Putman Elementary School

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Blanchester, Ohio, Putman Elementary School instructs 471 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Blanchester Local.

Blanchester Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,156 students. Putman Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Putman Elementary School reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Clinton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Putman Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Clinton County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Putman Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 68.8%; Putman Elementary School posts 82.5%, +13.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clinton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,407 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clinton County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,856 students), of which Putman Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Blanchester High School, around 0.9 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Putman Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 66.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Putman Elementary School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 471). Class-load math has loosened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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