Bright Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary school in Hillsboro, Ohio, Bright Elementary School caters to 432 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Bright Local.

Within Bright Local, which oversees 3 schools and 719 students, Bright Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bright Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bright Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bright Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Highland County) reports that median household income runs about $65,785, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Highland County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,468 students), Bright Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Whiteoak High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Bright Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 375 (now 432). Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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