Barberton Primary School

Located at 1151 Shannon Ave, in Barberton, Ohio, Barberton Primary School is an expansive elementary campus that serves 671 students (grades K through 2), part of Barberton City. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Barberton Primary School sits 66% larger than that benchmark.

Barberton City runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,448 students. Barberton Primary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Barberton Primary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 18% Black, 14% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Summit County shows median household earnings sit near $71,622, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which Barberton Primary School is one.

Norton Primary Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barberton Primary School.

Barberton Primary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Barberton Primary School has held roughly steady, going from 685 students in 2018 to 671 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 73% to 62% over that span.

On this page, members of the Barberton Primary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.