Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390456102304
L. T. Ball Intermediate School
575 N Hyatt St, Tipp City, OH 45371 · (937) 667-3719 · Miami County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
119 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 188 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 168 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 187 | 34% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tipp City Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
86.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.5pp since 2021
Math
88.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.3% | 88.4% |
| 2023-24 | 88.1% | 86.3% |
| 2022-23 | 82.7% | 86.0% |
| 2021-22 | 82.8% | 82.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
86.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where L. T. Ball Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Miami County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #106 of 673 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.4% | #132 of 1,569 | #3 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #110 of 1,569 | #2 of 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #612 of 1,514 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #371 of 1,808 | #5 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #1,177 of 1,582 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #1,122 of 1,590 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.4% | #81 of 561 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
543
+159 (+41%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 17.4:1
% White
88%
was 92%
% Hispanic
4%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 543 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 22% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 20 | 19.8:1 | 21% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 20 | 18.1:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 17% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L. T. Ball Intermediate School.
About L. T. Ball Intermediate School
L. T. Ball Intermediate School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Tipp City, Ohio. In all, 543 students attend the school in grades 3 through 5. It has 34% more students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
Tipp City Exempted Village has a total of 5 schools and 2,633 students, L. T. Ball Intermediate School among them.
Roughly 88% of students at L. T. Ball Intermediate School are White. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Miami County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. The diversity index for L. T. Ball Intermediate School is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 22% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Miami County is 42%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, L. T. Ball Intermediate School would score about 80.5%. It scores 86.5%, 6.0 points above that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Miami County show that median household income comes to about $76,817, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miami County counts 36 public schools with about 16,719 students.
L. T. Ball Intermediate School's nearest public school is Tippecanoe Middle School (about 0.1 miles). In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of L. T. Ball Intermediate School. On state test proficiency, L. T. Ball Intermediate School ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Federal data place L. T. Ball Intermediate School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Reported enrollment: 384 (2017-18) and 543 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The percentage of White students fell from 92% to 88% between 2017-18 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.4:1 in 2017-18, and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Miami County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,296
Census ACS
Median income
$76,817
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
16,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tipp City Exempted Village
- Tippecanoe High SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Tippecanoe Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Broadway Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Nevin Coppock Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Tipp City Remote SchoolCombined
Other schools in Tipp City
- Bethel Elementary SchoolElementary · 944 students
- Tippecanoe High SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Tippecanoe Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Bethel Middle SchoolMiddle · 526 students
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · 521 students
- Broadway Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Tippecanoe Middle School0.1 mi · 564
- Nevin Coppock Elementary School0.2 mi · 310
- Broadway Elementary School0.8 mi · 452
- Tippecanoe High School1.0 mi · 764
- Forest Elementary School4.7 mi · 192
- Kyle Elementary School4.8 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About L. T. Ball Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend L. T. Ball Intermediate School?
L. T. Ball Intermediate School enrolls approximately 543 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does L. T. Ball Intermediate School serve?
L. T. Ball Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at L. T. Ball Intermediate School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at L. T. Ball Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at L. T. Ball Intermediate School?
Student demographics at L. T. Ball Intermediate School are roughly 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is L. T. Ball Intermediate School public or private?
L. T. Ball Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tipp City Exempted Village.
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