Applewood Elementary School

Applewood Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Brunswick, Ohio, one of the schools within Brunswick City. The school educates 475 students in grades K through 5.

Applewood Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Brunswick City, a district that instructs 5,931 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Applewood Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder consists of 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Medina County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Applewood Elementary School logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Medina County's rate of about 26%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Applewood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.9%; this one delivers 73.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Medina County put median household income runs about $94,968, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Medina County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,243 students), of which Applewood Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Huntington Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Applewood Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Applewood Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 78.2%.

Applewood Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Applewood Elementary School's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 445 (now 475). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 90% to 82%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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