Eliza Northrop Elementary

Eliza Northrop Elementary, a mid-tier K-5 school in Medina, Ohio, part of Medina City SD, teaches 466 students, covering grades K through 5.

Medina City SD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,414 students. Eliza Northrop Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Eliza Northrop Elementary shows that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 32% of students at Eliza Northrop Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eliza Northrop Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.9%, the actual is 73.8%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Across the wider county, Medina County reports that median household income runs about $94,968, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Eliza Northrop Elementary is one of 49 public schools in Medina County (combined enrollment of about 25,243 students).

Medina High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eliza Northrop Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 81.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 561 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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