Central Trail Elementary School

Central Trail Elementary School, a roomy primary school in Sylvania, Ohio, overseen by Sylvania Schools, caters to 667 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Central Trail Elementary School sits 65% above that benchmark.

Sylvania Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,699 students; Central Trail Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Central Trail Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Lucas County's rate of about 44%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central Trail Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.2%, the actual is 80.2%, a residual of -1.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lucas County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,224 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Lucas County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,839 students), of which Central Trail Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Trail Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 79.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Trail Elementary School has climbed 12%, going from 593 students in 2018 to 667 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 9% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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