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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLAND LOCAL·NCES 390484905299
Granger Elementary School
1724 Wilbur Rd, Medina, OH 44256 · (330) 239-1901 · Medina County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
57 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 87 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
92.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.5pp since 2021
Math
90.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.6% | 90.9% |
| 2023-24 | 91.8% | 90.7% |
| 2022-23 | 91.0% | 91.5% |
| 2021-22 | 90.1% | 92.5% |
% 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
91.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Granger Elementary School
Granger Elementary School's state test result (91.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granger Elementary School this school | 512 | 11.1% | 91.7% |
| Ralph E. Waite Elementary Medina | 500 | 11.8% | 82.4% |
| Mariemont Elementary School Cincinnati | 514 | 15.6% | 92.1% |
| Goldwood Primary Elementary School Rocky River | 575 | 14.8% | N/A |
| Sharon Elementary School Wadsworth | 627 | 8.9% | 90.6% |
| Kensington Intermediate Elementary School Rocky River | 586 | 15.4% | 95.1% |
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 Granger Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Medina County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.7% | #25 of 673 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.9% | #69 of 1,569 ▼ 7 | #3 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.6% | #23 of 1,569 ▲ 17 | #2 of 23 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #1,005 of 1,514 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #449 of 1,808 | #5 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,097 of 1,582 | #18 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #1,078 of 1,590 | #15 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #712 of 767 | #21 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #305 of 561 | #5 of 9 |
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
512
+74 (+17%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 26.1 | 17.9:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 22 | 23.2:1 | 9% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Granger Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (468 to 512); teachers up 3% (26.1 to 27).
About Granger Elementary School
Located in Medina, Ohio, Granger Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 512 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students, which makes this school 27% bigger than average.
Granger Elementary School belongs to Highland Local, a district of 5 schools and 3,336 students.
Of every 100 students at Granger Elementary School, about 87 are White. Other students are 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
Granger Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.0:1. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is 1.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 11%. That is 15 points below the 26% average for public schools in Medina County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Granger Elementary School is 7.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 91.7% actual, 84.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Census data for Medina County show median household income comes to about $94,968, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 49 public schools and about 25,243 students.
Highland Middle School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Granger Elementary School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
The school's student count rose 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Medina County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,660
Census ACS
Median income
$94,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
25,243 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Highland Local
- Highland High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 824 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Hinckley Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Highland Virtual Learning AcademyElementary
Other schools in Medina
- Medina High SchoolHigh · 1,767 students
- Highland High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 824 students
- Medina County Career CenterHigh · 787 students
- Claggett Middle SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- A. I. Root Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
Other Granger Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Granger Elementary. Granger Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Granger ElementaryGranger, WY · 3 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Middle School0.2 mi · 824
- Highland High School0.4 mi · 989
- Sharon Elementary School4.3 mi · 627
- Hinckley Preparatory Academy4.8 mi · 60
- Eliza Northrop Elementary5.0 mi · 466
- Huntington Elementary School5.2 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Granger Elementary SchoolHow large is Granger Elementary School?
Granger Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Granger Elementary School serve?
Granger Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Granger Elementary School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Granger Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Granger Elementary School?
At Granger Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Granger Elementary School?
Granger Elementary School is overseen by Highland Local in Medina County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.