Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE LOCAL·NCES 391001403026
Buckeye Elementary School
175 Buckeye Rd, Painesville, OH 44077 · (440) 352-2191 · Lake County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
137 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Riverside Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
71.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.6pp since 2021
Math
75.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +10.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.1% | 67.9% |
| 2022-23 | 76.4% | 70.9% |
| 2021-22 | 73.9% | 64.3% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Buckeye Elementary School
Buckeye Elementary School's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Elementary School this school | 366 | 37.4% | 73.0% |
| Melridge Elementary School Painesville | 299 | 40.8% | 79.3% |
| Meadowlawn Elementary School Sandusky | 421 | 36.6% | 64.9% |
| Granby Elementary School Columbus | 404 | 36.4% | 69.5% |
| Brookside Elementary School Columbus | 319 | 30.4% | 75.5% |
| Conneaut Elementary School Bowling Green | 414 | 32.1% | 79.6% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Buckeye Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #402 of 673 | #7 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #521 of 1,569 ▲ 174 | #10 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #557 of 1,569 ▼ 114 | #9 of 25 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #658 of 1,514 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #992 of 1,808 | #19 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,229 of 1,582 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #528 of 1,590 | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #426 of 767 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #294 of 561 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
366
+51 (+16%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 26.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 366 | 18.6 | 19.7:1 | 37% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 19.2 | 20.0:1 | 40% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 16.6 | 22.0:1 | 27% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 12 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 16.7 | 19.9:1 | 31% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 17 | 22.1:1 | 28% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 22 | 23.1:1 | 21% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 11 | 23.9:1 | 19% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 12 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckeye Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (332 to 366); teachers up 11% (16.7 to 18.6).
About Buckeye Elementary School
Buckeye Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Painesville, Ohio. It enrolled 366 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year.
Besides Buckeye Elementary School, Riverside Local runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 4,254 students.
Roughly 67% of students at Buckeye Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Lake County, the White share is about 86%. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Buckeye Elementary School is 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 19.7:1. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%. For comparison, public schools in Lake County average 39%.
Buckeye Elementary School scores 73.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 74.7%.
Census estimates describe Lake County this way: the median household income is $80,925, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Buckeye Elementary School, Lake County has 64 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Buckeye Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Chestnut Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
Buckeye Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 366 students in 2024-25, 51 more than the 315 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 26.3:1 to 19.7:1.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Riverside Local
- Riverside Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
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- Riverside PreschoolElementary · 142 students
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- Harvey High SchoolHigh · 847 students
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- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 602 students
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Other Buckeye Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Buckeye Elementary. Buckeye Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
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- Buckeye Elementary SchoolDeville, LA · 419 students
- Buckeye ElementaryShingle Springs, CA · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Chestnut Elementary School0.5 mi · 425
- Melridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 299
- iSTEM1.2 mi · 177
- Heritage Middle School1.2 mi · 602
- Henry F Lamuth Middle School1.2 mi · 703
- Maple Elementary School1.3 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Buckeye Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Buckeye Elementary School?
Buckeye Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-04.
Is Buckeye Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buckeye Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buckeye Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buckeye Elementary School is approximately 19.7:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buckeye Elementary School?
At Buckeye Elementary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Buckeye Elementary School in?
Buckeye Elementary School is part of Riverside Local.
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