Shawnee Early Childhood School

As a sprawling elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio, Shawnee Early Childhood School caters to 630 students from grades K through 2, run under Lakota Local. Enrollment runs roughly 56% bigger than the state mean of about 404.

Lakota Local comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 18,806 students; Shawnee Early Childhood School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Shawnee Early Childhood School shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.9:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Butler County indicate median household income runs about $81,590, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Butler County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,107 students), of which Shawnee Early Childhood School is one.

Adena Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Shawnee Early Childhood School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Shawnee Early Childhood School's enrollment has grew 27% since 2018, when it stood at 498 (now 630). The White share of enrollment fell from 65% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.5:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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