Nashville Elementary School

Nashville Elementary School is an elementary campus of micro-enrollment scale in Big Prairie, Ohio, overseen by West Holmes Local, works with 97 students in grades K through 2. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Nashville Elementary School sits 76% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in West Holmes Local (1,675 students total), Nashville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Nashville Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Nashville Elementary School lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Holmes County's rate of about 31%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Holmes County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,140 per year, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Holmes County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,271 students), of which Nashville Elementary School is one.

Lakeville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Nashville Elementary School.

Nashville Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nashville Elementary School has contracted 23%, going from 126 students in 2018 to 97 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.