Crim Elementary School

Crim Elementary School is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Bowling Green, Ohio, overseen by Bowling Green City School District, instructing 344 students in grades K through 5.

Within Bowling Green City School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,537 students, Crim Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Crim Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wood County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $74,216 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Crim Elementary School is one of 38 public schools in Wood County (combined enrollment of about 19,968 students).

The closest other public school is Bowling Green Preschool, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Crim Elementary School.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 69% to 59% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.