Clark Early Learning Center

Clark Early Learning Center is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Springfield, Ohio. It had 344 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K.

Clark Early Learning Center is part of Springfield City School District, where 17 schools serve 7,288 students.

The largest racial or ethnic group at Clark Early Learning Center is Black, with 44% of students. The remaining shares are 30% White, 15% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. Clark County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.

The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1.

American Community Survey estimates for Clark County show that median household income comes to about $63,132, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 44, with about 20,515 students.

Snyder Park Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

In 2020-21, Clark Early Learning Center enrolled 285 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 344. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.0:1 to 12.7:1.

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