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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT CITY·NCES 390441601081
Davey Elementary School
196 N Prospect St, Kent, OH 44240 · (330) 673-6703 · Portage County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
216 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 91 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 Kent City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
66.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 66.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.6% | 67.9% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 68.4% |
| 2021-22 | 68.3% | 70.0% |
% 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Davey Elementary School
Davey Elementary School's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davey Elementary School this school | 437 | 49.4% | 68.2% |
| Northmoor Elementary School Englewood | 458 | 46.3% | 82.2% |
| Grant Elementary School Willoughby | 518 | 53.3% | 59.5% |
| J F Kennedy Elementary School Kettering | 602 | 50.7% | 76.1% |
| Wickliffe Lower School Wickliffe | 642 | 49.8% | 53.7% |
| Chapelfield Elementary School Gahanna | 409 | 46.2% | 72.3% |
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 Davey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #485 of 673 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #770 of 1,569 ▼ 77 | #11 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #690 of 1,569 ▲ 109 | #6 of 15 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #283 of 1,514 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #693 of 1,808 | #6 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #678 of 1,582 | #5 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #517 of 1,590 | #5 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #271 of 767 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #685 of 992 | #9 of 12 |
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
437
+45 (+11%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 437 | 25.5 | 17.1:1 | 49% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 49 | 9.1:1 | 63% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 48 | 9.1:1 | 43% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 26 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 27.8 | 17.1:1 | 51% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 52% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 51% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 38% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (476 to 437); teachers down 8% (27.8 to 25.5).
About Davey Elementary School
Davey Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Kent, Ohio. The latest federal count shows 437 students in pre-K through 5.
Davey Elementary School is in Kent City, a district with 3,233 students across 6 schools.
Davey Elementary School is 65% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. In Portage County overall, about 87% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 17.1 students per teacher and 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Portage County average 38%.
Davey Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 68.2%, compared with a predicted 70.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Portage County this way: the median household income is $75,766, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Davey Elementary School, Portage County has 47 other public schools.
Stanton Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Davey Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Davey Elementary School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Davey 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.
Enrollment at Davey Elementary School climbed 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 392 to 437 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.1:1 to 17.1:1 over the same years.
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Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
161,956
Census ACS
Median income
$75,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
19,638 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kent City
- Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,325 students
- Stanton Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Walls Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Longcoy Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Holden Elementary SchoolElementary · 220 students
Other schools in Kent
- Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,325 students
- Stanton Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Brimfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Walls Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Longcoy Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Holden Elementary SchoolElementary · 220 students
Other Davey Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Davey Elementary. Davey Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Davey ElementaryEau Claire, WI · 332 students
- Davey ElementaryHavre, MT · 8 students
Nearby schools
- Stanton Middle School0.8 mi · 616
- Theodore Roosevelt High School1.0 mi · 1,325
- Longcoy Elementary School1.1 mi · 280
- Holden Elementary School1.1 mi · 220
- Walls Elementary School1.1 mi · 355
- Stow-Munroe Falls High School1.7 mi · 1,648
Frequently asked questions
About Davey Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Davey Elementary School?
Davey Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Davey Elementary School serve?
Davey Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Davey Elementary School have?
Davey Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Davey Elementary School?
Student demographics at Davey Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 4% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Davey Elementary School in?
Davey Elementary School is part of Kent City.
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