St Clairsville Elementary School

St Clairsville Elementary School is one of the sizable elementary campuss in Saint Clairsville, Ohio, one of the schools within St Clairsville-Richland City, with 621 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 54% above typical.

St Clairsville-Richland City runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,619 students. St Clairsville Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, St Clairsville Elementary School lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, St Clairsville Elementary School lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Belmont County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), St Clairsville Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Belmont County put median household income runs about $57,017, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St Clairsville Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Belmont County (combined enrollment of about 8,619 students).

St Clairsville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, St Clairsville Elementary School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 635 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.