Ohio County Elementary School

Located at 436 S Mulberry St, in Rising Sun, Indiana, Ohio County Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus that enrolls 409 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Rising Sun-Ohio Co Com.

Rising Sun-Ohio Co Com runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 831 students. Ohio County Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ohio County Elementary School lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ohio County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Ohio County Elementary School records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ohio County Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of -0.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ohio County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,392 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Ohio County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 831 students), Ohio County Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ohio County Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ohio County Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ohio County Elementary School's enrollment has increased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 364 (now 409). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.