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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNCHBURG-CLAY LOCAL·NCES 390476303584
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School
6760 State Route 134, Lynchburg, OH 45142 · (937) 364-9119 · Highland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
249 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Based on grade levels within Lynchburg-Clay Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.4pp since 2021
Math
79.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.8% | 79.3% |
| 2023-24 | 76.8% | 69.8% |
| 2022-23 | 76.1% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 82.2% | 84.3% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 →
Schools most like Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School this school | 471 | 52.9% | 78.0% |
| Putman Elementary School Blanchester | 471 | 53.1% | 82.5% |
| Valley Elementary School Lucasville | 442 | 55.2% | 74.2% |
| Reagan Elementary School Ashland | 532 | 54.3% | 85.0% |
| Park Avenue Elementary School Mount Gilead | 475 | 50.9% | 47.6% |
| Clermont Northeastern Elementary School Batavia | 498 | 54.6% | 64.3% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Highland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #290 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #408 of 1,569 ▲ 213 | #2 of 7 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #376 of 1,569 ▲ 73 | #3 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #152 of 1,514 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #592 of 1,808 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #184 of 1,582 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.8% | #1,466 of 1,590 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #215 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #471 of 992 | N/A |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
-61 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 471 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 53% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 51% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 38 | 13.6:1 | 42% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 33 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 44% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 45% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 47% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 30 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (546 to 471); teachers down 3% (34 to 33).
About Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Ohio, with an address in Lynchburg. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 471 students.
Besides Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School, Lynchburg-Clay Local runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 995 students.
White students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% multiracial. Among Highland County residents, the White share is about 95%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
The school has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Highland County, the average is 66%.
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of Ohio public elementary schools.
The model predicts 68.8% for a school in Ohio with Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School posts 78.0%.
The school is in Highland County, where the median household earns about $65,785 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School shares Highland County with 17 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School is closest to Lynchburg-Clay High School, about 0.2 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School at 1st of 5.
In the federal locale system, Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School had a net loss of 61 students, or 11%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.1:1 to 14.3:1 over the same years.
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Highland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,517
Census ACS
Median income
$65,785
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynchburg-Clay Local
- Lynchburg-Clay High SchoolHigh · 278 students
- Lynchburg-Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 246 students
Other schools in Lynchburg
- Lynchburg-Clay High SchoolHigh · 278 students
- Lynchburg-Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Lynchburg-Clay High School0.2 mi · 278
- Lynchburg-Clay Middle School3.1 mi · 246
- Fayetteville-Perry Middle School6.4 mi · 163
- Fayetteville-Perry High School6.4 mi · 204
- Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School6.4 mi · 345
- Hillsboro Middle School10.7 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Lynchburg-Clay Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School?
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School serve?
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School?
At Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School in?
Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School is part of Lynchburg-Clay Local.
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