East Elementary School

Located at 470 Fair Ave NE, in New Philadelphia, Ohio, East Elementary School is a close-knit primary school that enrolls 236 students (grades pre-K through 1), part of New Philadelphia City. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Across the 9 schools in New Philadelphia City (2,826 students total), East Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, East Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Tuscarawas County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,044 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tuscarawas County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,660 students), East Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Quaker Digital Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. East Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 325 (now 236). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 5% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

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