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West Broad Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1461st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,558 Ohio Elementary Schools
Better than 6% of Ohio elementary schools
Summary

West Broad Elementary School is a public elementary school in Columbus, Ohio, serving 337 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Columbus City Schools District, which has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

West Broad Elementary faces significant challenges in serving its student population effectively. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Ohio elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. This is due to extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 52.6% to 57.8% over the past few years, as well as poor academic performance, with only 19.5% of 5th graders proficient or better in Science, compared to 30.5% for the district and 63.4% for the state. The school struggles to support its diverse student population, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of Ohio elementary schools for various subgroups.

Interestingly, the schools closest to West Broad Elementary, such as West Mound, Binns, Valleyview, and Westgate Alternative, also struggle academically but generally outperform West Broad. Additionally, the nearby Educational Academy for Boys & Girls and Zenith Academy West charter schools tend to have higher academic proficiency rates than West Broad, despite serving similar student populations. This suggests that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving outcomes at West Broad Elementary.

356
Students ?
16.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,461
Per pupil spending ?
94.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2744 W Broad St
       Columbus, OH  43204-3336

(614) 365-5964

District: Columbus City Schools District


Students who attend West Broad Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Westmoor Middle School
High:    West High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
28.9%
African American:
26.4%
Hispanic:
25.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 20th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (25% vs 64% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg37%
Ohio avg64%
1,461st of 1,558
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 6%▼ down 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
54th of 70Elementary Schools in the Columbus City Schools District
688th of 828Columbus City Schools District among Ohio districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20257.21461 of 15586.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.91475 of 15776.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.71486 of 15966.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.31471 of 15887.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.71520 of 16105.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.81574 of 16766.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.71414 of 163613.6%★☆☆☆☆
201718.21351 of 165118.2%★☆☆☆☆
201623.41296 of 167822.8%★☆☆☆☆
201523.11352 of 168419.7%★☆☆☆☆
20148.31555 of 16877.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20136.61587 of 17016.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20124.51627 of 17094.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20116.11586 of 16865.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201016.61437 of 166213.5%★☆☆☆☆
200915.71421 of 161011.7%★☆☆☆☆
200814.01424 of 158210.0%★☆☆☆☆
200710.81471 of 16098.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20066.81416 of 15045.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200515.61362 of 15019.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200415.91312 of 147110.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202514.2577 of 6156.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.1510 of 60315.4%★☆☆☆☆
202320.0517 of 61015.2%★☆☆☆☆
202220.4504 of 60116.1%★☆☆☆☆
202119.9454 of 53314.8%★☆☆☆☆
201917.0538 of 60511.1%★☆☆☆☆
201831.4439 of 59826.6%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20199.1942 of 9561.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.21018 of 10210.3%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202416.0237 of 2588.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.7220 of 2397.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.0173 of 21318.8%★☆☆☆☆
202112.3171 of 1836.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.5161 of 1694.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201835.4114 of 17434.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20255.31384 of 14524.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.61399 of 14664.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.01390 of 14836.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.81450 of 14882.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.11428 of 14672.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.91438 of 15024.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.31362 of 151810.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202322.5183 of 23321.5%★☆☆☆☆
202121.1150 of 18920.6%★☆☆☆☆
201926.0181 of 22820.6%★☆☆☆☆
201832.9169 of 23929.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20258.01381 of 14736.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.21364 of 14848.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.71358 of 14476.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.51315 of 14197.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.91344 of 14044.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.01378 of 14655.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.91264 of 146513.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20255.71394 of 14664.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.01347 of 14859.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.01411 of 14985.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.61412 of 15187.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.51457 of 14992.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.21428 of 15357.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.21326 of 153613.7%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20254.3217 of 2180.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.9182 of 1830.5%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20252.41146 of 11752.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.21111 of 11906.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20230.51211 of 12150.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20220.51236 of 12420.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20210.31248 of 12490.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.61246 of 12712.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.91294 of 13091.1%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2023)21st percentile+15 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)8th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school
African American (2025)6th percentile~ school
Male (2025)5th percentile~ school
Female (2025)5th percentile~ school
White (2025)2nd percentile-4 vs school
Disabled (2019)1st percentile-5 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)<1st percentile-6 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts28%-36 vs state
Mathematics23%-40 vs state
Science20%-44 vs state

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Students at West Broad Elementary School are 29% White, 26% African American, 25% Hispanic, 19% Two or more races.

West Broad Elementary School ranks in the bottom 6.2% of Ohio elementary schools.

Students who attend West Broad Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Westmoor Middle School
High : West High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 356 students attended West Broad Elementary School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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