Margaretta Elementary School

Margaretta Elementary School, a mid-sized primary school in Castalia, Ohio, one of the schools within Margaretta Local, educates 536 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Margaretta Elementary School sits 33% above that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Margaretta Local (1,072 students total), Margaretta Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Margaretta Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Margaretta Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Margaretta Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.7%; this one delivers 77.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Erie County shows median household income runs about $71,993, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Margaretta Elementary School is one of 29 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 12,434 students).

Margaretta High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Margaretta Elementary School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Margaretta Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 547 (now 536). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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