Put-In-Bay Elementary School

As a rural-scale K-5 school in Put-In-Bay, Ohio, Put-In-Bay Elementary School educates 53 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Put-In-Bay Local. That puts it 87% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Put-In-Bay Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Put-In-Bay Local, a district that educates 78 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Put-In-Bay Elementary School shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic. Compared to Ottawa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Ottawa County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,101 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Put-In-Bay Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Ottawa County (combined enrollment of about 4,905 students).

Put-In-Bay High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Put-In-Bay Elementary School has ticked up 20%, going from 44 students in 2018 to 53 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 5% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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