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Stryker Elementary School

400 S Defiance St, Stryker, OH 43557 · (419) 682-2841 · Williams County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
Enrollment
231
Elementary
DISTRICT 186 · STATE 404
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
125 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Pre-K
43
Kindergarten
31
Grade 1
24
Grade 2
31
Grade 3
23
Grade 4
28
Grade 5
29
Grade 6
22
Student demographics
White
20790%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Hispanic
177%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 8%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 17%
Two+
63%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 7%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
10746%
Female
12454%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Stryker Elementary SchoolStryker High School
Based on grade levels within Stryker Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or Above
English Language Arts
62.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -10.4pp since 2021
Math
57.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -11.9pp since 2021

What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 12 points.

Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
231
+8 (+4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.7:1
% White
90%
was 86%
% Hispanic
7%
was 12%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Stryker Elementary School

As a modestly sized K-5 school in Stryker, Ohio, Stryker Elementary School educates 231 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under Stryker Local. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Stryker Elementary School sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Stryker Local runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 372 students. Stryker Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Stryker Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Stryker Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Stryker Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 54% of students at Stryker Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Williams County's rate of about 80%.

With demographic context factored in, Stryker Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.4%; this one delivers 62.8%.

In the area at large, Williams County reports that median household income runs about $61,048, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Williams County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,964 students), Stryker Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stryker High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Stryker Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 75.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stryker Elementary School has climbed 4%, going from 223 students in 2018 to 231 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 12% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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Williams County at a glance

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Population
36,719
Census ACS
Median income
$61,048
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,964 students

Quick facts

School name
Stryker Elementary School
District
Stryker Local
Address
400 S Defiance St, Stryker, OH 43557
Phone
(419) 682-2841
County
Williams County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
231
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
12.8:1
Free/Reduced lunch
125 (54%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
390506504018
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Stryker Elementary School
How many students attend Stryker Elementary School?
Stryker Elementary School enrolls approximately 231 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Stryker Elementary School serve?
Stryker Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Stryker Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Stryker Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Stryker Elementary School?
Student demographics at Stryker Elementary School are roughly 90% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Stryker Elementary School public or private?
Stryker Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stryker Local.
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