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Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYCAMORE COMMUNITY CITY·NCES 390448604371
Symmes Elementary School
11820 Enyart Rd, Loveland, OH 45140 · (513) 686-1740 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% 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.
- C-Three-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
15.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
174 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 78 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 36% smaller than its 4th grade class (121).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Symmes Elementary School→Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School
Based on grade levels within Sycamore Community City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
81.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.7pp since 2021
Math
91.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.6% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.5% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.3% | 90.3% |
| 2021-22 | 84.3% | 90.5% |
% 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
85.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Symmes Elementary School
Symmes Elementary School's state test result (85.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symmes Elementary School this school | 656 | 26.5% | 85.8% |
| Alum Creek Elementary School Lewis Center | 664 | 19.6% | 87.9% |
| Glen Oak Elementary School Lewis Center | 654 | 18.0% | 82.4% |
| Oak Creek Elementary School Lewis Center | 649 | 22.3% | 84.5% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School Lewis Center | 648 | 17.7% | 80.0% |
| Endeavor Elementary School West | 740 | 28.8% | 80.9% |
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 Symmes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #116 of 673 | #18 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #66 of 1,569 ▲ 10 | #11 of 104 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #229 of 1,569 ▲ 195 | #23 of 104 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #384 of 1,514 | #15 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #192 of 1,808 | #19 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #343 of 1,582 | #30 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #242 of 1,590 | #19 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.5% | #567 of 767 | #17 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.9% | #120 of 561 | #11 of 36 |
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
656
+93 (+17%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 656 | 42.5 | 15.4:1 | 27% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 45.9 | 16.1:1 | 22% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 15% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 35 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 27% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 26% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 21% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 12% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 28 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Symmes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (501 to 656); teachers up 57% (27 to 42.5).
About Symmes Elementary School
Symmes Elementary School is a large elementary school. Its address is in Loveland, Ohio. It reported 656 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Ohio have about 404 students on average; enrollment here is 62% higher.
Sycamore Community City is the local district for Symmes Elementary School. It runs 7 schools with 6,051 students.
More than half of enrollment at Symmes Elementary School is White: 52%. The remaining shares are 25% Asian, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, and 6% Hispanic. Hamilton County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
Based on 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Symmes Elementary School has a ratio of 15.4:1. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.9:1. Income data for the school show 27% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Symmes Elementary School outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Symmes Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (85.8%) and its predicted rate (78.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
In Hamilton County, home to about 830,774 people, the median household earns about $72,470 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Hamilton County number 212, with about 111,403 students.
A public school about 1.8 miles away, Loveland High School, is the closest to Symmes Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Symmes Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Symmes Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Symmes Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 656 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 563.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Symmes Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sycamore Community City
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
- Sycamore Junior High SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- Blue Ash ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Maple Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
Other schools in Loveland
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,203 students
- Loveland Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Loveland Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Loveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Loveland Primary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- McCormick Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
Other Symmes Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Symmes Elementary. Symmes Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- SYMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRIVERVIEW, FL · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Loveland High School1.8 mi · 1,203
- Loveland Intermediate School1.8 mi · 643
- Loveland Middle School1.9 mi · 624
- J F Burns Elementary School2.4 mi · 807
- Loveland Elementary School2.4 mi · 617
- Loveland Primary School2.4 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Symmes Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Symmes Elementary School?
Symmes Elementary School enrolls approximately 656 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Symmes Elementary School serve?
Symmes Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Symmes Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Symmes Elementary School.
How diverse is Symmes Elementary School?
Symmes Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 25% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Symmes Elementary School in?
Symmes Elementary School is part of Sycamore Community City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.