Salem-Liberty Elementary School

Salem-Liberty Elementary School is one of the rural-scale elementary campuss in Lower Salem, Ohio, overseen by Fort Frye Local, with 78 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 81% smaller than the state mean of about 404.

Fort Frye Local runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 866 students. Salem-Liberty Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Salem-Liberty Elementary School logs that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest consists of 8% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Salem-Liberty Elementary School has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Salem-Liberty 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 66.5%; Salem-Liberty Elementary School posts 83.9%, +17.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $63,603 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,355 students), of which Salem-Liberty Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Lowell Elementary School, roughly 5.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Salem-Liberty Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salem-Liberty Elementary School has fell 31%, going from 113 students in 2018 to 78 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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