Leipsic Elementary School, Leipsic OH

Original Research by School Decision on Leipsic Elementary School

Leipsic Elementary is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school in a small village in northwestern Ohio, serving about a quarter-thousand students from a town rooted in farmland but shaped by manufacturing employment. The school reflects the economic and demographic makeup of its place: roughly half the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and about half the students are Hispanic, with the remainder predominantly white. The student body is stable and reflects generational patterns of both agricultural heritage and the manufacturing jobs that drew families to the area beginning in the 1980s and 1990s.

On academics, the school's recent state test results show strength in English language arts, where proficiency runs solidly above the midpoint. Mathematics proficiency is lower, sitting at the bottom quartile when compared against other districts in Putnam County. Science performance sits in the middle range. The school tested all of its students in all tested subjects, so the results reflect the full enrolled population rather than a subset. Reading comprehension and writing appear to be areas where the school's instruction is landing more consistently than math, a pattern that may be worth discussing directly with the school if numeracy is a family concern.

The school is a regular public elementary school with no magnet or charter designation. No data on special education or English learner services were available, so a parent seeking information about those programs should ask the school directly. Discipline records, attendance rates, and staffing details were similarly not available in the data sources.

Leipsic is a compact village with a recognizable downtown anchored by a community center and historic buildings. Housing values are moderate, and the economic base is anchored in a handful of manufacturing facilities including coating, food processing, ethanol, and bottle-making plants, along with health care and retail employment. The village sits at a rail junction, which has brought both economic activity and occasional traffic disruptions. A new residential subdivision is under development near the park and school facilities, suggesting modest new building activity and confidence in the village's stability. Population has remained relatively flat over recent decades, and the community has been designated for potential state economic development grants, indicating local effort to strengthen the downtown core and regional economy.

The school fits a family looking for a traditional elementary setting in a working-class, established small town where manufacturing and agricultural heritage run deep and where the peer group reflects that economic base.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grades 3-866%

School 66% · District 72% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-877%

School 77% · District 76% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-876%

School 76% · District 76%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 461%

School 61% · district not reported

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

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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-income61%Higher-income64%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income86%47 pp gap