Garfield Elementary School

Garfield Elementary School is a close-knit K-5 school in Wellsville, Ohio, run under Wellsville Local. The school caters to 206 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Garfield Elementary School sits 49% leaner than that benchmark.

Garfield Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Wellsville Local, a district that educates 655 students overall.

On demographics, Garfield Elementary School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Columbiana County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Garfield Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Columbiana County put the typical household earns roughly $58,180 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Columbiana County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,165 students), Garfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wellsville Jr. Sr. High, around 0.2 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Garfield Elementary School's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 253 (now 206). White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 25.8:1 in 2025.

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