Preble Shawnee Elementary School

Preble Shawnee Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary schools in Camden, Ohio, run under Preble Shawnee Local, with 471 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Within Preble Shawnee Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,237 students, Preble Shawnee Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Preble Shawnee Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Preble Shawnee Elementary School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Preble Shawnee Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Preble Shawnee Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Preble Shawnee Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Preble County shows median household income runs about $69,223, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Preble Shawnee Elementary School is one of 17 public schools in Preble County (combined enrollment of about 5,537 students).

Preble Shawnee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Preble Shawnee Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.1%.

Preble Shawnee Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Preble Shawnee Elementary School has rose 3%, going from 459 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.