Unity Elementary School

Unity Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary school in Lima, Ohio, operated by Lima City. The school instructs 241 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 40% smaller than the state mean of about 404.

Within Lima City, which oversees 9 schools and 3,370 students, Unity Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Unity Elementary School records that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 21% White, 20% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Unity Elementary School shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Allen County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,038, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Unity Elementary School is one of 36 public schools in Allen County (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students).

The closest other public school is Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Unity Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 204 students in 2018 compared to 241 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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