Ontario Primary School

Set in Ashtabula, Ohio, Ontario Primary School is a small K-5 school, part of Ashtabula Area City. It caters to 192 students across grades K through 2. That puts it 52% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Ashtabula Area City runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,635 students. Ontario Primary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Ontario Primary School shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% multiracial, 20% Hispanic, 8% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, Ashtabula County reports that median household income runs about $57,728, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ashtabula County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,023 students), Ontario Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Huron Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ontario Primary School.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 43%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 192 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 66% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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