Slate Hill Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Worthington, Ohio, Slate Hill Elementary School caters to 479 students from grades K through 5, run under Worthington City.

Slate Hill Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Worthington City, a district that works with 10,874 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Slate Hill Elementary School shows that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 28% White, 27% Black, 10% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Slate Hill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.7%; this one delivers 65.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Slate Hill Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Worthington Park Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Slate Hill Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 73.9%.

Slate Hill Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Slate Hill Elementary School has contracted 7%, going from 514 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 50% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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