Bellville Elementary School

Bellville Elementary School operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Bellville, Ohio, run under Clear Fork Valley Local. Current enrollment sits at 400 students spanning grades K through 5.

Bellville Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Clear Fork Valley Local, a district that enrolls 1,472 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bellville Elementary School shows that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Richland County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bellville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.7%, the actual is 81.0%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Richland County shows median household income runs about $59,509, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richland County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,772 students), of which Bellville Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clear Fork Middle School, around 1.8 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bellville Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 75.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bellville Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 400). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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