Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLIARD CITY·NCES 390470102747
Scioto Darby Elementary School
5380 Scioto Darby Rd, Hilliard, OH 43026 · (614) 921-6300 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
137 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.4pp since 2021
Math
72.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.5% | 72.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 66.4% |
| 2022-23 | 68.1% | 71.5% |
| 2021-22 | 68.1% | 69.8% |
% 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Scioto Darby Elementary School
Scioto Darby Elementary School's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scioto Darby Elementary School this school | 376 | 36.4% | 73.0% |
| Emerson Elementary School Lakewood | 323 | 39.6% | 75.7% |
| Helke Early Learning Center Vandalia | 310 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Prass Elementary School Kettering | 420 | 38.6% | 85.7% |
| W O Cline Elementary School Centerville | 434 | 34.8% | 76.9% |
| H G Blake Elementary School Medina | 470 | 36.6% | 77.5% |
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 Scioto Darby Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #401 of 673 | #39 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #586 of 1,569 ▲ 146 | #45 of 199 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #453 of 1,569 ▲ 277 | #38 of 199 ▲ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #630 of 1,514 | #96 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #940 of 1,808 | #114 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #186 of 1,582 | #11 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #632 of 1,590 | #148 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.4% | #436 of 767 | #45 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #365 of 992 | #64 of 135 |
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
376
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 376 | 26.3 | 14.3:1 | 36% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 22.3 | 17.6:1 | 35% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 23.5 | 16.2:1 | 23% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 25 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 22 | 20.5:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 19% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 32 | 20.0:1 | 3% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 27 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scioto Darby Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (451 to 376); teachers up 20% (22 to 26.3).
About Scioto Darby Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Scioto Darby Elementary School serves students in Hilliard, Ohio. Its 376 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Scioto Darby Elementary School is one of the 24 schools that make up Hilliard City (16,298 students in total).
By race and ethnicity, Scioto Darby Elementary School is 73% White. It is also 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Franklin County is roughly 59% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Scioto Darby Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
Teacher staffing is 26.3 full-time equivalents, or about 14.3 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. About 36% of students, or 137, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Scioto Darby Elementary School is -2.0 points: 73.0% actual, 75.0% predicted.
Across Franklin County, median household income is about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Franklin County number 402 and enroll about 195,359.
Of nearby public schools, Hilliard Online Academy is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Scioto Darby Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Scioto Darby Elementary School had 396 students in 2020-21 and 376 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.8:1 to 14.3:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hilliard City
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other schools in Hilliard
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Nearby schools
- Hilliard Online Academy0.1 mi · 92
- Hilliard Heritage Middle School0.5 mi · 791
- Hilliard Crossing Elementary School0.6 mi · 518
- Hilliard Station Sixth Grade Elementary School0.7 mi · 763
- Hilliard Darby High School0.7 mi · 1,674
- J W Reason Elementary School0.8 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Scioto Darby Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Scioto Darby Elementary School?
Scioto Darby Elementary School enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Scioto Darby Elementary School serve?
Scioto Darby Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Scioto Darby Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Scioto Darby Elementary School.
How diverse is Scioto Darby Elementary School?
Scioto Darby Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Scioto Darby Elementary School in?
Scioto Darby Elementary School is part of Hilliard City.
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