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What's the one class at Wickliffe Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER ARLINGTON CITY·NCES 390449305751
Wickliffe Elementary School
2405 Wickliffe Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43221 · (614) 487-5150 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
45 students
DISTRICT 7% · 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 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
82.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.3pp since 2021
Math
79.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.6% | 79.2% |
| 2023-24 | 84.2% | 74.1% |
| 2022-23 | 83.8% | 66.4% |
| 2021-22 | 81.3% | 77.4% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Wickliffe Elementary School
Wickliffe Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickliffe Elementary School this school | 479 | 9.4% | 78.7% |
| Smith Elementary School Dayton | 494 | 11.1% | 88.8% |
| Fort Meigs Elementary School Perrysburg | 540 | 11.5% | 87.2% |
| Independence Primary School Independence | 440 | 13.9% | 88.8% |
| Indian Hill Primary Elementary School Cincinnati | 486 | 7.4% | N/A |
| McDowell Early Learning School Hudson | 372 | 6.7% | N/A |
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 Wickliffe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #283 of 673 | #25 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #414 of 1,569 ▲ 85 | #29 of 199 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #207 of 1,569 ▲ 7 | #18 of 199 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #901 of 1,514 | #125 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #548 of 1,808 | #70 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #399 of 1,582 | #22 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #855 of 1,590 | #168 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.4% | #721 of 767 | #75 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #668 of 992 | #102 of 135 |
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
479
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 479 | 30.4 | 15.8:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 24.6 | 19.3:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 24 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 27.6 | 18.9:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wickliffe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (523 to 479); teachers up 10% (27.6 to 30.4).
About Wickliffe Elementary School
Wickliffe Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Upper Arlington, Ohio. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 479 students.
Wickliffe Elementary School is part of Upper Arlington City, where 10 schools serve 6,669 students.
Roughly 81% of students at Wickliffe Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Franklin County, the White share is about 59%. The diversity index for Wickliffe Elementary School is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Wickliffe Elementary School has 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 9% at Wickliffe Elementary School. That is lower than the 41% average for public schools in Franklin County.
Wickliffe Elementary School scores 78.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 85.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Franklin County show that the median household earns about $75,176 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Franklin County, 402 public schools serve about 195,359 students.
Wickliffe Elementary School's nearest public school is Tremont Elementary School (about 0.9 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Wickliffe Elementary School is 8th among 8 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Wickliffe Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 453 to 479. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.9:1 to 15.8:1.
The allk12 page for Wickliffe Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Upper Arlington City
- Upper Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Barrington Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Tremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Windermere Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other schools in Upper Arlington
- Upper Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Barrington Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Tremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Windermere Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Tremont Elementary School0.9 mi · 694
- Hastings Middle School0.9 mi · 753
- Windermere Elementary School1.2 mi · 555
- Upper Arlington High School1.3 mi · 1,908
- Upper Arlington Online Academy1.8 mi · 47
- Jones Middle School1.8 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Wickliffe Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wickliffe Elementary School?
Wickliffe Elementary School enrolls approximately 479 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wickliffe Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wickliffe Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Wickliffe Elementary School have?
Wickliffe Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Wickliffe Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wickliffe Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wickliffe Elementary School?
Wickliffe Elementary School is overseen by Upper Arlington City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.