Elmwood Elementary School

Elmwood Elementary School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Garfield Heights, Ohio, part of Garfield Heights City Schools, instructing 374 students in grades 1 through 3.

Within Garfield Heights City Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 2,581 students, Elmwood Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Elmwood Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). The remainder comes out to 10% multiracial, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cuyahoga County put the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Elmwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: The Brilliance School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 72% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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