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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Park Avenue Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT GILEAD EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390455302268
Park Avenue Elementary School
335 W Park Ave, Mount Gilead, OH 43338 · (419) 946-5736 · Morrow County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Ohio public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
242 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 60 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Mount Gilead Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.1pp since 2021
Math
48.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.9% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.2% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.8% | 42.7% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 47.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 70% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Park Avenue Elementary School
Park Avenue Elementary School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Avenue Elementary School this school | 475 | 50.9% | 47.6% |
| Putman Elementary School Blanchester | 471 | 53.1% | 82.5% |
| Norwood Elementary School West Jefferson | 445 | 49.9% | 72.7% |
| St. Marys East Primary School Saint Marys | 445 | 52.4% | N/A |
| Western Reserve Elementary School Collins | 460 | 48.5% | 64.5% |
| Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School Lynchburg | 471 | 52.9% | 78.0% |
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 Park Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #662 of 673 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,102 of 1,569 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #1,105 of 1,569 ▲ 60 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #304 of 1,514 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #570 of 1,808 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #258 of 1,582 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #1,254 of 1,590 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.9% | #245 of 767 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #322 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
475
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+125% since 2000-01, when it was 211
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 51% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 50% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 26 | 19.1:1 | 43% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 28 | 20.6:1 | 53% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 51% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 30 | 19.7:1 | 50% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 211 | 8 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (578 to 475); teachers up 14% (28 to 32).
About Park Avenue Elementary School
Park Avenue Elementary School is an elementary school in Mount Gilead, Ohio, reachable at (419) 946-5736. It enrolled 475 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Park Avenue Elementary School sits within Mount Gilead Exempted Village, which has 3 schools and 975 students.
Most students at Park Avenue Elementary School are White: 91% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Park Avenue Elementary School comes in at 17%.
A ratio of 14.8:1 comes from the school's 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 51% of students at Park Avenue Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Park Avenue Elementary School is D. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Park Avenue Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio schools: 47.6% actual against 69.6% predicted.
Morrow County census figures show that median household income is about $75,283, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 12 public schools operate in Morrow County, serving about 4,685 students.
The closest other public school is Mt Gilead Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Park Avenue Elementary School is 5th of 5 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show 468 students in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.3:1 to 14.8:1.
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Morrow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,404
Census ACS
Median income
$75,283
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,685 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Gilead Exempted Village
- Mt Gilead High SchoolHigh · 274 students
- Mt Gilead Middle SchoolMiddle · 226 students
Other schools in Mount Gilead
- Mt Gilead High SchoolHigh · 274 students
- Mt Gilead Middle SchoolMiddle · 226 students
Other Park Avenue Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Park Avenue Elementary. Park Avenue Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 12.
- Park Avenue ElementaryWebster, MA · 738 students
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUTTGART, AR · 641 students
- Park Avenue ElementaryYuba City, CA · 541 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolFreehold, NJ · 463 students
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWARWICK, NY · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Mt Gilead Middle School0.1 mi · 226
- Mt Gilead High School0.1 mi · 274
- Cardington-Lincoln High School4.9 mi · 245
- Cardington-Lincoln Middle School4.9 mi · 283
- Tomorrow Center4.9 mi · 106
- Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School5.1 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Park Avenue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Park Avenue Elementary School?
Park Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Park Avenue Elementary School serve?
Park Avenue Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Park Avenue Elementary School?
Park Avenue Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Park Avenue Elementary School?
Park Avenue Elementary School is overseen by Mount Gilead Exempted Village in Morrow County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.