Sardinia Elementary School

Set in Sardinia, Ohio, Sardinia Elementary School is a small elementary campus, run under Eastern Local School District. It serves 274 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Sardinia Elementary School sits 32% below that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Eastern Local School District (1,829 students total), Sardinia Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Sardinia Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Sardinia Elementary School lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Sardinia Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.8%, the actual is 75.8%, a residual of +9.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Brown County) reports that median household earnings sit near $71,270, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Brown County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,534 students), of which Sardinia Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Whiteoak Junior High School, around 3.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sardinia Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 65.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Sardinia Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 274). Class-load math has fell: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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