Minerva Elementary School

Minerva Elementary School is a large elementary school in Minerva, Ohio, part of Minerva Local. The school serves 741 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Minerva Elementary School sits 83% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Minerva Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,626 students, Minerva Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Minerva Elementary School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Minerva Elementary School reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Stark County indicate median household income runs about $67,934, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Stark County runs 101 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students), of which Minerva Elementary School is one.

Minerva Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Minerva Elementary School.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 846 students in 2018 compared to 741 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.