Oakwood Elementary School

Oakwood Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary campus in Oakwood, Ohio, one of the schools within Paulding Exempted Village, enrolls 291 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Paulding Exempted Village runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,306 students. Oakwood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oakwood Elementary School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic. Compared to Paulding County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at Oakwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oakwood Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 67.7%; this one delivers 85.7%, a residual of +18.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Paulding County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $67,731 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Paulding County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,855 students), of which Oakwood Elementary School is one.

Continental Local High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oakwood Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oakwood Elementary School has edged up 5%, going from 276 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 90% over that span.

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