The top reported proficiency rate is 84% in Social studies. The lowest is 63% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Celina Elementary School
Celina Elementary School serves grades three and four in Celina City Schools, a district in west-central Ohio's Mercer County. The school sits in a small city centered on Grand Lake St. Marys, where manufacturing and agriculture underpin the economy alongside lakeside tourism and recreation. The most recent state testing data shows the school performing solidly in math and science, with lower attainment in reading.
On Ohio's State Tests for 2024-25, the school's math proficiency reached a majority of students, placing it near the middle range of performance among the county's other districts. Science proficiency was also respectable. Reading proficiency, by contrast, came in noticeably lower, roughly around the median for the county's schools; a parent may want to ask the school directly about reading support and any interventions in place for students who are not yet meeting grade-level standards. Data on trend over multiple years is not available in the records reviewed, so it is unclear whether these results are stable, improving, or declining from prior years.
The school's enrollment is small, roughly evenly split between third and fourth graders. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a proxy for household income below or near the federal poverty line. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller populations of students of Pacific Islander descent, students identifying as two or more races, and Hispanic students; Asian and Black student enrollment are each in single digits. Data on special education, English learner status, and other support-population counts were not reported.
Celina Elementary is housed in a newly expanded building that opened as part of the Celina City Schools' major facilities overhaul. In May 2021, voters approved a substantial bond issue and maintenance levy to consolidate six aging school buildings into two main campuses. The new Celina Elementary, serving prekindergarten through sixth grade, is a large addition to the existing Celina Intermediate School building at Portland Street. This consolidation eliminates the former practice of students moving between multiple elementary buildings every few grades, a structural change the district believes will reduce transition stress. The companion new seventh-through-twelfth-grade facility is under construction on the existing high school campus and is expected to open in late 2026 or early 2027. For families in the district, this building project represents both a decades-long property-tax commitment and access to modern learning spaces after many years in older buildings.
The community itself is a mixed-character small city. Downtown Celina has a pedestrian-friendly historic core along Main Street with shops and eateries. The lakefront and Grand Lake St. Marys State Park anchor civic life, offering boating, fishing, hiking, and camping. The city operates five parks totaling well over a hundred acres, with trails, playgrounds, a skate park, and a pool with amenities. Most daily travel requires a car; public transit is limited to a weekend shuttle. Major employers include Honda-supplier Celina Aluminum Precision Technology, Crown Equipment Corporation, and Reynolds and Reynolds. Celina Insurance Group, a local mutual insurer, and smaller manufacturers round out the economy, along with sustained agricultural production of soybeans, corn, and wheat. Housing in the area is modestly valued relative to national benchmarks and remains affordable by income-to-price metrics. Population has grown slowly but steadily over recent decades, and the area has seen manufacturing job growth exceed national nonmetropolitan averages since the 2008 recession.
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