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What's one thing Chapman Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STRONGSVILLE CITY·NCES 390448401727
Chapman Elementary School
13883 Drake Rd, Strongsville, OH 44136 · (440) 572-7140 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
111 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 | 66 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Strongsville City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.3pp since 2021
Math
75.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 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 up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.9% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2022-23 | 69.9% | 71.7% |
| 2021-22 | 73.6% | 70.9% |
% 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
81.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Chapman Elementary School
Chapman Elementary School's state test result (81.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Elementary School this school | 446 | 24.9% | 81.3% |
| Avery Elementary School Hilliard | 432 | 23.8% | 73.9% |
| Lake Cable Elementary School Canton | 544 | 27.4% | 84.8% |
| C H Campbell Elementary School Canfield | 470 | 23.6% | 90.2% |
| Stephen Bell Elementary School Bellbrook | 535 | 26.9% | N/A |
| Summit Elementary School Cincinnati | 512 | 23.8% | 87.4% |
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 Chapman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #212 of 673 | #23 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #516 of 1,569 ▼ 342 | #34 of 172 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #296 of 1,569 ▼ 131 | #26 of 172 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #610 of 1,514 | #89 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #666 of 1,808 | #53 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #1,198 of 1,582 | #130 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #789 of 1,590 | #80 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #586 of 767 | #26 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.9% | #73 of 561 | #11 of 64 |
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
446
+78 (+21%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 446 | 22.9 | 19.5:1 | 25% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 25.3 | 18.1:1 | 17% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 23.8 | 17.4:1 | 18% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 19.1 | 16.2:1 | 25% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 22 | 18.0:1 | 24% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 27 | 18.1:1 | 3% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 579 | 24 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (310 to 446); teachers up 20% (19.1 to 22.9).
About Chapman Elementary School
Chapman Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Strongsville, Ohio. The latest federal count shows 446 students in pre-K through 5.
Strongsville City, which runs Chapman Elementary School, has 9 schools and 5,757 students.
Roughly 79% of students at Chapman Elementary School are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cuyahoga County residents are about 58% White. Chapman Elementary School's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.5:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Chapman Elementary School reports 25% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Cuyahoga County average 27%.
Chapman Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Ohio public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 79.4% at Chapman Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 81.3%.
Within Cuyahoga County, the median household income is $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Chapman Elementary School, Cuyahoga County has 351 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Crestview Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Chapman Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 78 students since 2020-21, to 446. Students per teacher rose from 16.0 in 2020-21 to 19.5 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Chapman Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Strongsville City
- Strongsville High SchoolHigh · 1,842 students
- Strongsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,327 students
- Kinsner Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Muraski Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Whitney Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Surrarrer Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Strongsville
- Strongsville High SchoolHigh · 1,842 students
- Strongsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,327 students
- Kinsner Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Muraski Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Whitney Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Surrarrer Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other Chapman Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Chapman Elementary. Chapman Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Chapman Elementary SchoolROCKWOOD, MI · 434 students
- Chapman ElementaryGardena, CA · 406 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 353 students
- Chapman ElementaryChico, CA · 311 students
- Chapman ElemChapman, KS · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Crestview Elementary School1.4 mi · 430
- Brunswick Memorial Elementary School2.0 mi · 362
- Strongsville Online Learning Opportunity Academy2.4 mi · 9
- Walter Kidder Elementary School2.4 mi · 480
- Early Learning Preschool2.9 mi · 143
- Kinsner Elementary School2.9 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Chapman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chapman Elementary School?
Chapman Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chapman Elementary School serve?
Chapman Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chapman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chapman Elementary School is approximately 19.5:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chapman Elementary School?
At Chapman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Chapman Elementary School in?
Chapman Elementary School is part of Strongsville City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.