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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Robert Frost Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401959
Robert Frost Elementary School
270 North Spring Rd, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-7280 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
112 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.7pp since 2021
Math
80.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 78.9% | 80.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.8% | 78.7% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 75.2% |
| 2021-22 | 78.2% | 76.4% |
% 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Frost Elementary School
Robert Frost Elementary School's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frost Elementary School this school | 420 | 26.7% | 79.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Gahanna | 437 | 24.5% | 81.2% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School Westerville | 398 | 29.9% | 79.6% |
| High Point Elementary School Gahanna | 555 | 22.7% | 82.3% |
| Alcott Elementary School Westerville | 537 | 22.0% | 90.6% |
| Hanby Building Elementary School Westerville | 363 | 20.7% | 73.4% |
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 Frost Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #248 of 673 | #21 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #363 of 1,569 ▲ 29 | #22 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #299 of 1,569 ▲ 28 | #23 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #812 of 1,514 | #8 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #751 of 1,808 | #28 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #680 of 1,582 | #6 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #570 of 1,590 | #17 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.7% | #565 of 767 | #10 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #792 of 992 | #13 of 17 |
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
420
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 420 | 24.5 | 17.1:1 | 27% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 22.2 | 19.6:1 | 27% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 23.2 | 18.7:1 | 24% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 21 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 22.2 | 20.0:1 | 28% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 21 | 21.2:1 | 28% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 22 | 22.1:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 29 | 21.6:1 | 1% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 17 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Frost Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (444 to 420); teachers up 10% (22.2 to 24.5).
About Robert Frost Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Westerville, Ohio, Robert Frost Elementary School is part of Westerville City. Enrollment totals 420 students across kindergarten through 5.
Westerville City has 14,589 students spread across 24 schools.
Of every 100 students at Robert Frost Elementary School, about 69 are White. The school is also 17% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Delaware County's residents are about 80% White, 11 points above the school's share. The diversity index for Robert Frost Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 27% of the student body.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Robert Frost Elementary School's results are 1.2 points above predicted: 79.9% against 78.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Delaware County show that median household income comes to about $133,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county's public schools total 59, with about 44,100 students.
Heritage Middle School sits about 0.2 miles from Robert Frost Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Robert Frost Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Robert Frost Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 420, from 400 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.1:1 in 2020-21, and 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
Robert Frost Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other Robert Frost Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Robert Frost Elementary. Robert Frost Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolMount Prospect, IL · 532 students
- Robert Frost ElementaryPASCO, WA · 459 students
- Robert Frost Elementary - 18Sioux Falls, SD · 447 students
- Robert Frost ElementaryKirkland, WA · 424 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolMount Prospect, IL · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Middle School0.2 mi · 592
- Westerville-North High School0.2 mi · 1,587
- Walnut Springs Middle School0.8 mi · 613
- Mark Twain Elementary School1.0 mi · 398
- McVay Elementary School1.3 mi · 591
- Cherrington Elementary School1.4 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Frost Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Robert Frost Elementary School?
Robert Frost Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
Is Robert Frost Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Robert Frost Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Robert Frost Elementary School have?
Robert Frost Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Robert Frost Elementary School?
Student demographics at Robert Frost Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 7% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Robert Frost Elementary School public or private?
Robert Frost Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westerville City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.