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Enrollment
864
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·URBANA CITY·NCES 390449401869
Urbana Elementary School
1673 S Us Highway 68, Urbana, OH 43078 · (937) 653-1453 · Champaign County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL864 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Ohio public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
566 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 47 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (143) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 Urbana City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
54.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.3pp since 2021
Math
47.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 59.3% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 56.8% |
| 2021-22 | 56.6% | 49.6% |
% 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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Urbana Elementary School
Urbana Elementary School's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbana Elementary School this school | 864 | 65.5% | 54.7% |
| Greenville Elementary School Greenville | 788 | 68.7% | 63.4% |
| Kenton Elementary School Kenton | 1,022 | 64.8% | 55.4% |
| Shelby Elementary School Shelby | 866 | 60.4% | 69.8% |
| Marietta Elementary School Marietta | 628 | 60.7% | 48.1% |
| Mt Orab Primary Elementary School Mount Orab | 683 | 70.1% | 67.3% |
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 Urbana Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #636 of 673 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,116 of 1,569 ▼ 224 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #1,032 of 1,569 ▼ 90 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.3pp | #301 of 1,514 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 864 | #63 of 1,808 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,350 of 1,582 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #805 of 1,590 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #91 of 767 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +158.7% | #7 of 561 |
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
864
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
+119% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 864 | 42 | 20.6:1 | 66% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 45 | 19.3:1 | 63% (544) |
| 2022-23 | 871 | 42 | 20.7:1 | 56% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 42 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 13 | 25.7:1 | 58% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 12 | 25.8:1 | 66% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 15 | 22.2:1 | 67% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 18 | 20.2:1 | 37% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 19 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Urbana Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 159% (334 to 864); teachers up 223% (13 to 42).
About Urbana Elementary School
Urbana Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Urbana City in Urbana, Ohio. The school had 864 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Ohio) has about 404 students.
Urbana City has 3 schools; together they serve 1,779 students.
White students make up a majority at Urbana Elementary School, at 79%. Other students are 13% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Hispanic. That is lower than the 92% White share among all Champaign County residents. The school's diversity index is 35%, meaning two students picked at random have a 35% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Urbana Elementary School employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.6:1. This ratio sits 2.7 above the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 66% in 2024-25. That is 9 points above the 57% average for public schools in Champaign County.
allk12 grades Urbana Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Urbana Elementary School is 9.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
In Champaign County (population about 38,804), the median household income is $75,556, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Urbana Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Urbana Elementary School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Urbana Junior High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Urbana Elementary School comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Urbana Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 880 in 2020-21 and 864 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,804
Census ACS
Median income
$75,556
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,135 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Urbana City
- Urbana High SchoolHigh · 528 students
- Urbana Junior High SchoolMiddle · 387 students
Other schools in Urbana
- Urbana High SchoolHigh · 528 students
- Urbana Junior High SchoolMiddle · 387 students
Other Urbana Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Urbana Elementary. Urbana Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Urbana ElementaryFrederick, MD · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Urbana Junior High School0.0 mi · 387
- Urbana High School1.9 mi · 528
- Kenton Ridge Elementary7.1 mi · 984
- Kenton Ridge Middle/High School7.1 mi · 1,025
- Graham High School8.5 mi · 491
- West Liberty-Salem Middle School9.0 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Urbana Elementary SchoolHow large is Urbana Elementary School?
Urbana Elementary School enrolls approximately 864 students in grades PK-05.
Is Urbana Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Urbana Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Urbana Elementary School have?
Urbana Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Urbana Elementary School?
At Urbana Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Urbana Elementary School public or private?
Urbana Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Urbana City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.