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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLENTANGY LOCAL·NCES 390467605348
Olentangy Meadows Elementary School
8950 Emerald Hill Drive, Lewis, OH 43035 · (740) 657-5550 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
162 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
71%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
79.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.5pp since 2021
Math
76.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -4.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 76.3% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 82.1% |
| 2022-23 | 83.7% | 77.4% |
| 2021-22 | 86.4% | 81.2% |
% 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
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Olentangy Meadows Elementary School
Olentangy Meadows Elementary School's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olentangy Meadows Elementary School this school | 574 | 28.2% | 80.3% |
| Indian Run Elementary School Dublin | 476 | 24.8% | 76.0% |
| Parkside Elementary School Solon | 502 | 17.3% | 97.6% |
| Kings Mills Elementary School Kings Mills | 567 | 16.9% | 82.8% |
| Shale Meadows Elementary School Lewis Center | 724 | 9.4% | 89.8% |
| Heritage Elementary School Lewis Center | 592 | 6.9% | 89.3% |
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 Olentangy Meadows Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #239 of 673 | #19 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #482 of 1,569 ▼ 200 | #24 of 33 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #265 of 1,569 ▼ 77 | #21 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.7pp | #132 of 1,514 | #1 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #310 of 1,808 | #20 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #992 of 1,582 | #14 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #63 of 1,590 | #1 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #541 of 767 | #8 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #388 of 992 | #9 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
574
-138 (-19%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 574 | 31.1 | 18.4:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 31.3 | 19.3:1 | 27% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 32.1 | 19.3:1 | 19% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 33 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 31.6 | 21.6:1 | 14% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 34 | 21.1:1 | 14% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | 34 | 20.7:1 | 13% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olentangy Meadows Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (683 to 574); teachers down 2% (31.6 to 31.1).
About Olentangy Meadows Elementary School
Olentangy Meadows Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Lewis, Ohio, under Olentangy Local. The student body numbers 574 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Ohio) has about 404 students.
The 29 schools in Olentangy Local enroll 24,133 students altogether, Olentangy Meadows Elementary School among them.
The most common group at Olentangy Meadows Elementary School is Asian students, at 42%. After that, the student body is 28% White, 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Delaware County, the Asian share is about 9%. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1 at Olentangy Meadows Elementary School, with 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 28% of enrollment.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.1% for Olentangy Meadows Elementary School. The school posts 80.3%, 2.2 points above the prediction.
Across Delaware County, the median household income is $133,540, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. In all, Delaware County has 59 public schools and roughly 44,100 students.
The nearest public school is Oak Creek Elementary School, at about 1.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Olentangy Meadows Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 138 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.4:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Olentangy Meadows Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- Freedom Trail ElementaryElementary · 605 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 649
- Worthington Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 378
- Slate Hill Elementary School1.9 mi · 479
- Olentangy Orange Middle School2.2 mi · 1,056
- Glen Oak Elementary School2.2 mi · 654
- Orange High School2.3 mi · 1,936
Frequently asked questions
About Olentangy Meadows Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Olentangy Meadows Elementary School?
Olentangy Meadows Elementary School enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Olentangy Meadows Elementary School serve?
Olentangy Meadows Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Olentangy Meadows Elementary School?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Olentangy Meadows Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olentangy Meadows Elementary School?
At Olentangy Meadows Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 10% Hispanic, 11% Black, 42% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Olentangy Meadows Elementary School in?
Olentangy Meadows Elementary School is part of Olentangy Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.