Mississinawa Valley Elementary School

Mississinawa Valley Elementary School, a compact primary school in Union City, Ohio, one of the schools within Mississinawa Valley Local, teaches 307 students, covering grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in Mississinawa Valley Local (630 students total), Mississinawa Valley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mississinawa Valley Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 95% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Mississinawa Valley Elementary School lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Darke County) shows that median household income runs about $64,486, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Darke County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,993 students), of which Mississinawa Valley Elementary School is one.

Mississinawa Valley JR/SR High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Mississinawa Valley Elementary School.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Mississinawa Valley Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 307). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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