Royal Manor Elementary School

Located at 299 Empire Dr, in Gahanna, Ohio, Royal Manor Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that teaches 423 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Gahanna-Jefferson City.

Gahanna-Jefferson City comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,290 students; Royal Manor Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Royal Manor Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Black, 15% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Royal Manor Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.3%; this one delivers 62.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate 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 Royal Manor Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Gahanna West Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Royal Manor Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 69.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Royal Manor Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 423). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 29% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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