Ayersville Elementary School

Set in Defiance, Ohio, Ayersville Elementary School is an intimate elementary school, operated by Ayersville Local. It educates 322 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 20% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Within Ayersville Local, which oversees 2 schools and 648 students, Ayersville Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ayersville Elementary School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic. Compared to Defiance County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Defiance County put the typical household earns roughly $73,064 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Defiance County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,682 students), Ayersville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ayersville High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Ayersville Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.