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Enrollment
777
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELAWARE CITY·NCES 390438700724
Robert F Schultz Elementary School
499 Applegate Ln, Delaware, OH 43015 · (740) 833-1400 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
236 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 155 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Delaware City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
70.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
66.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -8.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.1% | 66.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 77.4% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 77.1% |
| 2021-22 | 68.2% | 74.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Robert F Schultz Elementary School
Robert F Schultz Elementary School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert F Schultz Elementary School this school | 777 | 30.4% | 72.8% |
| Millridge Elementary School Cleveland | 604 | 30.1% | 85.9% |
| Donovan Elementary School Lebanon | 798 | 35.2% | 71.6% |
| Little Miami Primary School Maineville | 937 | 32.1% | 73.1% |
| Lake Cable Elementary School Canton | 544 | 27.4% | 84.8% |
| North Canton Intermediate School North Canton | 888 | 33.6% | 85.0% |
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 Robert F Schultz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #406 of 673 | #28 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #769 of 1,569 ▼ 342 | #29 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #585 of 1,569 ▼ 7 | #30 of 33 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #240 of 1,514 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #97 of 1,808 | #1 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #1,470 of 1,582 | #33 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #644 of 1,590 | #19 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #508 of 767 | #7 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #288 of 561 | #11 of 15 |
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
777
+79 (+11%) vs 2020
+116% since 2000-01, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 777 | 35 | 22.2:1 | 30% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 35 | 22.1:1 | 32% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 34 | 22.0:1 | 23% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 33 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 34 | 20.7:1 | 22% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 27 | 22.3:1 | 29% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 24 | 21.5:1 | 31% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 21% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert F Schultz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (703 to 777); teachers up 3% (34 to 35).
About Robert F Schultz Elementary School
Robert F Schultz Elementary School is one of the public schools in Delaware, Ohio. It is a large elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 777 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students.
Robert F Schultz Elementary School belongs to Delaware City, a district of 7 schools and 5,650 students.
A majority of students at Robert F Schultz Elementary School, 73%, are White. Other reported shares: 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Robert F Schultz Elementary School has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at Robert F Schultz Elementary School and a ratio of 22.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 30% of enrollment. The 20% average for public schools in Delaware County is 10 points lower.
Robert F Schultz Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Ohio public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Robert F Schultz Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.8%, compared with a predicted 77.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Delaware County, median household income is about $133,540, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. A total of 59 public schools operate in Delaware County, serving about 44,100 students.
Ervin Carlisle Elementary School is the public school closest to Robert F Schultz Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Robert F Schultz Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 70.2% on proficiency, and Robert F Schultz Elementary School is above that at 72.8%.
In the federal locale system, Robert F Schultz Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 698 to 777 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 21.1:1 to 22.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Delaware City
- Rutherford B Hayes High SchoolHigh · 1,612 students
- John C Dempsey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Laura Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Ervin Carlisle Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
- James Conger Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- David Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Delaware
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Rutherford B Hayes High SchoolHigh · 1,612 students
- John C Dempsey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Olentangy Berlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- Laura Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Buckeye Valley Local Middle SchoolMiddle · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Ervin Carlisle Elementary School0.8 mi · 533
- John C Dempsey Middle School1.1 mi · 1,278
- Laura Woodward Elementary School1.2 mi · 621
- Rutherford B Hayes High School1.2 mi · 1,612
- David Smith Elementary School1.5 mi · 376
- James Conger Elementary School2.1 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Robert F Schultz Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Robert F Schultz Elementary School?
Robert F Schultz Elementary School enrolls approximately 777 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Robert F Schultz Elementary School serve?
Robert F Schultz Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert F Schultz Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert F Schultz Elementary School is approximately 22.2:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Robert F Schultz Elementary School?
Student demographics at Robert F Schultz Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Robert F Schultz Elementary School public or private?
Robert F Schultz Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Delaware City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.