West Elementary School

West Elementary School, a compact elementary-level community in Malta, Ohio, run under Morgan Local, serves 255 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 404.

West Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Morgan Local, a district that hosts 1,601 students overall.

On the student-mix side, West Elementary School records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Morgan County put the typical household earns roughly $59,351 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morgan County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,601 students), West Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Crooksville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

West Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.