Bloom-vernon Elementary School, South Webster OH

Original Research by School Decision on Bloom-vernon Elementary School

Bloom-Vernon Elementary School serves a small, close-knit Appalachian village where families live and work within a blue-collar economy and most own their homes. The school sits on Main Street in South Webster, a village that is shrinking slowly but remains anchored by its schools and library. The elementary serves about five hundred students across prekindergarten through sixth grade, with a student body that is overwhelmingly white and economically stretched: two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The school's academic results are solid across tested subjects. Math proficiency stands in the upper range, and English language arts is slightly higher. Science proficiency is also strong. When set against other districts in Scioto County, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top performance tier. These are genuine strengths, not outlier results; they reflect consistent teaching and learning in core subjects. The school tested all students in these subjects at full participation rates, so the results reflect the whole population, not a selected group.

The data available covers only the current school year, so a reader cannot see whether performance is climbing, stable, or shifting. Older social studies results from several years ago were strong, but no recent data on that subject is public. Special education enrollment and English learner counts are not reported, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about how it serves students with individualized education plans or those still learning English.

The housing market in South Webster is affordable by state and national standards, with median home values well below both state and national benchmarks. Mortgages on median-priced homes would run modestly in monthly cost, a real advantage for families. However, the village is in long-term population decline, with fewer jobs, lower median employment, and falling property values year over year. This is not a growth area. For families, it means a stable, affordable, somewhat isolated rural community where you know your neighbors and your children likely know most of their peers.

The district recently opened an air-supported athletic dome with two indoor courts and a track, a significant facilities addition for a small rural school system that had been running at capacity. That kind of capital investment signals commitment to student experience beyond the classroom.

Bloom-Vernon Elementary is an ordinary public elementary school with honest academic performance in a rural setting. It is the right fit for families who value affordability, small-town life, and straightforward instruction in core subjects, and who either work locally or commute out to nearby towns for employment.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grades 3-880%

School 80% · District 83% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-883%

School 83% · District 81% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-883%

School 83% · District 84% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 491%

School 91% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 686%

School 86% · district not reported

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolBloom-Vernon 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.