Kalida Elementary School

Kalida Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Kalida, Ohio, run under Kalida Local. Current enrollment sits at 203 students spanning grades K through 4. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Kalida Elementary School sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Kalida Local, which oversees 2 schools and 596 students, Kalida Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Kalida Elementary School shows that nearly all students (98%) are White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Kalida Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Putnam County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Kalida Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 85.3%; this one delivers 90.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Putnam County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,928 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Kalida Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 5,938 students).

Kalida High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kalida Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 83.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kalida Elementary School has fell 21%, going from 257 students in 2018 to 203 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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