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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the West Liberty-Salem Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST LIBERTY-SALEM LOCAL·NCES 390462102471
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School
7208 US Highway 68 N, West Liberty, OH 43357 · (937) 465-1060 · Champaign County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
363 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School→West Liberty-Salem Middle School→West Liberty-Salem High School
Based on grade levels within West Liberty-Salem Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.6pp since 2021
Math
86.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.7% | 86.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 86.2% |
| 2022-23 | 81.5% | 89.0% |
| 2021-22 | 79.1% | 83.9% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Ohio's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like West Liberty-Salem Elementary School
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School's state test result (83.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Liberty-Salem Elementary School this school | 480 | 75.6% | 83.9% |
| Bucyrus Elementary School Bucyrus | 562 | 73.1% | 48.9% |
| Woodsfield Elementary School Woodsfield | 363 | 72.7% | 63.1% |
| Buckeye Trail Elementary Lore City | 435 | 82.1% | 58.5% |
| Fredericktown Elementary School Fredericktown | 535 | 82.1% | 77.1% |
| Mt Orab Primary Elementary School Mount Orab | 683 | 70.1% | 67.3% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where West Liberty-Salem Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #161 of 673 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #177 of 1,569 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #273 of 1,569 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #889 of 1,514 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #545 of 1,808 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #766 of 1,582 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #1,437 of 1,590 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #38 of 767 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #573 of 992 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
480
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 480 | 27.5 | 17.4:1 | 76% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 28.5 | 17.6:1 | 69% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 29.5 | 18.1:1 | 60% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 29 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 29.5 | 18.2:1 | 39% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 26 | 20.7:1 | 45% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 50% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 17% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Liberty-Salem Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (538 to 480); teachers down 7% (29.5 to 27.5).
About West Liberty-Salem Elementary School
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in West Liberty, Ohio, (ZIP code 43357). It reports enrollment of 480 students in kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, West Liberty-Salem Local has 3 schools and 1,128 students.
A large majority of enrollment at West Liberty-Salem Elementary School is White, at 94%. The school is also 4% multiracial. Among Champaign County residents, the White share is about 92%. The diversity index for West Liberty-Salem Elementary School is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School has 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is close to this figure. At West Liberty-Salem Elementary School, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 57% average for public schools in Champaign County is 19 points lower.
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Ohio public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, West Liberty-Salem Elementary School is in the top 10% of Ohio schools: 83.9% actual against 60.3% predicted.
In the wider Champaign County area, median household income comes to about $75,556, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Champaign County has 15 public schools with about 6,135 students, including West Liberty-Salem Elementary School.
The closest school to West Liberty-Salem Elementary School is West Liberty-Salem High School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Its average proficiency rate of 83.9% is above the 62.8% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 480, from 518 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the West Liberty-Salem Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,804
Census ACS
Median income
$75,556
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,135 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Liberty-Salem Local
- West Liberty-Salem High SchoolHigh · 366 students
- West Liberty-Salem Middle SchoolMiddle · 282 students
Other schools in West Liberty
- West Liberty-Salem High SchoolHigh · 366 students
- West Liberty-Salem Middle SchoolMiddle · 282 students
Nearby schools
- West Liberty-Salem High School0.0 mi · 366
- West Liberty-Salem Middle School0.0 mi · 282
- Urbana High School7.2 mi · 528
- Bellefontaine Middle School8.9 mi · 465
- Urbana Elementary School9.0 mi · 864
- Urbana Junior High School9.0 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About West Liberty-Salem Elementary SchoolHow large is West Liberty-Salem Elementary School?
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does West Liberty-Salem Elementary School serve?
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at West Liberty-Salem Elementary School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at West Liberty-Salem Elementary School.
How diverse is West Liberty-Salem Elementary School?
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees West Liberty-Salem Elementary School?
West Liberty-Salem Elementary School is overseen by West Liberty-Salem Local in Champaign County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.