Enrollment
78
Elementary
DISTRICT 128 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT FRYE LOCAL·NCES 390504803962
Salem-Liberty Elementary School
10930 State Route 821, Lower Salem, OH 45745 · (740) 585-2252 · Washington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL78 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.1:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
46 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 15 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (12).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Based on grade levels within Fort Frye Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
89.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.4% | 89.4% |
| 2023-24 | 81.7% | 85.5% |
| 2022-23 | 86.1% | 80.5% |
| 2021-22 | 80.7% | 86.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Salem-Liberty Elementary School
Salem-Liberty Elementary School's state test result (83.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem-Liberty Elementary School this school | 78 | 59.0% | 83.9% |
| Nashville Elementary School Big Prairie | 97 | 53.6% | N/A |
| South Elementary School Upper Sandusky | 129 | 58.1% | 81.4% |
| Mathews Elementary School (Intermediate) Vienna | 127 | 52.0% | 72.8% |
| Mathews Elementary School (Primary) Vienna | 140 | 55.0% | N/A |
| Mesopotamia Elementary School Mesopotamia | 115 | 71.3% | 43.4% |
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 Salem-Liberty Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 78 | #1,759 of 1,808 | #11 of 11 |
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
78
-26 (-25%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 169
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 78 | 5.9 | 13.1:1 | 59% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 5.9 | 13.1:1 | 53% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 83 | 6.9 | 12.0:1 | 48% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 104 | 8 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 113 | 9.4 | 12.1:1 | 49% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 112 | 9 | 12.4:1 | 51% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 132 | 10 | 13.2:1 | 52% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 175 | 10 | 17.5:1 | 38% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 169 | 7 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salem-Liberty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (113 to 78); teachers down 37% (9.4 to 5.9).
About Salem-Liberty Elementary School
Salem-Liberty Elementary School is a small elementary school in Lower Salem, Ohio, (ZIP code 45745). Enrolled students number 78 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 81% lower than the average for elementary schools in Ohio, which is about 404.
The Fort Frye Local system has 5 schools and 866 students.
White students make up 88% of enrollment at Salem-Liberty Elementary School. Other students are 8% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 21%, meaning two students picked at random have a 21% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Salem-Liberty Elementary School is 5.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.1:1. This ratio sits 4.7 below the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 59%. That tracks the 59% average for public schools in Washington County.
allk12 grades Salem-Liberty Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Salem-Liberty Elementary School does better than predicted by 17.4 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 83.9%; the prediction is 66.5%.
Washington County census figures show that the median household income is $63,603, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Washington County is home to 26 public schools and about 7,355 public school students.
Lowell Elementary School is located about 5.9 miles from Salem-Liberty Elementary School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Salem-Liberty Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 26 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,978
Census ACS
Median income
$63,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,355 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Fort Frye Local
- Fort Frye Middle SchoolMiddle · 256 students
- Fort Frye High SchoolHigh · 227 students
- Beverly-Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolElementary · 81 students
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Nearby schools
- Lowell Elementary School5.9 mi · 81
- Marietta High School8.9 mi · 995
- Washington School10.0 mi · 251
- Marietta Elementary School10.1 mi · 628
- Washington County CC Barrett Bld10.3 mi · 394
- Phillips School10.3 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About Salem-Liberty Elementary SchoolHow large is Salem-Liberty Elementary School?
Salem-Liberty Elementary School enrolls approximately 78 students in grades KG-05.
Is Salem-Liberty Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Salem-Liberty Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Salem-Liberty Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Salem-Liberty Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Salem-Liberty Elementary School?
Student demographics at Salem-Liberty Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Salem-Liberty Elementary School?
Salem-Liberty Elementary School is overseen by Fort Frye Local in Washington County.
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