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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450404368
Wilder Elementary School
6375 Goldfinch Dr, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-7330 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- B-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
18.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
249 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
65.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.2pp since 2021
Math
64.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 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 | 65.7% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 72.5% |
| 2022-23 | 67.4% | 59.4% |
| 2021-22 | 62.5% | 61.4% |
% 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Wilder Elementary School
Wilder Elementary School's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilder Elementary School this school | 491 | 50.7% | 68.8% |
| Lander Elementary Cleveland | 506 | 49.4% | 75.7% |
| Royal Manor Elementary School Gahanna | 423 | 48.9% | 62.3% |
| Northwood Elementary School Dayton | 362 | 54.7% | 66.8% |
| Edison Elementary School Willoughby | 543 | 46.0% | 64.0% |
| Cherrington Elementary School Westerville | 338 | 55.6% | 65.8% |
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 Wilder Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #477 of 673 | #46 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #799 of 1,569 ▼ 249 | #59 of 199 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #732 of 1,569 ▼ 207 | #60 of 199 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #723 of 1,514 | #104 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #503 of 1,808 | #59 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #938 of 1,582 | #89 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #114 of 1,590 | #36 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #253 of 767 | #31 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #837 of 992 | #119 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
491
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 491 | 27 | 18.2:1 | 51% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 54% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 41% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 25.4 | 20.2:1 | 37% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 38% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 29% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 704 | 34 | 20.7:1 | 7% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 24 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilder Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (513 to 491); teachers up 6% (25.4 to 27).
About Wilder Elementary School
Wilder Elementary School is one of the public schools in Westerville, Ohio. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 491 students. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for elementary schools in Ohio, which is about 404.
Westerville City runs 24 schools with a combined 14,589 students. Wilder Elementary School is one of them.
White students form the largest group at Wilder Elementary School, 42% of enrollment. Next come 32% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 59% White among all Franklin County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Wilder Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 27 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.2:1. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 17.9:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 51% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The rate at public schools in Franklin County averages 41%, lower than here.
Wilder Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of Ohio public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Wilder Elementary School would be expected to post about 69.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.8%.
Wilder Elementary School is located in Franklin County, where median household income is about $75,176, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Wilder Elementary School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County, which together enroll about 195,359 students.
Huber Ridge Elementary School is the public school closest to Wilder Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Wilder Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wilder Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 491 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 467.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wilder Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other Wilder Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Wilder Elementary. Wilder Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Wilder Elementary SchoolLITTLETON, CO · 592 students
- Wilder ElementaryLouisville, KY · 496 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolIndianola, IA · 456 students
- Wilder ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 413 students
- WILDER ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Huber Ridge Elementary School0.7 mi · 481
- Early Learning Center1.1 mi · 292
- Pointview Elementary School1.3 mi · 242
- Minerva Park Middle School1.6 mi · 753
- Minerva France Elementary School1.7 mi · 559
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.7 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Wilder Elementary SchoolHow large is Wilder Elementary School?
Wilder Elementary School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wilder Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilder Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Wilder Elementary School have?
Wilder Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilder Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wilder Elementary School are roughly 42% White, 8% Hispanic, 32% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilder Elementary School?
Wilder Elementary School is overseen by Westerville City in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.