Richard Avenue Elementary School

Set in Grove City, Ohio, Richard Avenue Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within South-Western City. It educates 423 students across grades K through 4.

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

In terms of who attends, Richard Avenue Elementary School records that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Richard Avenue Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 66.7%; Richard Avenue Elementary School posts 56.3%, -10.3 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Richard Avenue Elementary School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Nearest neighbor: Monterey Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Richard Avenue Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richard Avenue Elementary School has shrank 3%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 79% to 63%. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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