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What's one thing Wynford Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYNFORD LOCAL·NCES 390465202582
Wynford Elementary School
3300 Holmes Center Rd, Bucyrus, OH 44820 · (419) 562-4619 · Crawford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
16.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
300 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 73 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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 Wynford Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.1pp since 2021
Math
70.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.9% | 68.7% |
| 2022-23 | 64.7% | 68.7% |
| 2021-22 | 61.2% | 65.9% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Wynford Elementary School
Wynford Elementary School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wynford Elementary School this school | 569 | 52.7% | 65.5% |
| Reagan Elementary School Ashland | 532 | 54.3% | 85.0% |
| Monroe Elementary School New Richmond | 554 | 52.0% | 74.5% |
| Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School Lynchburg | 471 | 52.9% | 78.0% |
| Fairless Elementary School Navarre | 613 | 49.8% | 70.7% |
| Putman Elementary School Blanchester | 471 | 53.1% | 82.5% |
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 Wynford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #534 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #635 of 1,569 ▲ 26 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #880 of 1,569 ▼ 127 | #4 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #791 of 1,514 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #317 of 1,808 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #586 of 1,582 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.8% | #1,548 of 1,590 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #218 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #512 of 992 | #2 of 6 |
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
569
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+167% since 1990-91, when it was 213
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 569 | 34.1 | 16.7:1 | 53% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 34.5 | 17.4:1 | 52% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 33.5 | 18.1:1 | 44% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 32 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 38.8 | 16.8:1 | 44% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 41% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 48% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 25% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 213 | 12 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wynford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (650 to 569); teachers down 12% (38.8 to 34.1).
About Wynford Elementary School
Wynford Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Bucyrus, Ohio, administered by Wynford Local. The school counts 569 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 41% larger than the 404 average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Wynford Local has a total of 3 schools and 1,079 students, Wynford Elementary School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Wynford Elementary School is 97% White. County-wide, about 95% of residents are White. Wynford Elementary School's diversity index is 6%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wynford Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.7:1. That is lower than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The lunch program counts 53% of students at Wynford Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Ohio public elementary schools, Wynford Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Wynford Elementary School is 3.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Crawford County show that the median household income is $58,044, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Wynford Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Wynford Middle School, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Wynford Elementary School ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment went from 573 in 2020-21 to 569 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.9:1 to 16.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Wynford Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,711
Census ACS
Median income
$58,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wynford Local
- Wynford High SchoolHigh · 258 students
- Wynford Middle SchoolMiddle · 252 students
Other schools in Bucyrus
- Bucyrus Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Wynford High SchoolHigh · 258 students
- Bucyrus Middle SchoolMiddle · 256 students
- Wynford Middle SchoolMiddle · 252 students
- Bucyrus Secondary SchoolHigh · 247 students
Nearby schools
- Wynford Middle School0.1 mi · 252
- Wynford High School0.1 mi · 258
- Bucyrus Secondary School1.8 mi · 247
- Bucyrus Middle School1.8 mi · 256
- Bucyrus Elementary School2.8 mi · 562
- William Crawford Intermediate Schools8.9 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Wynford Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wynford Elementary School?
Wynford Elementary School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wynford Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wynford Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wynford Elementary School have?
Wynford Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wynford Elementary School?
At Wynford Elementary School, the student body is approximately 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Wynford Elementary School public or private?
Wynford Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wynford Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.