Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School

Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Martins, Ohio, part of Martins Ferry City. The school caters to 492 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 22% bigger than typical.

Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Martins Ferry City, a district that enrolls 1,269 students overall.

On demographics, Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 10% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Belmont County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.1%; this one delivers 68.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Belmont County put median household earnings sit near $57,017, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Belmont County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,619 students), Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Martins Ferry Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School has fell 15%, going from 579 students in 2018 to 492 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 in 2025.

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