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Alumni: what's one memory from Wapakoneta Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
800
Elementary
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPAKONETA CITY·NCES 390449805536
Wapakoneta Elementary
900 N Blackhoof St, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · (419) 739-2900 · Auglaize County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
21.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
420 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 61 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 160 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 157 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (157).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Wapakoneta Elementary→Wapakoneta Middle School
Based on grade levels within Wapakoneta City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.0pp since 2021
Math
69.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 77.2% |
| 2022-23 | 65.3% | 76.5% |
| 2021-22 | 62.4% | 73.1% |
% 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Wapakoneta Elementary
Wapakoneta Elementary's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapakoneta Elementary this school | 800 | 52.5% | 69.2% |
| Three Rivers Elementary Cleves | 731 | 50.8% | 66.7% |
| Madison Elementary School Middletown | 711 | 51.8% | 75.6% |
| Greenon Elementary School Enon | 897 | 49.7% | 64.3% |
| Carrollton Elementary School Carrollton | 804 | 56.8% | 55.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary Jefferson | 654 | 54.4% | 63.3% |
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 Wapakoneta Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Auglaize County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #471 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #663 of 1,569 ▼ 228 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #878 of 1,569 ▼ 136 | #6 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #309 of 1,514 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #84 of 1,808 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,430 of 1,582 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #1,292 of 1,590 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #220 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #278 of 992 | N/A |
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
800
-57 (-7%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 892
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 800 | 37 | 21.6:1 | 53% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 834 | 41.8 | 19.9:1 | 41% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 868 | 40.8 | 21.3:1 | 32% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 40 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 987 | 45.9 | 21.5:1 | 39% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 985 | 46 | 21.4:1 | 39% (389) |
| 2010-11 | 892 | 42 | 21.2:1 | 43% (384) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wapakoneta Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (987 to 800); teachers down 19% (45.9 to 37).
About Wapakoneta Elementary
Wapakoneta Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Wapakoneta, Ohio. The school had 800 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 98% larger than that.
The district, Wapakoneta City, has 2,786 students enrolled across 5 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Wapakoneta Elementary is 92% White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 95% of residents are White. Wapakoneta Elementary's diversity index is 16%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 21.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Eligible students account for 53% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The allk12 Grade for Wapakoneta Elementary is B-. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wapakoneta Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 69.2% actual against 69.0% predicted.
Within Auglaize County, the median household income is $78,660, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Wapakoneta Elementary, Auglaize County has 17 other public schools.
Wapakoneta High School is the public school closest to Wapakoneta Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. On average proficiency, Wapakoneta Elementary is 4th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment at Wapakoneta Elementary dropped 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 857 to 800 students.
The Wapakoneta Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Auglaize County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,125
Census ACS
Median income
$78,660
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wapakoneta City
- Wapakoneta High SchoolCombined · 804 students
- Wapakoneta Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Cridersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Wapakoneta Jr. HighMiddle · 219 students
Other schools in Wapakoneta
- Wapakoneta High SchoolCombined · 804 students
- Wapakoneta Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Wapakoneta Jr. HighMiddle · 219 students
- Auglaize County Educational AcademyHigh · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Wapakoneta High School0.1 mi · 804
- Wapakoneta Jr. High0.1 mi · 219
- Wapakoneta Middle School0.7 mi · 614
- Auglaize County Educational Academy1.6 mi · 91
- Cridersville Elementary School5.3 mi · 349
- Elmwood Elementary School7.1 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Wapakoneta ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wapakoneta Elementary?
Wapakoneta Elementary enrolls approximately 800 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Wapakoneta Elementary serve?
Wapakoneta Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wapakoneta Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wapakoneta Elementary is approximately 21.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wapakoneta Elementary?
At Wapakoneta Elementary, the student body is approximately 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wapakoneta Elementary?
Wapakoneta Elementary is overseen by Wapakoneta City in Auglaize County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.