Buckeye Valley East Elementary School

Buckeye Valley East Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community in Ashley, Ohio, run under Buckeye Valley Local. The school instructs 441 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Buckeye Valley East Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Buckeye Valley Local, a district that hosts 2,298 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Buckeye Valley East Elementary School shows that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at Buckeye Valley East Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 20%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Buckeye Valley East Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.0%, the actual is 71.5%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Delaware County) shows that median household income runs about $133,540, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Buckeye Valley East Elementary School is one of 59 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students).

Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buckeye Valley East Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 70.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 25%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.