Holgate Elementary School

Set in Holgate, Ohio, Holgate Elementary School is a cozy elementary campus, run under Holgate Local. It serves 162 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 60% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Holgate Local runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 378 students. Holgate Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Holgate Elementary School lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 18% Hispanic. By comparison, Henry County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Holgate Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Henry County shows median household earnings sit near $80,099, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Henry County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,839 students), Holgate Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Holgate High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Holgate Elementary School has edged down 21%, going from 204 students in 2018 to 162 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 76% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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