Maryland Elementary School vs Bluffsview Elementary School

Maryland Elementary School holds a 0.4-point overall rating advantage over Bluffsview Elementary School — 9.5/10 versus 9.1/10 — and that gap reflects a meaningful difference in state rank: Maryland sits at #15 of 3,440 Ohio schools while Bluffsview ranks #88. Both are strong performers, but Maryland's position puts it in the top 0.5% statewide compared to Bluffsview's top 2.6%, a gap that matters for families who weigh state-level benchmarking in their decision.

On academics, the two schools are nearly identical: Bluffsview Elementary School edges out Maryland Elementary School 9.5 to 9.4 in academic score, a difference of just 0.1 points. Growth tells a different story. Maryland Elementary School scores 9.5/10 in growth versus Bluffsview Elementary School's 8.9/10 — a 0.6-point delta suggesting Maryland is accelerating student progress at a meaningfully faster rate relative to expected gains, regardless of where students start.

Maryland Elementary School enrolls 334 students to Bluffsview Elementary School's 397, and that smaller enrollment pairs with a noticeably tighter student-teacher ratio: 15.2:1 at Maryland versus 17.3:1 at Bluffsview. That's two additional students per teacher on average at Bluffsview, which compounds across a classroom. The free and reduced-price lunch rates are close — 16% at Maryland, 18% at Bluffsview — indicating both schools serve predominantly low-need populations with comparable socioeconomic profiles.

One structural difference separates the schools at the youngest ages: Maryland Elementary School serves students beginning in pre-kindergarten (PK–05), while Bluffsview Elementary School's grade span starts at kindergarten (KG–05). Families with a four-year-old entering school have a built-in pathway at Maryland that Bluffsview does not offer. The two campuses sit 11.0 miles apart within Columbus, making geography a practical filter before any rating comparison begins.