Portsmouth Elementary

Portsmouth Elementary is one of the high-enrollment primary schools in Portsmouth, Ohio, operated by Portsmouth City, with 791 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 96% larger than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Portsmouth City (1,561 students total), Portsmouth Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Portsmouth Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Scioto County indicate median household income runs about $50,609, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Scioto County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), of which Portsmouth Elementary is one.

Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Portsmouth Elementary.

Portsmouth Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Portsmouth Elementary has shrank 13%, going from 914 students in 2018 to 791 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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