Elda Elementary School

Elda Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school in Hamilton, Ohio, part of Ross Local. The school caters to 327 students in grades K through 3.

Ross Local comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,607 students; Elda Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Elda Elementary School logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elda Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Butler County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,590 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Butler County's 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,107 students), Elda Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Ross High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elda Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 72.1%.

Elda Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Elda Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 327). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 98% to 92%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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