Forest Elementary School

Set in Troy, Ohio, Forest Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school, run under Troy City. It enrolls 192 students across grades 3 through 5. That puts it 52% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Forest Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Troy City, a district that teaches 3,929 students overall.

Demographically, Forest Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder is composed of 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Miami County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Forest Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 64.8%.

Around the school, census data for Miami County shows median household income runs about $76,817, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Miami County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,719 students), Forest Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Van Cleve Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Forest Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 72.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forest Elementary School has decreased 30%, going from 273 students in 2018 to 192 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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