River View Elementary School, Warsaw OH

Original Research by School Decision on River View Elementary School

River View Elementary School is a small, rural public elementary school serving pre-K through second grade in Warsaw, Ohio, a quiet village in western Coshocton County. The school itself sits on Blissfield Road, on the district's rural campus outside the village center, and serves a tight-knit community where the school district is itself a significant local employer.

The school's enrollment is small, with around a few hundred students across its grade band. A substantial share of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting rural and working-class demographics in the area. The student body is predominantly white, with very small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available.

On state assessments in 2022-23, the school showed uneven performance across subjects and grades. In math, third graders performed at a high level, but proficiency dropped notably among fifth and sixth graders. English language arts showed similar variation, with strong results in some grades and weaker ones in others. Science performance at the fifth-grade level was solid. These results reflect a profile where early elementary foundations appear stronger than upper elementary achievement, a pattern a parent may want to explore with the school.

Relative to the five other districts in Coshocton County, River View Elementary's overall proficiency index placed it in the top quartile among district schools, meaning its aggregate test performance exceeded most of its county neighbors. This is a genuine strength. Data on graduation rates and chronic absenteeism do not apply to an elementary school serving these grade levels.

The immediate context matters for any family considering the school. At the end of the 2022-23 school year, the district permanently closed two older elementary buildings—Conesville Elementary and Keene Elementary—consolidating all lower-grade students into River View Elementary. This consolidation reflects a long-term enrollment decline across the district dating back decades. Families from Conesville and Keene now have longer bus rides to Warsaw. The closure was driven partly by a major loss of local revenue: the closure of the AEP Conesville coal plant in May 2020 eliminated roughly hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual district funding.

Recent levy elections tell the funding story. In November 2024 a renewal levy narrowly passed, and in May 2025 a second renewal levy passed, stabilizing the district's local tax base after years when income-tax levy attempts failed. Current programming is funded through the next renewal cycle, but margins are thin. Parents should understand that the district operates in a constrained fiscal environment shaped by the loss of industrial tax base and declining enrollment, and that long-term program stability depends on continued voter support.

The village of Warsaw itself is small, occupying only a few square miles, with a walkable downtown anchored by Main Street and Village Park. Beyond that core, the surrounding Jefferson Township is rural countryside. The housing market reflects rural character: recent development consists mainly of new country homes on multi-acre lots rather than denser in-village construction. Home values are moderate for the region. Growth in the village is slow but steady.

For families seeking early elementary education in a rural setting with a small-school feel and solid comparative test performance, River View Elementary is the only option in this grade band in Warsaw itself. The school is navigating real constraints—enrollment loss, revenue challenges, and recent consolidation—that are part of the district's landscape. A parent considering this school should have a conversation with the building about how consolidation is affecting classroom composition, instructional resources, and bus schedules, and should understand that the district's future depends on continued local funding support.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 392%

School 92% · district not reported

▲ 31 pts above state median

Grade 468%

School 68% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 562%

School 62% · district not reported

▲ 21 pts above state median

Grade 688%

School 88% · district not reported

▲ 66 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 368%

School 68% · district not reported

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 464%

School 64% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 579%

School 79% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 658%

School 58% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median

Science

Grade 579%

School 79% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 4100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median

Grade 691%

School 91% · district not reported

▲ 27 pts above state median

This schoolRiver View 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 3Lower-income54%Higher-income82%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income62%Higher-income65%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income65%Higher-income94%29 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income51%Higher-income66%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income92%Higher-income92%0 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income60%Higher-income73%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income52%Higher-income72%20 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income84%Higher-income93%8 pp gap