Kae Avenue Elementary School

Kae Avenue Elementary School, a well-populated K-5 school in Whitehall, Ohio, run under Whitehall City, serves 650 students, covering grades pre-K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 61% larger than the state mean of about 404.

Whitehall City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,472 students. Kae Avenue Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Kae Avenue Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% Hispanic, 16% White, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Kae Avenue Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rosemore Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kae Avenue Elementary School.

Kae Avenue Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kae Avenue Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 792 (now 650). Over the same period, the White share fell from 26% to 16%. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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