Holden Elementary School

Holden Elementary School is one of the small elementary-level communitys in Kent, Ohio, one of the schools within Kent City, with 220 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Holden Elementary School sits 46% smaller than that benchmark.

Holden Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Kent City, a district that works with 3,233 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Holden Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 21% Black, 15% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Holden Elementary School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.3:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at Holden Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Portage County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Holden Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 67.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Portage County) shows that median household earnings sit near $75,766, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Portage County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students), of which Holden Elementary School is one.

Davey Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holden Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Holden Elementary School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Holden Elementary School's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 220).

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