Gordon Dewitt Elementary School

Set in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Gordon Dewitt Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, overseen by Cuyahoga Falls City School District. It instructs 364 students across grades K through 5.

Cuyahoga Falls City School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,848 students; Gordon Dewitt Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Gordon Dewitt Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 12% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Summit County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Gordon Dewitt Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Summit County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gordon Dewitt Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.3%, the actual is 77.3%, a residual of +10.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Summit County indicate median household income runs about $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which Gordon Dewitt Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cuyahoga Falls High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gordon Dewitt Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 425 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 12% to 4%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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