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What's the most underrated thing about Wheelersburg Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEELERSBURG LOCAL·NCES 390496603666
Wheelersburg Elementary School
800 Pirate Dr, Wheelersburg, OH 45694 · (740) 574-8130 · Scioto County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- A-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
27.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
226 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 44 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 25% |
Student demographics
18%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
Based on grade levels within Wheelersburg Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.5pp since 2021
Math
78.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 83.6% | 78.9% |
| 2021-22 | 69.1% | 65.1% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Wheelersburg Elementary School
Wheelersburg Elementary School's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelersburg Elementary School this school | 536 | 42.2% | 79.2% |
| Margaretta Elementary School Castalia | 536 | 42.7% | 77.8% |
| Norwayne Elementary School Creston | 539 | 40.6% | 84.9% |
| Benjamin Logan Elementary School Bellefontaine | 587 | 42.4% | 71.8% |
| Carlisle Primary Elementary School Carlisle | 526 | 42.8% | 77.1% |
| Brookville Elementary School Brookville | 545 | 38.5% | 78.8% |
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 Wheelersburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Scioto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #267 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #436 of 1,569 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #426 of 1,569 ▼ 203 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.7pp | #283 of 1,514 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #393 of 1,808 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.5:1 | #1,565 of 1,582 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #1,225 of 1,590 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #384 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #707 of 992 | #5 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
536
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,256
Student : Teacher
27.5:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 536 | 19.5 | 27.5:1 | 42% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 22.5 | 22.6:1 | 39% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 21.5 | 24.4:1 | 24% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 46 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 25.5 | 22.8:1 | 36% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 26 | 22.3:1 | 38% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 42% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 1,073 | 67 | 16.0:1 | 27% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 1,256 | 58 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheelersburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (581 to 536); teachers down 24% (25.5 to 19.5).
About Wheelersburg Elementary School
Families in Wheelersburg, Ohio, are served by Wheelersburg Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 536 students covers pre-K through 3. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
The district, Wheelersburg Local, has 1,591 students enrolled across 3 schools.
Wheelersburg Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 90% White. It is also 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Scioto County is about 93% White. By the diversity index, Wheelersburg Elementary School comes in at 18%.
The school reported 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 27.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 42%.
Wheelersburg Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Ohio public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wheelersburg Elementary School's results are 6.3 points above predicted: 79.2% against 72.9%.
In the county around the school, Scioto County, median household income is about $50,609, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wheelersburg Elementary School is among the 32 public schools in Scioto County.
The school nearest to Wheelersburg Elementary School is Wheelersburg Middle School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Wheelersburg Elementary School places 1st of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Wheelersburg Elementary School is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (523) to 2024-25 (536). The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.4:1 to 27.5:1 over the same years.
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Scioto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,627
Census ACS
Median income
$50,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wheelersburg Local
- Wheelersburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Wheelersburg High SchoolHigh · 457 students
Other schools in Wheelersburg
- Wheelersburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Wheelersburg High SchoolHigh · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Wheelersburg Middle School0.0 mi · 598
- Wheelersburg High School0.0 mi · 457
- Sciotoville Community School3.4 mi · 373
- East Portsmouth Elementary3.8 mi · 134
- Stanton Primary Elementary School5.2 mi · 136
- Oak Intermediate Elementary School5.2 mi · 87
Frequently asked questions
About Wheelersburg Elementary SchoolHow large is Wheelersburg Elementary School?
Wheelersburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Wheelersburg Elementary School serve?
Wheelersburg Elementary School serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wheelersburg Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wheelersburg Elementary School is approximately 27.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wheelersburg Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wheelersburg Elementary School are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Wheelersburg Elementary School in?
Wheelersburg Elementary School is part of Wheelersburg Local.
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