Enrollment
142
Elementary
DISTRICT 172 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST HOLMES LOCAL·NCES 390476802941
Walnut Creek Elementary School
4840 Olde Pump St, Walnut Creek, OH 44687 · (330) 893-2213 · Holmes County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL142 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
17.9:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
23 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (18).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Walnut Creek Elementary School→Hiland High School
Based on grade levels within East Holmes Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
88.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.5pp since 2021
Math
88.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.5% | 88.1% |
| 2023-24 | 87.9% | 86.8% |
| 2022-23 | 89.9% | 91.9% |
| 2021-22 | 83.1% | 84.1% |
% 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
88.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Walnut Creek Elementary School
Walnut Creek Elementary School's state test result (88.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Creek Elementary School this school | 142 | 16.2% | 88.7% |
| Winesburg Elementary School Winesburg | 148 | 14.9% | 78.7% |
| Kalida Elementary School Kalida | 203 | 9.4% | 90.1% |
| Dundee Elementary School Dundee | 155 | 27.1% | 89.3% |
| Mt Hope Elementary School Mt. Hope | 98 | 10.2% | 82.5% |
| Chestnut Ridge Elementary School Berlin | 217 | 21.7% | 89.2% |
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 Walnut Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Holmes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #68 of 673 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.1% | #135 of 1,569 ▲ 10 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #74 of 1,569 ▲ 41 | #1 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #614 of 1,514 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 142 | #1,673 of 1,808 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #674 of 767 | #6 of 7 |
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
142
-26 (-15%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
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 | 142 | 7.9 | 17.9:1 | 16% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 7.9 | 18.5:1 | 18% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 148 | 8.9 | 16.6:1 | 14% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 168 | 10 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 163 | 9.5 | 17.1:1 | 23% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 185 | 12 | 15.4:1 | 26% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | 15 | 12.6:1 | 43% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 11 | 16.4:1 | 30% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 10 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (163 to 142); teachers down 17% (9.5 to 7.9).
About Walnut Creek Elementary School
Walnut Creek Elementary School is the name of a very small elementary school in Walnut Creek, Ohio. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 142 students. That puts enrollment 65% below the 404-student average for elementary schools in Ohio.
District-wide, East Holmes Local has 8 schools and 1,491 students.
Roughly 96% of students at Walnut Creek Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic. Holmes County residents are about 98% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Walnut Creek Elementary School is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.9:1. That is in line with the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Roughly 16% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Holmes County averages 31%, higher than here.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Walnut Creek Elementary School outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
In Ohio, Walnut Creek Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 88.7% actual against a predicted 82.7%.
Looking at the county, Holmes County, median household income comes to about $76,140, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 11% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 17 public schools and about 3,271 students.
Among nearby public schools, Chestnut Ridge Elementary School is closest at about 1.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 7. The nearest schools with test data average 78.6%, lower than Walnut Creek Elementary School's 88.7%.
NCES describes the area around Walnut Creek Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 142, compared with 168 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.9:1.
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Holmes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,418
Census ACS
Median income
$76,140
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Holmes Local
- Hiland High SchoolHigh · 395 students
- Berlin Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- Chestnut Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
- Winesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 148 students
- Mt Hope Elementary SchoolElementary · 98 students
- Flat Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 92 students
Other Walnut Creek Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Walnut Creek Elementary. Walnut Creek Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Walnut Creek ElementaryGalena, OH · 546 students
- Walnut Creek ElementaryMcDonough, GA · 712 students
- Walnut Creek ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 574 students
- Walnut Creek Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 496 students
- WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARYPAPILLION, NE · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Chestnut Ridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 217
- Hiland High School3.2 mi · 395
- Miller Avenue Elementary School4.3 mi · 175
- Berlin Elementary School4.5 mi · 332
- Wise Elementary School4.8 mi · 67
- Garaway High School4.8 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Walnut Creek Elementary School?
Walnut Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 142 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Walnut Creek Elementary School serve?
Walnut Creek Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walnut Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walnut Creek Elementary School is approximately 17.9:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walnut Creek Elementary School?
At Walnut Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Walnut Creek Elementary School public or private?
Walnut Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Holmes Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.