Millersport Elementary School, Millersport OH

Original Research by School Decision on Millersport Elementary School

Millersport Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in a small lakeside village at the center of Walnut Township Local, a single-campus school district in northeast Fairfield County. The school enrolls about half the students in its grade band as a typical elementary school, drawing from a village population that is predominantly white and roughly nine-tenths rural or small-town in character. A substantial share of students—approaching three-fifths—qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a working-class and farming-based economic profile rather than wealth concentration.

The most recent state testing results, from grades three through five, show proficiency in English language arts running solidly above the midpoint among the county's districts, while math proficiency sits below that midpoint. Science proficiency is notably lower, at about four-tenths of students meeting the standard. English language arts is the school's relative strength. Older social studies results from 2017 suggest the school performed solidly at that time, but no recent science or social studies data has been released for comparison. State testing participation was complete across all subjects offered.

The school sits on a separate campus on Lancaster Street rather than embedded in Millersport's historic village center, which clusters around the Ohio-Erie Canal and Refugee Street. Buckeye Lake, immediately east of the village, shapes the community's identity and recreational life; the lake experienced a major state dam reinforcement that concluded a few years ago, since which lakeside development and visitor activity have recovered noticeably. Housing values in the area reflect modest appreciation and remain accessible for families in the region's working and middle-income ranges, though waterfront and vacation-home competition has tightened lot availability on the Millersport side of the lake.

The school's parent context includes a resident-only earned-income tax that residents voted to renew in May 2023, extending school funding through a specified future date. This tax is a material household cost for families moving into the district and warrants understanding before enrollment. Employment in the village itself is limited; most residents commute outward to Columbus, Zanesville, Lancaster, or Newark for primary jobs. The village center is compact and walkable, but outside the seasonal peaks of lake recreation and the annual Sweet Corn Festival, daily life is quiet. No public transit system serves the village.

Special education and English learner enrollment counts were not available in the data provided. Civil rights or discipline data were not included. A parent may want to reach out to the school directly to understand the availability of special services, intervention supports for math, and any science-focused programming that might address the current performance gap in that subject.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grades 3-863%

School 63% · District 52% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-874%

School 74% · District 66% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-872%

School 72% · District 68% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 486%

School 86% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 664%

School 64% · district not reported

even with state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolWalnut Township 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 6Lower-income36%Higher-income75%39 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income54%27 pp gap