Badger Elementary School

Badger Elementary School, a modestly sized elementary-level community in Kinsman, Ohio, part of Joseph Badger Local, instructs 250 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 404.

Badger Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Joseph Badger Local, a district that instructs 562 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Badger Elementary School records that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Trumbull County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Badger Elementary School logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Trumbull County shows median household earnings sit near $56,435, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Badger Elementary School is one of 72 public schools in Trumbull County (combined enrollment of about 25,240 students).

Nearest neighbor: Badger High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Badger Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 265 students in 2018 compared to 250 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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