Shale Meadows Elementary School

Shale Meadows Elementary School, an expansive elementary campus in Lewis Center, Ohio, operated by Olentangy Local, serves 724 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 79% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Across the 29 schools in Olentangy Local (24,133 students total), Shale Meadows Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Shale Meadows Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 36% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 20%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Shale Meadows Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 85.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 89.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate median household income runs about $133,540, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Delaware County's 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), Shale Meadows Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Peachblow Crossing Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shale Meadows Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shale Meadows Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 86.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

On the community side, the feed for Shale Meadows Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.