Bellaire Elementary School

Bellaire Elementary School, a medium-sized K-5 school in Bellaire, Ohio, run under Bellaire Local, enrolls 489 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Bellaire Elementary School sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

Bellaire Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Bellaire Local, a district that enrolls 1,167 students overall.

Demographically, Bellaire Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school records 14% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Belmont County's rate of about 65%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bellaire Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.3%; Bellaire Elementary School posts 75.1%, +23.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Belmont County put the typical household earns roughly $57,017 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Belmont County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,619 students), Bellaire Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bellaire Middle School, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bellaire Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 73.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 489 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 89% to 82%. Class-load math has widened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.