Best Public Schools in South Salem, OH

Summary:

The city of South Salem, Ohio has only one public elementary school, Buckskin Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 5th grade. Buckskin Elementary is part of the Greenfield Exempted Village school district.

Buckskin Elementary School has a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, placing it in the bottom half of Ohio elementary schools. The school's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, going from 682 out of 1,596 Ohio elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 955 out of 1,558 in 2024-2025. Academically, the school performs better than the state average in 5th-grade science but lags behind in 3rd-grade math and 3rd-grade English language arts.

Buckskin Elementary School has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (69.91%), indicating a relatively low-income student population. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $10,820, slightly higher than the state average, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.4, slightly lower than the state average. While the school's resources suggest a relatively favorable learning environment, the declining performance and uneven academic proficiency indicate a need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)			Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Total
Buckskin Elementary School	Public	K-5	4297 Broadway St	South Salem	45681	Ross County	Greenfield Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 981-2673	202	15	13.4		195 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	46.2	955^th of 1558 public elementary schools	38.7%		53.1	871^st of 1577 public elementary schools	44.8%	84	75.0	48.6	66.7	43.8	51.4	57.6	62.5	$14,502

Cities Near South Salem

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bainbridge	5.13 mi	4	553^rd
Greenfield	7.52 mi	3	387^th
Frankfort	8.19 mi	3	568^th
Chillicothe	11.61 mi	19	492^nd
Latham	14.22 mi	3	589^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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