Enrollment
219
Elementary
DISTRICT 164 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE LOCAL·NCES 390470602766
Fayette Elementary School
400 E Gamble Rd, Fayette, OH 43521 · (419) 237-2776 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL219 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
118 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (24).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fayette Elementary School→Fayette Jr/Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Fayette Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +8.9pp since 2021
Math
65.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 65.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 64.2% |
| 2022-23 | 57.9% | 63.2% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 56.6% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fayette Elementary School
Fayette Elementary School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Elementary School this school | 219 | 53.9% | 64.8% |
| Knollwood Elementary School Sheffield Village | 202 | 54.0% | N/A |
| Stryker Elementary School Stryker | 231 | 54.1% | 62.8% |
| Oakwood Elementary School Oakwood | 291 | 56.0% | 85.7% |
| Union Elementary School Upper Sandusky | 265 | 52.5% | 84.8% |
| Lake Elementary School Mentor On The Lake | 272 | 52.9% | 63.3% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fayette Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #541 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #787 of 1,569 ▼ 3 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #671 of 1,569 ▲ 225 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.9pp | #307 of 1,514 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 219 | #1,537 of 1,808 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #155 of 1,582 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.9% | #1,117 of 1,590 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #198 of 767 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #645 of 992 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
219
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+149% since 1990-91, when it was 88
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 219 | 15.7 | 14.0:1 | 54% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 16 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 220 | 16 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 18 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 13.5 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 222 | 12 | 18.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 80 | 4 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 88 | 6 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fayette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (241 to 219); teachers up 16% (13.5 to 15.7).
About Fayette Elementary School
Located in Fayette, Ohio, Fayette Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 219 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average enrollment is about 404.
Fayette Local oversees Fayette Elementary School and 1 other school, with 328 students in total.
White students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic. Among Fulton County residents, the White share is about 89%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 22, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The school has 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.0:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for elementary schools in Ohio. Federal data show 54% of students (118) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Fulton County is 10 points.
Fayette Elementary School is 3.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.8% versus 68.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.
For Fulton County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $72,864, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 22 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,935, Fayette Elementary School among them.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Fayette Elementary School from the closest public school, Fayette Jr/Sr High School. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Fayette Elementary School ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.8% against a local average of 69.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Fayette Elementary School had 217 students in 2020-21 and 219 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.1:1 to 14.0:1.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,240
Census ACS
Median income
$72,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,935 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette Local
- Fayette Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 109 students
- Fayette Virtual AcademyCombined
Other schools in Fayette
- Fayette Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 109 students
- Fayette Virtual AcademyCombined
Other Fayette Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Fayette Elementary. Fayette Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Fayette Elementary SchoolFayette, AL · 529 students
- Fayette Elementary SchoolWest Terre Haute, IN · 307 students
Nearby schools
- Fayette Jr/Sr High School0.0 mi · 109
- Waldron Area Schools6.9 mi · 205
- Morenci Elementary School7.0 mi · 227
- Morenci Middle and High School7.2 mi · 269
- Hilltop Elementary School8.8 mi · 294
- Hilltop High School8.8 mi · 207
Frequently asked questions
About Fayette Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fayette Elementary School?
Fayette Elementary School enrolls approximately 219 students in grades PK-06.
Is Fayette Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fayette Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Fayette Elementary School have?
Fayette Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Fayette Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fayette Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Fayette Elementary School?
Fayette Elementary School is overseen by Fayette Local in Fulton County.
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