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What's the biggest difference between Waterville Primary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANTHONY WAYNE LOCAL·NCES 390482003147
Waterville Primary School
457 Sycamore Ln, Waterville, OH 43566 · (419) 878-2436 · Lucas County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
74 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 28% smaller than its 4th grade class (95).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Waterville Primary School→Fallen Timbers Middle School→Anthony Wayne Junior High School→Anthony Wayne High School
Based on grade levels within Anthony Wayne Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
85.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.7pp since 2021
Math
94.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.3% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.6% | 88.5% |
| 2022-23 | 90.0% | 86.0% |
| 2021-22 | 90.0% | 88.4% |
% 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
89.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% 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 Waterville Primary School
Waterville Primary School's state test result (89.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterville Primary School this school | 468 | 15.8% | 89.7% |
| Mariemont Elementary School Cincinnati | 514 | 15.6% | 92.1% |
| Hopkins Elementary School Mentor | 466 | 15.7% | 84.7% |
| Kirtland Elementary School Kirtland | 452 | 15.5% | 87.9% |
| Monclova Elementary School Monclova | 457 | 17.1% | 96.0% |
| Boyd E Smith Elementary School Milford | 453 | 19.4% | 86.9% |
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 Waterville Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.7% | #47 of 673 | #3 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #31 of 1,569 ▲ 79 | #3 of 80 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #132 of 1,569 ▼ 59 | #5 of 80 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #1,004 of 1,514 | #53 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #601 of 1,808 | #17 of 86 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,042 of 1,582 | #56 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,246 of 1,590 | #76 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #676 of 767 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #525 of 561 | #24 of 27 |
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
468
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 16% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 24 | 21.5:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 23 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 21 | 22.0:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 20 | 23.3:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 17 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waterville Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (462 to 468); teachers up 19% (21 to 25).
About Waterville Primary School
At 457 Sycamore Ln in Waterville, Ohio, Waterville Primary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It had 468 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 4.
Waterville Primary School is among 6 schools run by Anthony Wayne Local, which serves 4,135 students.
At Waterville Primary School, 91% of students are White. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic and 3% Asian. Census figures show Lucas County is about 68% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Waterville Primary School scores 17%.
There are 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at Waterville Primary School, giving a ratio of 18.7:1. The school's 18.7:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for elementary schools in Ohio. By family income, 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 28 points below the 44% average for public schools in Lucas County.
Waterville Primary School scores 89.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 82.8%.
The school is in Lucas County, where median household income comes to about $62,224, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lucas County's 143 public schools enroll about 73,839 students and include Waterville Primary School.
Fallen Timbers Middle School sits about 2.9 miles from Waterville Primary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Waterville Primary School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Waterville Primary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%. The ratio was 22.0:1 in 2020-21 and 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Lucas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
428,018
Census ACS
Median income
$62,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
73,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anthony Wayne Local
- Anthony Wayne High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Fallen Timbers Middle SchoolMiddle · 707 students
- Anthony Wayne Junior High SchoolMiddle · 666 students
- Whitehouse Primary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Monclova Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Fallen Timbers Middle School2.9 mi · 707
- Anthony Wayne Junior High School3.0 mi · 666
- Hull Prairie Intermediate School3.0 mi · 925
- Anthony Wayne High School3.0 mi · 1,360
- Monclova Elementary School3.3 mi · 457
- Perrysburg High School4.0 mi · 1,676
Frequently asked questions
About Waterville Primary SchoolHow many students attend Waterville Primary School?
Waterville Primary School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-04.
Is Waterville Primary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waterville Primary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Waterville Primary School have?
Waterville Primary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waterville Primary School?
At Waterville Primary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Waterville Primary School in?
Waterville Primary School is part of Anthony Wayne Local.
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