Powers Elementary School

Located at 393 S Lake St, in Amherst, Ohio, Powers Elementary School is a well-populated elementary campus that hosts 1,104 students (grades pre-K through 3), operated by Amherst Exempted Village. That puts it 173% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Across the 4 schools in Amherst Exempted Village (3,533 students total), Powers Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Powers Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Powers Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.2%; this one delivers 70.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lorain County) reports that median household earnings sit near $73,347, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Lorain County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), Powers Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Amherst Junior High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Powers Elementary School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 76.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Powers Elementary School's enrollment has rose 47% since 2018, when it stood at 749 (now 1,104). Over the same period, the White share declined from 84% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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