Buckeye North Elementary School

As an intimate primary school in Brilliant, Ohio, Buckeye North Elementary School teaches 235 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Buckeye Local. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Buckeye Local comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,091 students; Buckeye North Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Buckeye North Elementary School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Buckeye North Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,055 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Buckeye North Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 8,635 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brooke Primary School South, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Buckeye North Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 351 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 96% to 89% over that span.

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