Springfield Elementary School

Springfield Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in New Middletown, Ohio, part of Springfield Local, works with 347 students in grades K through 4.

Springfield Local runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 5,814 students. Springfield Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Springfield Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Springfield Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 69.4%; actual is 82.1%, +12.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mahoning County indicate median household income runs about $56,942, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Mahoning County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), Springfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Springfield Intermediate Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Springfield Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Springfield Elementary School's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 347).

On the community side, the feed for Springfield Elementary School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.