Holmesville Elementary School

Holmesville Elementary School is one of the rural-scale elementary schools in Holmesville, Ohio, one of the schools within Southeast Local, with 99 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 75% leaner than typical.

Within Southeast Local, which oversees 7 schools and 1,744 students, Holmesville Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Holmesville Elementary School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 4% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Holmes County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Holmesville Elementary School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at Holmesville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Holmes County's rate of about 31%.

In the broader community, Holmes County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,140, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Holmes County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,271 students), of which Holmesville Elementary School is one.

Fredericksburg Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Holmesville Elementary School's enrollment has fell 32% since 2018, when it stood at 146 (now 99). The White share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2024.

On the community side, the feed for Holmesville Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.