New Riegel Elementary School

Located at 44 N Perry St, in New Riegel, Ohio, New Riegel Elementary School is a compact K-5 school that enrolls 179 students (grades K through 5), operated by New Riegel Local. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 56% leaner than typical.

New Riegel Local runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 403 students. New Riegel Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, New Riegel Elementary School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, New Riegel Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Seneca County put the typical household earns roughly $66,025 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Riegel Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Seneca County (combined enrollment of about 5,331 students).

The closest other public school is New Riegel High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 226 students in 2018 compared to 179 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for New Riegel Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.