Mercer County Head Start

Mercer County Head Start is one of the rural-scale elementary schools in Rockford, Ohio, run under Celina City, with 17 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 96% leaner than the state mean of about 404.

Celina City comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,694 students; Mercer County Head Start is among them.

Demographically, Mercer County Head Start shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 12% multiracial, 12% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 95%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mercer County Head Start has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,782 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mercer County Head Start is one of 22 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 9,242 students).

Parkway Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

On allk12, members of the Mercer County Head Start community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.