Prairie Run Elementary School

Prairie Run Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in Sunbury, Ohio, one of the schools within Big Walnut Local, with 352 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Big Walnut Local runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,298 students. Prairie Run Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Prairie Run Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 22% of students at Prairie Run Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Prairie Run Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Delaware County put median household earnings sit near $133,540, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Delaware County runs 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), of which Prairie Run Elementary School is one.

Big Walnut Early Learning Center at Harrison Street is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prairie Run Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 79.3%.

Prairie Run Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Prairie Run Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 297 (now 352). Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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