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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOUGHBY-EASTLAKE CITY·NCES 390451001997
Edison Elementary School
5288 Karen Isle Dr, Willoughby, OH 44094 · (440) 942-2099 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
250 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
66.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
53.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -5.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.5% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 67.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.6% | 59.3% |
| 2021-22 | 65.4% | 58.2% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Edison Elementary School
Edison Elementary School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Elementary School this school | 543 | 46.0% | 64.0% |
| Northmoor Elementary School Englewood | 458 | 46.3% | 82.2% |
| J F Kennedy Elementary School Kettering | 602 | 50.7% | 76.1% |
| Grant Elementary School Willoughby | 518 | 53.3% | 59.5% |
| Royal Manor Elementary School Gahanna | 423 | 48.9% | 62.3% |
| 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 Edison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #560 of 673 | #12 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,042 of 1,569 ▼ 335 | #21 of 25 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #707 of 1,569 ▼ 155 | #11 of 25 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #310 of 1,514 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #370 of 1,808 | #7 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #234 of 1,582 | #7 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #321 of 1,590 | #1 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #324 of 767 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #215 of 992 | #3 of 18 |
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
543
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 543 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 46% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 46% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 36% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 37 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 39.5 | 17.6:1 | 34% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 754 | 41 | 18.4:1 | 36% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 33% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 26 | 23.0:1 | 16% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 579 | 26 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (695 to 543); teachers down 6% (39.5 to 37).
About Edison Elementary School
Edison Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Willoughby, Ohio. It serves 543 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Ohio is roughly 404 students; this school is 34% bigger than that.
Edison Elementary School is one of the 13 schools that make up Willoughby-Eastlake City (6,861 students in total).
At Edison Elementary School, White students make up 52% of the student body. The next largest groups are 29% Black, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. The school's White share is 33 points below the 86% share among Lake County residents. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 37 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.7:1. That is lower than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Eligible students account for 46% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The model predicts 71.4% for a school in Ohio with Edison Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Edison Elementary School posts 64.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lake County show that 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. Edison Elementary School is one of 65 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Edison Elementary School is Northern Career Institute, about 0.5 miles away. Edison Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Edison Elementary School comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Edison Elementary School declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 586 to 543 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.8:1 to 14.7:1 over the same years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Willoughby-Eastlake City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Royalview Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- School of InnovationMiddle · 448 students
Other schools in Willoughby
- South High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- School of InnovationMiddle · 448 students
- Northern Career InstituteHigh · 148 students
Other Edison Elementary schools
37 other US public schools in 19 states are named Edison Elementary. Edison Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 38.
- Edison Elementary SchoolAshland, OH · 411 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolDayton, OH · 357 students
- Edison ElementaryOntario, CA · 736 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolGAINESVILLE, TX · 630 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 583 students
Nearby schools
- Northern Career Institute0.5 mi · 148
- Willoughby Middle School0.7 mi · 509
- South High School0.9 mi · 995
- Royalview Elementary School1.5 mi · 689
- Willowick Middle School1.5 mi · 404
- Wickliffe Upper School1.8 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Edison Elementary SchoolHow large is Edison Elementary School?
Edison Elementary School enrolls approximately 543 students in grades KG-05.
Is Edison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Edison Elementary School have?
Edison Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is Edison Elementary School?
Edison Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 3% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Edison Elementary School public or private?
Edison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Willoughby-Eastlake City.
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