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East Franklin Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4

1249^th

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of 1,558 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

East Franklin Elementary School is a small, PK-4 school in Columbus, OH, serving 257 students as part of the South-Western City School District. While the school has historically ranked in the bottom 20% of Ohio elementary schools, it is on a positive trajectory, improving from the 11th percentile in 2022-2023 to the 20th percentile in 2024-2025. A standout bright spot is its 4th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate of 54.1%, which is nearly identical to the district average and significantly higher than every nearby school in the Columbus City Schools District, where rates ranged from 5.4% to 46.7%. This suggests a specific strength in upper-grade literacy instruction that sets East Franklin apart from its immediate neighbors.

Chronic absenteeism at East Franklin is a relative strength, with a rate of 25.4% in 2024-2025—dramatically lower than the 47.7% to 68.0% rates seen at nearby schools like Burroughs Elementary School and Sullivant Elementary School. This indicates a more stable and engaged student body. However, the school operates with a higher student-teacher ratio of 20.5:1 compared to peers like Finland Elementary School (16.9:1), and its per-student spending of $7,242 is the lowest among all nearby schools, significantly less than the $9,632 to $11,918 spent by its neighbors. Despite these resource constraints, East Franklin outperforms many Columbus City Schools that spend thousands more per student, suggesting efficient operations in a challenging environment.

Despite its overall progress, the school faces a critical equity challenge: its White students ranked in the 6th percentile statewide in 2024-2025, a dramatic underperformance masked by the school's overall average. This suggests the instructional model may not be effectively meeting the needs of this demographic group. Still, East Franklin's upward trend—including cutting chronic absenteeism nearly in half from its pandemic peak—paints a picture of a school making meaningful strides. For parents, it offers a more stable and higher-performing option compared to many surrounding schools, with a notable strength in 4th-grade reading that warrants further investigation.

257

Students ?

20.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,766

Per pupil spending ?

1955 Richmond Rd
Columbus, OH 43223-3215

(614) 801-8100

District: South-Western City

Students who attend East Franklin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Finland Middle School
	Franklin Woods Intermediate School
High:	Franklin Heights High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

40.5%

Hispanic:

31.5%

African American:

16.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 24th percentile in 2019 → 20th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (41% vs 64% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 27 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school41%

District avg57%

Ohio avg64%

1,249^th of 1,558

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▼ down 4 pts since 2019

From bottom 24% (2019) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 16Elementary Schools in the South-Western City

531^st of 828South-Western City 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	20.5	1249 of 1558	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	1310 of 1577	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.5	1418 of 1596	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	1254 of 1588	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.2	1353 of 1610	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.6	1271 of 1676	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	1225 of 1452	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.6	1224 of 1466	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	6.3	1383 of 1483	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	1273 of 1488	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.3	1137 of 1467	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.4	1242 of 1502	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2019	33.0	159 of 228	30.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	1185 of 1473	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.4	1208 of 1484	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	1319 of 1447	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.5	1134 of 1419	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.0	1138 of 1404	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.9	945 of 1465	35.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	1137 of 1466	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	1312 of 1485	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.6	1336 of 1498	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	1177 of 1518	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	5.7	1422 of 1499	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	39.9	1045 of 1535	31.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	7.9	1106 of 1175	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.9	1165 of 1190	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	0.6	1209 of 1215	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.1	1164 of 1242	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.1	1200 of 1249	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.0	1204 of 1271	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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 (2019)30th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)22nd percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)20th percentile~ school

Female (2025)16th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)6th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts43%-19 vs state

Mathematics39%-27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)			Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Total
East Franklin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1955 Richmond Rd	Columbus	43223	Franklin County	South-Western City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 801-8100	257	13	20.5		104 (40.5%)	43 (16.7%)	81 (31.5%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	24 (9.3%)	20.5	1249^th of 1558 public elementary schools	19.8%		16.1	1310^th of 1577 public elementary schools	16.9%	61		32.8	45.9		31.0	54.1		$8,766
Finland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1835 Finland Ave	Columbus	43223	Franklin County	South-Western City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 801-8125	371	22	16.9	90.8%	154 (41.5%)	94 (25.3%)	80 (21.6%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (10.0%)	31.2	1107^th of 1558 public elementary schools	28.9%		16.8	1299^th of 1577 public elementary schools	17.6%	192		69.3	51.3		41.3	36.3		$11,933
James A Harmon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1861 Gantz Rd	Grove City	43123	Franklin County	South-Western City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 801-8150	589	27	21.6	69.6%	319 (54.2%)	92 (15.6%)	102 (17.3%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (11.4%)	41.8	1003^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	35.6%		36	1072^nd of 1577 public elementary schools	32.0%	69		57.9	70.9		50.0	49.5		$10,442
West Mound Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2051 W Mound St	Columbus	43223	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5968	316	16	19.7		108 (34.2%)	115 (36.4%)	40 (12.7%)	10 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	40 (12.7%)	10.8	1391^st of 1558 public elementary schools	10.7%		12.5	1363^rd of 1577 public elementary schools	13.6%	28	17.0	26.5	36.6	22.6	32.7	29.3	45.3	$16,473
Lindbergh Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2541 Lindbergh Dr	Columbus	43223	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6727	267	14	19.0		134 (50.2%)	46 (17.2%)	41 (15.4%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (15.7%)	26	1165^th of 1558 public elementary schools	25.2%		19.4	1262^nd of 1577 public elementary schools	20.0%	97	60.6	34.2	29.0	53.1	45.0	22.6	51.5	$14,625
Columbus Bilingual West	Public, Charter	K-5	2364 W Mound St	Columbus	43204	Franklin County	Columbus Bilingual West	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(380) 266-0055	64	4	16.0	45.3%	1 (1.6%)	4 (6.3%)	59 (92.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								$13,031
Central Point Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	680 Harrisburg Pike	Columbus	43223	Franklin County	Central Point Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 669-6305	141	10	14.1		33 (23.4%)	85 (60.3%)	9 (6.4%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.4%)	19.2	1272^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	18.4%		1.1	1577^th of 1577 public elementary schools	0.0%	305		71.4	9.1		28.6	18.2		$11,134
Burroughs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	551 S Richardson Ave	Columbus	43204	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5923	371	25	14.8		96 (25.9%)	127 (34.2%)	108 (29.1%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.2%)	2.4	1543^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	1.0%		3.2	1550^th of 1577 public elementary schools	1.7%	7	6.0	12.3	18.9	8.0	10.5	5.4	24.0	$14,719
Binns Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1080 Binns Blvd	Columbus	43204	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5911	299	15	19.9		130 (43.5%)	73 (24.4%)	50 (16.7%)	12 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.0%)	27.1	1151^st of 1558 public elementary schools	26.1%		31.3	1122^nd of 1577 public elementary schools	28.9%	29	40.0	46.2	48.9	30.4	48.1	46.7	56.5	$15,106
Sullivant Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	791 Griggs Ave	Columbus	43223	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6524	265	18	14.7		51 (19.2%)	143 (54.0%)	44 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.4%)	2.8	1537^th of 1558 public elementary schools	1.3%		3.4	1547^th of 1577 public elementary schools	1.9%	10	3.3	12.5	0.0	13.3	16.7	7.7	30.0	$12,524

Frequently Asked Questions about East Franklin Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of East Franklin Elementary School?

Students at East Franklin Elementary School are 40% White, 32% Hispanic, 17% African American, 9% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of East Franklin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend East Franklin Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Finland Middle School
Middle : Franklin Woods Intermediate School
High : Franklin Heights High School

What district is East Franklin Elementary School in?

South-Western City

How many students attend East Franklin Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 257 students attended East Franklin Elementary School.

Is East Franklin Elementary School a good school?

East Franklin Elementary School ranks in the bottom 19.8% of Ohio elementary schools.

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