Waterville Primary School

Set in Waterville, Ohio, Waterville Primary School is a medium-sized elementary campus, overseen by Anthony Wayne Local. It works with 468 students across grades K through 4.

Across the 6 schools in Anthony Wayne Local (4,135 students total), Waterville Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Waterville Primary School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Waterville Primary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Lucas County's rate of about 44%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Waterville Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 82.8%, the actual is 89.7%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lucas County shows median household income runs about $62,224, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lucas County's 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,839 students), Waterville Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fallen Timbers Middle School, around 2.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Waterville Primary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 89.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 462 students in 2018 compared to 468 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 0% to 4%. Class-load math has fell: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Waterville Primary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.