Miller Avenue Elementary School

Set in Sugarcreek, Ohio, Miller Avenue Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community, operated by Garaway Local. It caters to 175 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Miller Avenue Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Garaway Local, a district that works with 1,055 students overall.

On demographics, Miller Avenue Elementary School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tuscarawas County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Miller Avenue Elementary School shows 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Miller Avenue Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Miller Avenue Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.1%; this one delivers 70.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tuscarawas County shows median household income runs about $65,044, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Miller Avenue Elementary School is one of 44 public schools in Tuscarawas County (combined enrollment of about 15,660 students).

The closest other public school is Garaway High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Miller Avenue Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 81.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 188 students in 2018 compared to 175 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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