Elmwood Elementary School

Set in Lima, Ohio, Elmwood Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community, part of Shawnee Local. It works with 508 students across grades K through 2. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Elmwood Elementary School sits 26% above that benchmark.

Elmwood Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Shawnee Local, a district that works with 2,239 students overall.

On demographics, Elmwood Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school logs 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Allen County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Elmwood Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at Elmwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allen County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Allen County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,038, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Elmwood Elementary School is one of 36 public schools in Allen County (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students).

The closest other public school is Apollo Career Center, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Elmwood Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Elmwood Elementary School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 508). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 86% to 79%. Class-load math has rose: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.