Etna Road Elementary School

Set in Whitehall, Ohio, Etna Road Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school, operated by Whitehall City. It educates 505 students across grades 2 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 25% larger than typical.

Whitehall City comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,472 students; Etna Road Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Etna Road Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 14% White, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $75,176, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Etna Road Elementary School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kae Avenue Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Etna Road Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Etna Road Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 583 (now 505). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 25% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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