Tallmadge Elementary School

Tallmadge Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Lancaster, Ohio, operated by Lancaster City, instructs 486 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% bigger than the state mean of about 404.

Tallmadge Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Lancaster City, a district that educates 6,036 students overall.

Demographically, Tallmadge Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder comes out to 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Fairfield County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Tallmadge Elementary School shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Fairfield County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,966, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Fairfield County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,447 students), of which Tallmadge Elementary School is one.

Gorsuch West Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Tallmadge Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 580 (now 486). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 89% to 84%. Class-load math has fell: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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