General Rosecrans Elementary

General Rosecrans Elementary, a tight-knit K-5 school in Sunbury, Ohio, one of the schools within Big Walnut Local, educates 296 students, covering grades K through 3. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so General Rosecrans Elementary sits 27% below that benchmark.

Big Walnut Local runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,298 students. General Rosecrans Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, General Rosecrans Elementary logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting General Rosecrans Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at General Rosecrans Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, General Rosecrans Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Delaware County) shows that median household earnings sit near $133,540, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Delaware County runs 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), of which General Rosecrans Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Big Walnut Intermediate School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), General Rosecrans Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 79.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. General Rosecrans Elementary's enrollment has declined 37% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 296). The White share of enrollment edged down from 94% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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