Thornville Elementary School

Set in Thornville, Ohio, Thornville Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, operated by Northern Local. It instructs 351 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 5 schools in Northern Local (2,162 students total), Thornville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Thornville Elementary School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Perry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,460 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thornville Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Perry County (combined enrollment of about 5,663 students).

Lakewood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Thornville Elementary School.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 440 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Thornville Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.