New Bremen Elementary School, New Bremen OH

Original Research by School Decision on New Bremen Elementary School

New Bremen Elementary School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in a small village in northwest Ohio. The school is part of the New Bremen Local district, which operates all grades from K to 12 in a unified campus setting that was substantially rebuilt and expanded within the last several years.

Academic performance at the elementary level is strong across the board. In mathematics, the proficiency rate is very high. English language arts proficiency is solid, with the vast majority of students meeting or exceeding state standards. Science proficiency is lower than the other two subjects, though still well above the midpoint. These results place the school in the top quartile of districts across Auglaize County on an overall proficiency index.

The school serves an enrollment of roughly four hundred students spread across seven grades, with kindergarten being the largest cohort. The student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of students from Black, Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial backgrounds. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education, and English learner populations are not publicly available for this school.

New Bremen is a close-knit village anchored by Crown Equipment Corporation, a global forklift manufacturer headquartered there. The community has a mixed blue-collar and white-collar workforce, strong civic institutions including parks and a library branch, and a restored historic downtown along the Miami-Erie Canal. Housing values are moderate relative to state and national benchmarks, and most residents have short commutes. Recent residential development includes several new subdivisions, indicating modest but steady growth tied largely to Crown Equipment's continued expansion.

The elementary school building itself is part of a capital project completed in 2020 that unified the K-12 campus and created new K-6 facilities. This means families have a modern, recently constructed school environment. The broader school district invests in academic programs; the campus also includes the Dianne Komminsk Center for Innovative Thinking, signaling an institutional commitment to student enrichment beyond traditional academics.

A parent considering this school would be choosing a rural, tight-knit community with strong baseline academic performance in math and literacy, a small-school environment, and a setting where Crown Equipment's presence shapes both local employment and civic life. The science proficiency data suggests this may be an area where the school could deepen support, though without trend data or additional context it is difficult to assess whether this reflects curriculum design, testing factors, or resource allocation. The school's location within a recently renovated, unified K-12 campus offers continuity for families as children progress through the grades.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-897%

School 97% · District 95% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-890%

School 90% · District 89% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-881%

School 81% · District 89% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 498%

School 98% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 690%

School 90% · district not reported

▲ 26 pts above state median

This schoolNew Bremen Local, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income86%Higher-income90%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income100%Higher-income85%15 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income100%Higher-income96%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income85%52 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income86%Higher-income98%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income100%Higher-income94%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income20%Higher-income80%60 pp gap