Craddock Elementary School

Craddock Elementary School operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Aurora, Ohio, overseen by Aurora City. Current enrollment sits at 433 students spanning grades 1 through 2.

Craddock Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Aurora City, a district that caters to 3,049 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Craddock Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 11% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Portage County's rate of about 38%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Portage County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,766, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Portage County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students), Craddock Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Aurora High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Craddock Elementary School.

Craddock Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Craddock Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 401 (now 433). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 84% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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