Wapakoneta Elementary

Wapakoneta Elementary is one of the expansive K-5 schools in Wapakoneta, Ohio, overseen by Wapakoneta City, with 800 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 98% larger than typical.

Wapakoneta City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,786 students. Wapakoneta Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wapakoneta Elementary records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Wapakoneta Elementary shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. 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, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Wapakoneta Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Auglaize County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,660, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wapakoneta Elementary is one of 18 public schools in Auglaize County (combined enrollment of about 7,462 students).

The closest other public school is Wapakoneta Jr. High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wapakoneta Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 71.8%.

Wapakoneta Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Wapakoneta Elementary's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 987 (now 800). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 92% over that span.

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