Enrollment
92
Elementary
DISTRICT 172 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST HOLMES LOCAL·NCES 390476802937
Flat Ridge Elementary School
2609 CO Rd 600, Charm, OH 44617 · (330) 893-3156 · Holmes County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
10 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Flat Ridge Elementary School→Wise Elementary School
Based on grade levels within East Holmes Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +11.9pp since 2021
Math
94.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +15.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
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
82.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
92
+28 (+44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 21.3:1
% White
100%
was 100%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Holmes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,418
Census ACS
Median income
$76,140
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Holmes Local
- Hiland High SchoolHigh · 395 students
- Berlin Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- Chestnut Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
- Winesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 148 students
- Walnut Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 142 students
- Mt Hope Elementary SchoolElementary · 98 students
Nearby schools
- Wise Elementary School4.1 mi · 67
- Hiland High School4.7 mi · 395
- Chestnut Ridge Elementary School4.9 mi · 217
- Walnut Creek Elementary School5.3 mi · 142
- Baltic Elementary School5.3 mi · 139
- Buckeye Career Center Annex-Hiland Satellite5.5 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Flat Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Flat Ridge Elementary School?
Flat Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 92 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Flat Ridge Elementary School serve?
Flat Ridge Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Flat Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Flat Ridge Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (5 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Flat Ridge Elementary School?
At Flat Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 100% White.
Is Flat Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Flat Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Holmes Local.
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