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Hamersville Elementary School
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hamersville Elementary School
Hamersville Elementary School is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Hamersville, Ohio, overseen by Western Brown Local, enrolling 556 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.
Within Western Brown Local, which oversees 4 schools and 2,604 students, Hamersville Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Hamersville Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder comes out to 3% multiracial. Compared to Brown County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Hamersville Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Hamersville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hamersville Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.7%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Brown County) reports that median household earnings sit near $71,270, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Brown County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,534 students), Hamersville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Bethel Tate High School, around 4.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Hamersville Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 72.8%.
Hamersville Elementary School operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Hamersville Elementary School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 556). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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