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Wilder Elementary School

Q: Is Wilder Elementary School a good school?

Wilder Elementary School ranks 877 th of 1560 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

877^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 44% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Wilder Elementary School is a K–5 school in Westerville, Ohio, serving 491 students as part of the Westerville City district. For 2025–26 it ranked 877th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools — the 44th percentile, or 2 stars — which places it below its own district's overall standing (65th percentile, 3 stars).

Wilder's recent history is a peak-and-fall rather than a slow drift. From 2015–16 through 2022–23 the school stayed in a narrow 41st–54th percentile band, peaked at the 67th percentile in 2023–24, then slipped to the 50th and now the 44th — a 23-point two-year decline and its lowest mark since 2016–17. Most nearby schools held steady over the same stretch: Whittier, Mark Twain, McVay, Pointview and Hawthorne each moved only a few points, while Wilder, Minerva France and Cherrington account for the group's declines. The sharpest single signal is fifth-grade science, where proficiency moved 62.0% → 75.4% → 57.3% → 43.8% across successive classes — now 43.8% against a district figure of 69.3% and a state figure of 62.7%. By contrast, Wilder's math and reading results are broadly in line with its poverty profile, and in fourth-grade ELA (65.0%) it outperforms several nearby schools serving higher-poverty populations.

Attendance is Wilder's clearest bright spot: chronic absenteeism is 14.9%, better than the district's 18.2% and fourth-best among the nine Westerville elementaries. Staffing and spending don't explain the ranking — Wilder's 18.1-to-1 student–teacher ratio is the second-lowest in its district group, and its $9,731 per-pupil spending is mid-pack, yet the school still lands mid-tier. Low-income students rank at the 35th percentile, below the school's 44th overall. Parents should also weigh that with roughly 60–100 tested students per grade, single-year swings can be partly noise, which cuts both ways for the strong 2023–24 year and for the recent lows. Bottom line: a mid-sized, mid-poverty school with improving attendance and roughly typical reading and math, but with a science outcome and a two-year decline that stand out from its peers.

491

Students ?

18.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,522

Per pupil spending ?

50.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6375 Goldfinch Dr
Westerville, OH 43081-3713

(614) 797-7330

District: Westerville City

Students who attend Wilder Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Blendon Middle School
High:	Westerville-North High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.2%

African American:

31.6%

Two or more races:

11.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 51st percentile in 2016 → 44th in 2026

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2016

!Science scores 19 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school61%

District avg70%

Ohio avg64%

877^th of 1,560

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 44%▼ down 8 pts since 2016

From top 49% (2016) to bottom 44% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 15Elementary Schools in the Westerville City

270^th of 773Westerville 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
2026	50.8	877 of 1560	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	56.8	785 of 1558	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	71.3	513 of 1577	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.4	803 of 1596	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	59.8	776 of 1588	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	61.7	736 of 1610	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.3	817 of 1676	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.9	896 of 1636	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	53.6	978 of 1651	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	61.6	816 of 1678	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2015	63.4	756 of 1684	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2014	62.3	850 of 1687	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	62.3	859 of 1701	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	57.4	983 of 1709	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	56.0	986 of 1686	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	56.0	950 of 1662	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	63.9	722 of 1610	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2008	63.8	681 of 1582	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	54.5	933 of 1609	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	58.5	765 of 1504	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	57.9	734 of 1501	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2004	59.6	694 of 1471	52.8%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	51.6	269 of 631	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	69.2	141 of 615	77.1%	★★★★☆
2024	89.7	34 of 603	94.4%	★★★★★
2023	70.8	115 of 610	81.1%	★★★★☆
2022	81.4	76 of 601	87.4%	★★★★☆
2021	90.6	32 of 533	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	79.5	75 of 605	87.6%	★★★★☆
2018	58.1	239 of 598	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	44.6	419 of 824	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.0	344 of 956	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.7	401 of 1021	60.7%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	41.4	188 of 318	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	55.5	117 of 281	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	81.9	39 of 258	84.9%	★★★★☆
2023	59.2	80 of 239	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.0	95 of 213	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	54.4	67 of 183	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	36.1	111 of 174	36.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	50.5	823 of 1452	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	55.0	749 of 1452	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	71.6	459 of 1466	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.1	653 of 1483	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.5	722 of 1488	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	57.0	706 of 1467	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.8	825 of 1502	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.2	891 of 1518	41.3%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	58.9	34 of 90	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	73.0	16 of 128	87.5%	★★★★☆
2021	58.4	99 of 219	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.1	22 of 759	97.1%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2023	83.3	25 of 233	89.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	41.7	954 of 1467	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.6	789 of 1473	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	75.7	301 of 1484	79.7%	★★★★☆
2023	53.7	720 of 1447	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.3	691 of 1419	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	58.7	595 of 1404	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.8	882 of 1465	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.5	980 of 1465	33.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	45.7	909 of 1467	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	56.7	745 of 1466	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	68.6	519 of 1485	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.5	872 of 1498	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	55.2	795 of 1518	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	58.1	700 of 1499	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.1	625 of 1535	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.7	797 of 1536	48.1%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	65.4	74 of 220	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	74.1	51 of 218	76.6%	★★★★☆
2024	71.1	46 of 202	77.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	48.2	403 of 914	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	30.2	666 of 935	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.0	496 of 900	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	17.8	781 of 856	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	65.7	463 of 1181	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	56.4	586 of 1175	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.3	424 of 1190	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.6	503 of 1215	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.6	630 of 1242	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	59.0	563 of 1249	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.1	692 of 1271	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	56.2	642 of 1309	51.0%	★★★☆☆

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)89th percentile+40 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)66th percentile+23 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)62nd percentile+18 vs school

White (2026)61st percentile+17 vs school

African American (2026)57th percentile+14 vs school

Special Education (2026)56th percentile+12 vs school

Disabled (2022)49th percentile~ school

Female (2026)43rd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2026)41st percentile-3 vs school

Male (2026)38th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts66%~ state avg

Mathematics61%~ state avg

Science44%-19 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, December 1, 2016

Wilder Elementary is a poor in education school. The staff is not diverse or cultured to interact with minorities. The teachers are mean to kids that are not Caucasian decent. The mostly Caucasian teachers have no problem degraded and bullying your child. This school shows no real care for the education of the kids. My experiences with the front staff has been Terrible and the teachers catastrophic.
The principle will protect the teacher and not.the students. This is one of.the worst school to send your child too. If I could rate a -star I would Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, September 5, 2013

I absolutely love the teachers at this school. I have children in third, first and kindergarten here. All of their teachers have been amazingly talented and wonderful to work with. The only complaint about the school is this. I feel like they are incredibly focused on the children that tend to struggle, offering them extra help during class time with reading and math if necessary. This is great. However, I feel that the children that are meeting or exceeding grade expectations, are not receiving the attention they should. I have volunteered many times, and I have noticed that there are quite a few kids that are just not being challenged on a daily basis because they are stuck waiting for other kids to catch up to their level. I realize that teachers unfortunately have no control of this. How money gets allocated is an administrative issue. For this reason I couldn't score the school above three stars. If you're thinking of moving into the area, you might want to consider another district within Westerville if your children excel academically. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)						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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th 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	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Total
Wilder Elementary School	Public	K-5	6375 Goldfinch Dr	Westerville	43081	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 797-7330	491	27	18.1	50.7%	207 (42.2%)	155 (31.6%)	41 (8.4%)	30 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (11.6%)	50.8	877^th of 1560 public elementary schools	43.8%		56.8	785^th of 1558 public elementary schools	49.6%	92	43.8		61.7	61.0	60.8				61.3	65.0	71.3				$12,522
Huber Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	5757 Buenos Aires Blvd	Westerville	43081	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 797-7150	481	24	20.0	69.0%	175 (36.4%)	157 (32.6%)	71 (14.8%)	23 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.4%)	37.1	1065^th of 1560 public elementary schools	31.7%		49.2	906^th of 1558 public elementary schools	41.8%	159	43.0		47.9	58.8	47.3				52.8	55.8	63.4				$14,021
Pointview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	720 Pointview Dr	Westerville	43081	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 797-7250	242	15	15.6	65.7%	82 (33.9%)	73 (30.2%)	44 (18.2%)	8 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (14.5%)	43.9	984^th of 1560 public elementary schools	36.9%		51	881^st of 1558 public elementary schools	43.5%	103	42.4		38.5	71.4	59.4				45.3	63.4	73.5				$11,427
Hawthorne Elementary School	Public	K-5	5001 Farview Rd	Columbus	43231	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 797-7130	538	28	18.9	71.4%	139 (25.8%)	234 (43.5%)	57 (10.6%)	38 (7.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (12.8%)	55.6	799^th of 1560 public elementary schools	48.8%		56.5	790^th of 1558 public elementary schools	49.3%	9	56.8		74.7	65.6	64.0				54.3	61.5	71.6				$12,373
Minerva France Elementary School	Public	K-5	4990 Farview Rd	Columbus	43231	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(614) 797-7500	559	25	22.5	68.2%	113 (20.2%)	251 (44.9%)	53 (9.5%)	94 (16.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.6%)	46.1	949^th of 1560 public elementary schools	39.2%		48.3	924^th of 1558 public elementary schools	40.7%	25	60.2		45.7	60.8	61.1				54.7	51.0	74.5				$12,170
Cherrington Elementary School	Public	K-5	522 Cherrington Rd	Westerville	43081	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 797-7050	338	18	18.7	55.6%	149 (44.1%)	112 (33.1%)	37 (10.9%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (10.7%)	42.7	998^th of 1560 public elementary schools	36.0%		58.8	751^st of 1558 public elementary schools	51.8%	247	60.5		48.9	59.4	46.5				44.4	54.7	76.7				$12,603
McVay Elementary School	Public	K-5	270 S Hempstead Rd	Westerville	43081	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 797-7230	591	27	21.9	34.2%	317 (53.6%)	156 (26.4%)	38 (6.4%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (12.2%)	76.7	389^th of 1560 public elementary schools	75.1%		75.3	422^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	72.9%	33	79.3		72.5	77.5	75.9				76.9	75.9	83.8				$12,401
Mark Twain Elementary School	Public	K-5	799 E Walnut St	Westerville	43081	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 797-7200	398	20	19.7	29.9%	247 (62.1%)	81 (20.4%)	26 (6.5%)	11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.0%)	79.8	303^rd of 1560 public elementary schools	80.6%		78.4	356^th of 1558 public elementary schools	77.2%	53	89.4		69.5	90.6	83.3				64.4	81.1	93.9				$13,042
International Academy Of Columbus	Public, Charter	K-8	2439 Fuji Dr	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	International Academy Of Columbus	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 794-0643	313	12	26.0		43 (13.7%)	268 (85.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47.4	930^th of 1560 public elementary schools	40.4%		53.3	843^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	45.9%	87	40.0	72.4	83.7	82.8	28.0	34.1	21.7	69.0	63.6	75.9	60.0	39.0	39.1	69.0	$10,334
Whittier Elementary School	Public	K-5	130 E Walnut St	Westerville	43081	Franklin County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 797-7300	367	19	19.2	42.0%	214 (58.3%)	91 (24.8%)	23 (6.3%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.3%)	80.6	281^st of 1560 public elementary schools	82.0%		77.2	380^th of 1558 public elementary schools	75.6%	99	90.7		79.2	76.8	85.7				79.2	70.2	88.4				$11,998

Frequently Asked Questions about Wilder Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Wilder Elementary School?

Students at Wilder Elementary School are 42% White, 32% African American, 12% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian.

How many students attend Wilder Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 491 students attended Wilder Elementary School.

What district is Wilder Elementary School in?

Westerville City

What schools do graduates of Wilder Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Wilder Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Blendon Middle School
High : Westerville-North High School

Is Wilder Elementary School a good school?

Wilder Elementary School ranks 877^th of 1560 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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