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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CLAIRSVILLE-RICHLAND CITY·NCES 390459902399
St Clairsville Elementary School
120 Norris St, Saint Clairsville, OH 43950 · (740) 695-0783 · Belmont County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
235 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (125).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within St Clairsville-Richland City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
85.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.1pp since 2021
Math
79.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -4.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 79.5% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 78.7% |
| 2022-23 | 86.8% | 83.6% |
| 2021-22 | 87.1% | 84.3% |
% 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
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% 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 St Clairsville Elementary School
St Clairsville Elementary School's state test result (82.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Clairsville Elementary School this school | 621 | 37.8% | 82.5% |
| Keystone Elementary School Lagrange | 655 | 35.1% | 66.5% |
| Genoa Elementary Genoa | 628 | 36.8% | 81.2% |
| Woodlands Elementary School Huron | 523 | 36.3% | 85.5% |
| Huntington Elementary School Brunswick | 508 | 35.8% | 75.0% |
| Parkwood Elementary School Beavercreek | 538 | 34.8% | 74.9% |
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 St Clairsville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Belmont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #185 of 673 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #402 of 1,569 ▼ 6 | #4 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #146 of 1,569 ▼ 2 | #1 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #232 of 1,514 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #243 of 1,808 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #824 of 1,582 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #1,003 of 1,590 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #421 of 767 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #925 of 992 | #6 of 6 |
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
621
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 621 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 38% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 29% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 36.8 | 16.3:1 | 28% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 41 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 31% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 31% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 38% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 28% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 35 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St Clairsville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (635 to 621); teachers down 8% (38 to 35).
About St Clairsville Elementary School
St Clairsville Elementary School is a large elementary school serving families in Saint Clairsville, Ohio. The latest federal count shows 621 students in pre-K through 4. Against the 404-student average for elementary schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 54% higher.
St Clairsville Elementary School is in St Clairsville-Richland City, a district with 1,619 students across 3 schools.
About 85% of the student body at St Clairsville Elementary School is White. Other students are 7% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
St Clairsville Elementary School's 35 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.7:1. That matches the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 38%. The rate at public schools in Belmont County averages 65%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for St Clairsville Elementary School is A-. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.5% for St Clairsville Elementary School. The school posts 82.5%, 8.0 points above the prediction.
St Clairsville Elementary School is located in Belmont County, where the median household income is $57,017, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides St Clairsville Elementary School, Belmont County has 22 other public schools.
St Clairsville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of St Clairsville Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, St Clairsville Elementary School is ahead of the 74.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 4.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment increase, from 596 in 2020-21 to 621 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.5:1 to 17.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at St Clairsville Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Belmont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,473
Census ACS
Median income
$57,017
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
8,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St Clairsville-Richland City
- St Clairsville High SchoolHigh · 501 students
- St Clairsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 497 students
Other schools in Saint Clairsville
- St Clairsville High SchoolHigh · 501 students
- St Clairsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 497 students
- Belmont Career CenterHigh · 344 students
Nearby schools
- St Clairsville Middle School0.2 mi · 497
- St Clairsville High School0.2 mi · 501
- Belmont Career Center4.0 mi · 344
- Bellaire Elementary School5.2 mi · 489
- The Bridgeport School DIstrict - Middle School6.1 mi · 218
- The Bridgeport School District - Elementary6.1 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About St Clairsville Elementary SchoolHow large is St Clairsville Elementary School?
St Clairsville Elementary School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-04.
Is St Clairsville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
St Clairsville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St Clairsville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St Clairsville Elementary School is approximately 17.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is St Clairsville Elementary School?
St Clairsville Elementary School reports a student body of 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is St Clairsville Elementary School in?
St Clairsville Elementary School is part of St Clairsville-Richland City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.