Walnut Creek Elementary

Set in Galena, Ohio, Walnut Creek Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community, run under Olentangy Local. It serves 546 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Within Olentangy Local, which oversees 29 schools and 24,133 students, Walnut Creek Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Walnut Creek Elementary reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 10% multiracial, 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Walnut Creek Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Delaware County's rate of about 20%.

With demographic context factored in, Walnut Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 85.5%; this one delivers 84.7%.

Around the school, Delaware County reports that the typical household earns roughly $133,540 per year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Delaware County runs 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), of which Walnut Creek Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Freedom Trail Elementary, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walnut Creek Elementary. On composite proficiency, Walnut Creek Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 81.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walnut Creek Elementary has declined 15%, going from 641 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 81% to 75%. Class-load math has fell: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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