County, median household income is about $72,470, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 212 public schools operate in Hamilton County, serving about 111,403 students.
Nearby, Bridgetown Middle School is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
For locale, NCES codes Oakdale Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 710, 4% below the 741 of 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Oakdale Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oak Hills Local
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- C O Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 909 students
- John Foster Dulles Elementary SchoolElementary · 812 students
- Rapid Run Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Bridgetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Delhi Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
Other schools in Cincinnati
- Walnut Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,453 students
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- West Clermont High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Dohn CommunityHigh · 1,675 students
- Princeton High SchoolHigh · 1,619 students
Other Oakdale Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakdale Elementary. Oakdale Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 14.
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 392 students
- Oakdale ElementaryIjamsville, MD · 1,167 students
- Oakdale ElementaryBrandon, MS · 566 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolOakdale, LA · 516 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Bridgetown Middle School0.3 mi · 613
- Cheviot School1.0 mi · 570
- Charles W Springmyer Elementary School1.1 mi · 437
- Oak Hills High School1.2 mi · 2,255
- Cincinnati Technology Academy1.3 mi · 142
- John Foster Dulles Elementary School1.6 mi · 812
Frequently asked questions
About Oakdale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oakdale Elementary School?
Oakdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 710 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Oakdale Elementary School serve?
Oakdale Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Oakdale Elementary School have?
Oakdale Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
How diverse is Oakdale Elementary School?
Oakdale Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Oakdale Elementary School public or private?
Oakdale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oak Hills Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.