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How has Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLMSTED FALLS CITY·NCES 390465702594
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School
26450 Bagley Rd, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138 · (440) 427-6400 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
190 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 216 | 31% |
| Grade 2 | 245 | 35% |
| Grade 3 | 243 | 35% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School→Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building→Olmsted Falls Middle School→Olmsted Falls High School
Based on grade levels within Olmsted Falls City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.6pp since 2021
Math
72.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.8% | 66.4% |
| 2022-23 | 83.5% | 72.5% |
| 2021-22 | 79.2% | 73.1% |
% 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School this school | 704 | 27.0% | 72.7% |
| Liberty Elementary School North Ridgeville | 624 | 31.9% | N/A |
| Main Elementary School Beavercreek | 725 | 23.7% | 83.3% |
| Eastwood Elementary School Pemberville | 685 | 31.2% | 85.2% |
| Sidney Fenn Elementary School Medina | 604 | 29.3% | 86.9% |
| Big Walnut Intermediate School Sunbury | 663 | 21.4% | 75.6% |
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 Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #409 of 673 | #31 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #597 of 1,569 ▲ 132 | #40 of 172 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #448 of 1,569 ▼ 38 | #34 of 172 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #266 of 1,514 | #23 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #144 of 1,808 | #8 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,348 of 1,582 | #142 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #954 of 1,590 | #94 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #562 of 767 | #23 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #926 of 992 | #92 of 98 |
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
704
+23 (+3%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 704 | 34.3 | 20.6:1 | 27% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 730 | 34.3 | 21.3:1 | 27% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 32.3 | 22.9:1 | 15% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 38 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 42.1 | 17.1:1 | 16% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 42 | 18.1:1 | 20% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 39 | 21.5:1 | 18% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 44 | 20.1:1 | 11% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 16 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (720 to 704); teachers down 19% (42.1 to 34.3).
About Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School is a large elementary school in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, one of the schools in Olmsted Falls City. It is open to students in grades 1 through 3 and enrolls 704 students. That is 74% larger than the average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.
Olmsted Falls City runs 5 schools with a combined 3,507 students. Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School is one of them.
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School is 84% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Cuyahoga County overall, about 58% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.
There are about 20.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School, which has 34.3. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School is about 27%. The average for public schools in Cuyahoga County is similar, at 27%.
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.7%, compared with a predicted 78.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Cuyahoga County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $64,468, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 352 public schools in the county, enrolling about 155,924, Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Olmsted Falls High School is closest at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 681 to 704, a 3% rise. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.9:1 to 20.6:1.
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Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olmsted Falls City
- Olmsted Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,228 students
- Olmsted Falls Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Olmsted Falls Intermediate BuildingElementary · 507 students
- Olmsted Falls Early Childhood CenterElementary · 321 students
- Bulldog Digital Learning AcademyCombined
Other schools in Olmsted Falls
- Olmsted Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,228 students
- Olmsted Falls Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Olmsted Falls Intermediate BuildingElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Olmsted Falls High School0.7 mi · 1,228
- Olmsted Falls Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 321
- Olmsted Falls Middle School1.1 mi · 747
- Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building1.2 mi · 507
- North Olmsted High School2.6 mi · 1,115
- Grindstone Elementary School2.6 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary SchoolHow large is Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School?
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades 01-03.
Is Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School is approximately 20.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School?
At Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School public or private?
Falls-Lenox Primary Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olmsted Falls City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.