Van Wert Early Childhood Center

Located at 1120 Buckeye Dr, in Van Wert, Ohio, Van Wert Early Childhood Center is an intimate elementary campus that works with 343 students (grades pre-K through K), part of Van Wert City.

Across the 4 schools in Van Wert City (1,943 students total), Van Wert Early Childhood Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Van Wert Early Childhood Center reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Van Wert County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Van Wert County) records that median household earnings sit near $67,917, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Van Wert Early Childhood Center is one of 14 public schools in Van Wert County (combined enrollment of about 4,713 students).

Vantage Career Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Van Wert Early Childhood Center has ticked up 7%, going from 321 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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