Berkshire Elementary

Set in Burton, Ohio, Berkshire Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community, run under Berkshire Local. It instructs 517 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 28% above typical.

Within Berkshire Local, which oversees 4 schools and 1,372 students, Berkshire Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Berkshire Elementary reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Geauga County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Berkshire Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Berkshire Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Geauga County's rate of about 21%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Berkshire Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 75.5%; actual is 64.9%, a gap of -10.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Geauga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $107,860 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Geauga County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,939 students), of which Berkshire Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Berkshire Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Berkshire Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 69.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 162%: 197 students in 2018 compared to 517 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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