Gorsuch West Elementary School

Gorsuch West Elementary School is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in Lancaster, Ohio, operated by Lancaster City, teacheing 530 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 404.

Gorsuch West Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Lancaster City, a district that instructs 6,036 students overall.

On demographics, Gorsuch West Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 13% multiracial, 6% Black, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, census data for Fairfield County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,966 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Fairfield County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,447 students), of which Gorsuch West Elementary School is one.

Tallmadge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gorsuch West Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 594 (now 530). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 88% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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