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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PREBLE SHAWNEE LOCAL·NCES 390492803549
Preble Shawnee Elementary School
120 Bloomfield St, Camden, OH 45311 · (937) 452-1204 · Preble County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Ohio public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
266 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (85).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Preble Shawnee Elementary School→Preble Shawnee Middle School→Preble Shawnee High School High School
Based on grade levels within Preble Shawnee Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.9pp since 2021
Math
63.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 61.1% |
| 2022-23 | 56.5% | 66.3% |
| 2021-22 | 55.9% | 57.6% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Preble Shawnee Elementary School
Preble Shawnee Elementary School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preble Shawnee Elementary School this school | 471 | 56.5% | 57.9% |
| Valley Elementary School Lucasville | 442 | 55.2% | 74.2% |
| Taft Intermediate School Ashland | 460 | 59.3% | 79.0% |
| Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School Lynchburg | 471 | 52.9% | 78.0% |
| Stanton Elementary School Hammondsville | 408 | 58.1% | 68.4% |
| Reagan Elementary School Ashland | 532 | 54.3% | 85.0% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Preble Shawnee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Preble County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #617 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #837 of 1,569 ▲ 18 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,017 of 1,569 ▲ 105 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #804 of 1,514 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #593 of 1,808 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #496 of 1,582 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.4% | #1,521 of 1,590 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #164 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #483 of 561 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
-59 (-11%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 56% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 53% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 47% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 29 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 22.1 | 20.8:1 | 46% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 48% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 44% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 410 | 21 | 19.5:1 | 32% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 23 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Preble Shawnee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (459 to 471); teachers up 31% (22.1 to 29).
About Preble Shawnee Elementary School
Students in Camden, Ohio, attend Preble Shawnee Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 471 students, covering pre-K through 4.
Preble Shawnee Local oversees Preble Shawnee Elementary School and 2 other schools, with 1,237 students in total.
The share of White students at Preble Shawnee Elementary School is 96%. In Preble County overall, the White share is about 96%. The diversity index for Preble Shawnee Elementary School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Ohio, 17.9:1, is higher. A total of 266 students, or 56%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Preble County average a similar 54%.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Preble Shawnee Elementary School outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Preble Shawnee Elementary School's results are 9.6 points below predicted: 57.9% against 67.5%.
Preble County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $69,223 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Preble County number 17, with about 5,537 students.
Of the public schools around it, Preble Shawnee Elementary School is closest to Preble Shawnee Middle School, about 5.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Preble Shawnee Elementary School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Preble Shawnee Elementary School enrolled 530 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 471. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.3:1 in 2020-21 to 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Preble Shawnee Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Preble County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,765
Census ACS
Median income
$69,223
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,537 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Preble Shawnee Local
- Preble Shawnee Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Preble Shawnee High School High SchoolHigh · 345 students
Other schools in Camden
- Preble Shawnee Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Preble Shawnee High School High SchoolHigh · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Preble Shawnee Middle School5.0 mi · 421
- Preble Shawnee High School High School5.0 mi · 345
- Eaton Middle School6.9 mi · 410
- Eaton High School7.0 mi · 546
- Bogan Elementary8.0 mi · 451
- Hollingsworth East Elementary School8.2 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Preble Shawnee Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Preble Shawnee Elementary School?
Preble Shawnee Elementary School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Preble Shawnee Elementary School serve?
Preble Shawnee Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Preble Shawnee Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Preble Shawnee Elementary School.
How diverse is Preble Shawnee Elementary School?
Preble Shawnee Elementary School reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Preble Shawnee Elementary School?
Preble Shawnee Elementary School is overseen by Preble Shawnee Local in Preble County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.