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Alumni: what's one memory from Windermere Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER ARLINGTON CITY·NCES 390449301868
Windermere Elementary School
4101 Windermere Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43220 · (614) 487-5060 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
24 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 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
25%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
90.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.4pp since 2021
Math
93.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 90 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.4% | 93.6% |
| 2023-24 | 92.9% | 94.9% |
| 2022-23 | 90.8% | 94.5% |
| 2021-22 | 93.8% | 93.3% |
% 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
93.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Windermere Elementary School
Windermere Elementary School's state test result (93.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windermere Elementary School this school | 555 | 4.3% | 93.5% |
| Ellsworth Hill Elementary School Hudson | 617 | 4.9% | N/A |
| Mary Emma Bailey Elementary School Dublin | 540 | 2.6% | 90.1% |
| Eli Pinney Elementary School Dublin | 585 | 5.3% | 89.3% |
| Wilson Elementary School Cincinnati | 635 | 5.5% | 91.0% |
| Tremont Elementary School Upper Arlington | 694 | 7.2% | 81.6% |
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 Windermere Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.5% | #18 of 673 | #1 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.6% | #34 of 1,569 ▼ 9 | #2 of 199 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.4% | #45 of 1,569 ▼ 17 | #4 of 199 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #346 of 1,514 | #37 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #340 of 1,808 | #28 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #1,561 of 1,582 | #187 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #1,031 of 1,590 | #181 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #759 of 767 | #81 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.5% | #162 of 561 | #12 of 52 |
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
555
+57 (+11%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 29.3:1
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 | 555 | 20.6 | 26.9:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 20.3 | 26.2:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 19.7 | 28.2:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 17 | 29.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 25.8 | 17.6:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 28 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Windermere Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (453 to 555); teachers down 20% (25.8 to 20.6).
About Windermere Elementary School
Windermere Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Upper Arlington, Ohio, (ZIP code 43220). The school enrolls 555 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 37% above that.
Windermere Elementary School falls under Upper Arlington City, which has 10 schools enrolling 6,669 students.
About 86% of the student body at Windermere Elementary School is White. The rest of enrollment is 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Franklin County's population at about 59%. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 20.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 26.9:1. This ratio sits 9.1 above the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Roughly 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 41% for public schools in Franklin County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Windermere Elementary School is 6.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 93.5%. Predicted: 87.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Franklin County, the median household income is $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin County is home to 402 public schools and about 195,359 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Hastings Middle School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Windermere Elementary School. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Windermere Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 11% from its 2020-21 level of 498. The ratio of students to teachers went from 29.3:1 to 26.9:1 over the same years.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Greensview Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 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
- Greensview Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other Windermere Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Windermere Elementary. Windermere Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Windermere Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 703 students
- WINDERMERE ELEMENTARYWINDERMERE, FL · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Hastings Middle School0.8 mi · 753
- Burbank Early Childhood School1.0 mi · 217
- Wickliffe Elementary School1.2 mi · 479
- Greensview Elementary School1.3 mi · 483
- Ridgewood Elementary School1.4 mi · 598
- Winterset Elementary School1.7 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Windermere Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Windermere Elementary School?
Windermere Elementary School enrolls approximately 555 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Windermere Elementary School serve?
Windermere Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Windermere Elementary School?
Approximately 26.9:1 students per teacher at Windermere Elementary School.
How diverse is Windermere Elementary School?
Windermere Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Windermere Elementary School?
Windermere 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.