Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 390460302413
Sardinia Elementary School
7742 Tricounty Hwy, Sardinia, OH 45171 · (937) 446-2250 · Brown County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
19.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
160 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.5pp since 2021
Math
77.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 77.4% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 68.2% |
| 2022-23 | 75.3% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.5% | 76.9% |
% 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
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% 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 Sardinia Elementary School
Sardinia Elementary School's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sardinia Elementary School this school | 274 | 58.4% | 75.8% |
| Ridgedale Elementary School Morral | 306 | 61.4% | 60.1% |
| Adamsville Elementary School Adamsville | 255 | 55.3% | 67.5% |
| Clay Elementary School Portsmouth | 326 | 61.0% | 67.5% |
| Payne Elementary School Payne | 263 | 62.0% | 72.9% |
| Killbuck Elementary School Killbuck | 221 | 56.6% | 70.2% |
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 Sardinia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #338 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #454 of 1,569 ▲ 226 | #2 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #439 of 1,569 ▼ 67 | #2 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #395 of 1,514 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #1,374 of 1,808 | #7 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,210 of 1,582 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.5% | #1,504 of 1,590 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #152 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #507 of 992 | 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
274
+20 (+8%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 274 | 14 | 19.6:1 | 58% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 14 | 19.7:1 | 64% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 14.5 | 19.7:1 | 54% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 14 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 13.5 | 23.3:1 | 61% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 14 | 21.8:1 | 62% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 14 | 21.5:1 | 59% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 20 | 17.7:1 | 36% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 21 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sardinia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (314 to 274); teachers up 4% (13.5 to 14).
About Sardinia Elementary School
Sardinia Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Sardinia, Ohio. Federal data show 274 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students, which makes this school 32% below average.
Eastern Local School District runs Sardinia Elementary School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 1,082 students in total.
Roughly 96% of students at Sardinia Elementary School are White. The remaining students are 3% Hispanic. Brown County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Sardinia Elementary School is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 14 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.6:1. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is 1.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 58%. The figure for public schools in Brown County is close, at 60%.
Sardinia Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Sardinia Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.8%, compared with a predicted 66.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Brown County, home to about 43,845 people, median household income comes to about $71,270, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. There are 17 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,534, Sardinia Elementary School among them.
Whiteoak High School sits about 3.8 miles from Sardinia Elementary School. Sardinia Elementary School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Sardinia Elementary School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 20 students, from 254 to 274. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 18.1:1 to 19.6:1.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,845
Census ACS
Median income
$71,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eastern Local School District
- Russellville Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Eastern High SchoolHigh · 259 students
- Eastern MSMiddle · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Whiteoak High School3.8 mi · 174
- Whiteoak Junior High School3.8 mi · 113
- Eastern High School3.9 mi · 259
- Eastern MS3.9 mi · 254
- Mt Orab Primary Elementary School8.3 mi · 683
- Mt Orab Middle School8.3 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Sardinia Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sardinia Elementary School?
Sardinia Elementary School enrolls approximately 274 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sardinia Elementary School serve?
Sardinia Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Sardinia Elementary School?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Sardinia Elementary School.
How diverse is Sardinia Elementary School?
Sardinia Elementary School reports a student body of 96% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sardinia Elementary School public or private?
Sardinia Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Eastern Local School District.
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