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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Park Avenue Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT GILEAD EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390455302268
Park Avenue Elementary School
335 W Park Ave, Mount Gilead, OH 43338 · (419) 946-5736 · Morrow County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
242 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Mount Gilead Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.1pp since 2021
Math
48.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 70% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
475
-103 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 20.6:1
% White
91%
was 93%
% Hispanic
3%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Park Avenue Elementary School
Set in Mount Gilead, Ohio, Park Avenue Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, overseen by Mount Gilead Exempted Village. It educates 475 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Park Avenue Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Mount Gilead Exempted Village, a district that educates 975 students overall.
On demographics, Park Avenue Elementary School shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Morrow County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Park Avenue Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Park Avenue Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 69.6%; Park Avenue Elementary School posts 47.6%, -21.9 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, Morrow County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,283 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Park Avenue Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Morrow County (combined enrollment of about 4,685 students).
The closest other public school is Mt Gilead Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Park Avenue Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 68.6%.
Park Avenue Elementary School operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Avenue Elementary School has decreased 18%, going from 578 students in 2018 to 475 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Morrow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,404
Census ACS
Median income
$75,283
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,685 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Gilead Exempted Village
- Mt Gilead High SchoolHigh · 274 students
- Mt Gilead Middle SchoolMiddle · 226 students
Other schools in Mount Gilead
- Mt Gilead High SchoolHigh · 274 students
- Mt Gilead Middle SchoolMiddle · 226 students
Nearby schools
- Mt Gilead Middle School0.1 mi · 226
- Mt Gilead High School0.1 mi · 274
- Cardington-Lincoln High School4.9 mi · 245
- Cardington-Lincoln Middle School4.9 mi · 283
- Tomorrow Center4.9 mi · 106
- Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School5.1 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Park Avenue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Park Avenue Elementary School?
Park Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Park Avenue Elementary School serve?
Park Avenue Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Avenue Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Park Avenue Elementary School?
Park Avenue Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Park Avenue Elementary School?
Park Avenue Elementary School is overseen by Mount Gilead Exempted Village in Morrow County.
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