Flat Ridge Elementary School

Flat Ridge Elementary School is an elementary-level community of tiny scale in Charm, Ohio, run under East Holmes Local, serveing 92 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 77% below the state mean of about 404.

Within East Holmes Local, which oversees 8 schools and 1,491 students, Flat Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Flat Ridge Elementary School reports that nearly all students (100%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Flat Ridge Elementary School has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 11% of students at Flat Ridge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Holmes County's rate of about 31%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Flat Ridge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 84.7%; this one delivers 82.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Holmes County shows median household earnings sit near $76,140, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Holmes County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,271 students), Flat Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Wise Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Flat Ridge Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 77.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 44%: 64 students in 2018 compared to 92 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Flat Ridge Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.