Prairie Norton Elementary School

Located at 105 Norton Rd, in Columbus, Ohio, Prairie Norton Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus that educates 510 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under South-Western City. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Prairie Norton Elementary School sits 26% above that benchmark.

Across the 33 schools in South-Western City (21,873 students total), Prairie Norton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Prairie Norton Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% White, 18% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Prairie Norton Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at Prairie Norton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Prairie Norton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.9%, the actual is 51.2%, a residual of -8.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Franklin County) records that median household earnings sit near $75,176, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Prairie Norton Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Norton Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie Norton Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.7%.

Prairie Norton Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Prairie Norton Elementary School's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 552 (now 510). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 28% to 39% over that span.

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