Ottawa Elementary School

Ottawa Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in Ottawa, Ohio, part of Ottawa-Glandorf Local, with 390 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Ottawa Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Ottawa-Glandorf Local, a district that serves 1,500 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Ottawa Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic. By comparison, Putnam County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Ottawa Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Putnam County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ottawa Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.5%; this one delivers 72.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Putnam County put median household income runs about $84,928, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Ottawa Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 5,938 students).

The closest other public school is Ottawa-Glandorf High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ottawa Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Ottawa Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 80.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ottawa Elementary School has shrank 8%, going from 424 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 29% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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