Hillsdale PK-6

As an average-sized primary school in Jeromesville, Ohio, Hillsdale PK-6 educates 547 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Hillsdale Local. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Hillsdale Local comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 907 students; Hillsdale PK-6 is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hillsdale PK-6 shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hillsdale PK-6 lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at Hillsdale PK-6 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ashland County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillsdale PK-6 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ashland County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,860, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hillsdale PK-6 is one of 21 public schools in Ashland County (combined enrollment of about 6,940 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hillsdale 7-12, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Hillsdale PK-6. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillsdale PK-6 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 74.0%.

Hillsdale PK-6 operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Hillsdale PK-6's enrollment has ticked up 93% since 2018, when it stood at 284 (now 547). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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