The top reported proficiency rate is 80% in Social studies. The lowest is 52% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Eastern Intermediate Elementary School
Eastern Intermediate Elementary School serves grades three through five in Beaver, a very small rural village in eastern Pike County, southern Ohio. The school sits on a consolidated campus on Tile Mill Road on the village's edge, and is the only intermediate facility in the Eastern Local School District's K-12 system.
The enrollment is small, with just under two hundred students spread across the three grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a small population of Hispanic and multiracial students and one American Indian student. Free-or-reduced-price lunch status was not reported in the available data. Specific counts for students with individualized education programs and English learners are also missing from the data.
In state testing on Ohio's State Tests, the school shows mixed academic performance. In English language arts, proficiency is in the range just above the midpoint, and math proficiency is similar. Science proficiency is noticeably lower, falling roughly into the bottom half. The school showed full participation in all tested areas. Reading and math results place the school in the top quartile for overall proficiency when compared against the small group of districts in Pike County, a meaningful strength in a rural county context.
The locale is economically modest. Housing values in the Beaver zip code are below the state average, and afford ability relative to income is stronger than national medians. Unemployment in Pike County runs in the mid-range, and median household income trails the national benchmark. Pike County's economy centers on the Portsmouth Department of Energy Site, advanced manufacturing, health care, and agriculture. Within the village itself, the Eastern Local School District is itself a notable employer, and a family practice clinic operates on the school grounds.
Beaver itself is stable but not growing. The village population has remained roughly flat or edged down over recent years. The school building itself, which opened in a consolidated bond-funded renovation, is a relatively recent anchor. The surrounding Pike County region shows marginal employment growth and is positioning itself for development around the Portsmouth Site redevelopment corridor.
The school environment, staffing levels, discipline data, course offerings, and attendance records were not available in the data provided. The district brief found no recent major referenda, property-tax changes, or curriculum shifts that would materially affect parents' experience, so the school operates in a steady-state local context.
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