Scioto Darby Elementary School

Scioto Darby Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Hilliard, Ohio, overseen by Hilliard City. Current enrollment sits at 376 students spanning grades K through 5.

Scioto Darby Elementary School is one of 24 schools operated by Hilliard City, a district that hosts 16,298 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Scioto Darby Elementary School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Scioto Darby Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Scioto Darby Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Scioto Darby Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.0%, the actual is 73.0%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Scioto Darby Elementary School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Hilliard Online Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Scioto Darby Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Scioto Darby Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Scioto Darby Elementary School has declined 17%, going from 451 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 87% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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