Wise Elementary School

Wise Elementary School is one of the very small intermediate schools in Millersburg, Ohio, run under East Holmes Local, with 67 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 86% smaller than the state mean of about 482.

East Holmes Local runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 1,491 students. Wise Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wise Elementary School lists that 99% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Holmes County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Holmes County's rate of about 31%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wise Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 85.4%, the actual is 76.4%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Holmes County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,140 per year, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Wise Elementary School is one of 17 public schools in Holmes County (combined enrollment of about 3,271 students).

The closest other public school is Buckeye Career Center Annex-Hiland Satellite, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wise Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 81.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 93 students in 2018 compared to 67 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, 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.