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Gorsuch West Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lancaster, Fairfield County. The school has 580 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lancaster City school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gorsuch West Elementary School enrolls 580 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 10% Two or more races and 4.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 476 | 82% |
| Two or more races | 60 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
425 of the school's 580 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 365 qualify for free lunch and 60 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gorsuch West Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OH At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 77.
Gorsuch West Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Lancaster City, based in Lancaster, Ohio. The district serves 6,248 students district-wide and employs 303 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 580 students, Gorsuch West Elementary School is close to the district average of about 625 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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