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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVANIA SCHOOLS·NCES 390448701748
Sylvan Elementary School
4830 Wickford Dr E, Sylvania, OH 43560 · (419) 824-8615 · Lucas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
116 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.7pp since 2021
Math
76.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +6.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.5% | 76.5% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 73.7% |
| 2022-23 | 82.2% | 74.2% |
| 2021-22 | 84.2% | 69.9% |
% 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
79.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Sylvan Elementary School
Sylvan Elementary School's state test result (79.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Elementary School this school | 415 | 28.0% | 79.1% |
| Brown Elementary School Hilliard | 448 | 27.9% | 76.2% |
| Avery Elementary School Hilliard | 432 | 23.8% | 73.9% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Marysville | 487 | 29.4% | 80.5% |
| Arrowhead Primary Elementary School Copley | 372 | 26.6% | 86.3% |
| North Ridgeville Early Childhood Learning Community North Ridgeville | 500 | 25.6% | N/A |
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 Sylvan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #270 of 673 | #10 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #473 of 1,569 ▲ 48 | #13 of 80 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #277 of 1,569 ▼ 72 | #7 of 80 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #964 of 1,514 | #48 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #771 of 1,808 | #27 of 86 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #440 of 1,582 | #29 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #730 of 1,590 | #62 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #550 of 767 | #21 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.0% | #179 of 561 | #9 of 27 |
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
415
+63 (+18%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 28% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 30% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 21% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 19.4 | 17.7:1 | 32% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 17 | 20.2:1 | 30% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 24% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 22 | 18.3:1 | 13% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 23 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (343 to 415); teachers up 34% (19.4 to 26).
About Sylvan Elementary School
Located in Sylvania, Ohio, Sylvan Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 415 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Sylvan Elementary School is one school in a 13-school district, Sylvania Schools, which enrolls 7,699 students.
White students account for 77% of enrollment at Sylvan Elementary School. The next largest groups are 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. In Lucas County overall, about 68% of residents are White. Sylvan Elementary School has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Sylvan Elementary School's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 28%. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Lucas County is 16 points.
In Ohio, Sylvan Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 79.1% actual against a predicted 78.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lucas County show that median household income is about $62,224, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 143 public schools in Lucas County, with a combined enrollment of about 73,839.
Nearest public school: Sylvania Mccord Junior High School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Sylvan Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Sylvan Elementary School's average proficiency of 79.1% compares with 74.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Sylvan Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 352 in 2020-21 and 415 in 2024-25, a gain of 63 students.
Community posts for Sylvan Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lucas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
428,018
Census ACS
Median income
$62,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
73,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sylvania Schools
- Sylvania Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,283 students
- Sylvania Southview High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Central Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Sylvania Timberstone Junior High SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 581 students
Other schools in Sylvania
- Sylvania Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,283 students
- Sylvania Southview High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Central Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Sylvania Timberstone Junior High SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 581 students
Other Sylvan Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sylvan Elementary. Sylvan Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Sylvan ElementaryModesto, CA · 326 students
- Sylvan ElementarySnow Camp, NC · 298 students
Nearby schools
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High School0.6 mi · 581
- Sylvania Northview High School0.9 mi · 1,283
- Preschool at Sylvania Northview High School0.9 mi · 22
- Maplewood Elementary School1.0 mi · 542
- Stranahan Elementary School1.3 mi · 502
- Sylvania Southview High School1.4 mi · 1,139
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvan Elementary SchoolHow large is Sylvan Elementary School?
Sylvan Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sylvan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sylvan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sylvan Elementary School have?
Sylvan Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sylvan Elementary School?
At Sylvan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Sylvan Elementary School?
Sylvan Elementary School is overseen by Sylvania Schools in Lucas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.