Waggoner Road Elementary

Waggoner Road Elementary is a roomy K-5 school in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, operated by Reynoldsburg City. The school works with 691 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 71% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Waggoner Road Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Reynoldsburg City, a district that teaches 7,130 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Waggoner Road Elementary reports that 34% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 17% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Waggoner Road Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Waggoner Road Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Waggoner Road Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.4%; actual is 48.9%, a gap of -14.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Waggoner Road Elementary is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

The closest other public school is Waggoner Road Junior High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Waggoner Road Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

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