Olentangy Meadows Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Lewis, Ohio, Olentangy Meadows Elementary School instructs 574 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Olentangy Local. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 404.

Within Olentangy Local, which oversees 29 schools and 24,133 students, Olentangy Meadows Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Olentangy Meadows Elementary School reports that 42% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 28% White, 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Olentangy Meadows Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.1%; this one delivers 80.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Delaware County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $133,540 per year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Delaware County runs 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), of which Olentangy Meadows Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oak Creek Elementary School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Olentangy Meadows Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Olentangy Meadows Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 79.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Olentangy Meadows Elementary School has shrank 16%, going from 683 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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