Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTON CARROLL SALEM LOCAL·NCES 390489203454
R C Waters Elementary School
220 E Ottawa St, Oak Harbor, OH 43449 · (419) 898-6219 · Ottawa County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
13.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
247 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 26% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Benton Carroll Salem Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +9.4pp since 2021
Math
81.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.5% | 81.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.8% | 82.1% |
| 2022-23 | 78.1% | 83.3% |
| 2021-22 | 74.1% | 77.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 R C Waters Elementary School
R C Waters Elementary School's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R C Waters Elementary School this school | 357 | 69.2% | 79.2% |
| Edison Elementary School Ashland | 411 | 67.4% | 67.3% |
| River View Elementary School Warsaw | 398 | 66.3% | N/A |
| Woodsfield Elementary School Woodsfield | 363 | 72.7% | 63.1% |
| Shiloh Elementary School Plymouth | 288 | 65.3% | 72.5% |
| Grand Valley Elementary School Orwell | 369 | 68.0% | 61.5% |
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 R C Waters Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #266 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #329 of 1,569 ▼ 45 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #183 of 1,569 ▲ 509 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #454 of 1,514 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #1,030 of 1,808 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #135 of 1,582 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.7% | #1,262 of 1,590 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #68 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #408 of 992 | N/A |
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
357
-51 (-12%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 357 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 69% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 18 | 20.0:1 | 40% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | 32% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 19 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 19 | 22.2:1 | 30% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 15 | 28.8:1 | 38% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 37% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 21% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 27 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R C Waters Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (422 to 357); teachers up 37% (19 to 26).
About R C Waters Elementary School
Located in Oak Harbor, Ohio, R C Waters Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 3 make up the school's enrollment of 357 students.
Besides R C Waters Elementary School, Benton Carroll Salem Local runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 1,341 students.
The share of students at R C Waters Elementary School who are White is 91%. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Ottawa County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at R C Waters Elementary School is 13.7:1, based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio, 17.9:1, is higher. R C Waters Elementary School counts 69% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 46% for public schools in Ottawa County.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, R C Waters Elementary School outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
A school in Ohio with R C Waters Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 62.7%. R C Waters Elementary School scores 79.2%.
In Ottawa County, the median household earns about $76,101 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Ottawa County, 16 public schools serve about 4,905 students.
Measured in a straight line, Oak Harbor Intermediate School is less than a tenth of a mile from R C Waters Elementary School. The five-mile area around R C Waters Elementary School holds 2 other public schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 12%, from 408 to 357. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.7:1, from 21.5:1.
This page is set up for the R C Waters Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Ottawa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,994
Census ACS
Median income
$76,101
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Benton Carroll Salem Local
- Oak Harbor High SchoolHigh · 669 students
- Oak Harbor Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 315 students
Other schools in Oak Harbor
- Oak Harbor High SchoolHigh · 669 students
- Oak Harbor Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Harbor Intermediate School0.1 mi · 315
- Oak Harbor High School0.9 mi · 669
- Woodmore High School8.1 mi · 252
- Bataan Memorial Intermediate School9.9 mi · 296
- Bataan Memorial Primary School9.9 mi · 364
- Technology Center10.1 mi · 111
Frequently asked questions
About R C Waters Elementary SchoolHow many students attend R C Waters Elementary School?
R C Waters Elementary School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades KG-03.
Is R C Waters Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
R C Waters Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does R C Waters Elementary School have?
R C Waters Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at R C Waters Elementary School?
Student demographics at R C Waters Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees R C Waters Elementary School?
R C Waters Elementary School is overseen by Benton Carroll Salem Local in Ottawa County.
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