Hopewell Early Childhood School

Hopewell Early Childhood School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Ohio, located in West Chester. Federal data show 727 students enrolled in kindergarten through 2 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.

Lakota Local, which runs Hopewell Early Childhood School, has 22 schools and 17,853 students.

Of every 100 students at Hopewell Early Childhood School, about 57 are White. After that, the student body is 13% Asian, 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Butler County, the White share is about 76%. The diversity index for Hopewell Early Childhood School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are about 23.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hopewell Early Childhood School, which has 31. Elementary schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 45%. Public schools in Butler County average a similar 42%.

Census data for Butler County show median household income comes to about $81,590, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 90 public schools in the county, enrolling about 59,107, Hopewell Early Childhood School among them.

Hopewell Junior School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's size has been steady, with 733 students in 2020-21 and 727 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 23.4:1, from 25.3:1.

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