Enrollment
220
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT CITY·NCES 390441601084
Holden Elementary School
132 W School St, Kent, OH 44240 · (330) 673-6737 · Portage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
148 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Based on grade levels within Kent City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +7.9pp since 2021
Math
68.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +22.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 60.7% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 53.6% |
| 2021-22 | 59.6% | 45.7% |
% 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
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Holden Elementary School
Holden Elementary School's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holden Elementary School this school | 220 | 67.3% | 67.9% |
| Longcoy Elementary School Kent | 280 | 59.6% | 71.2% |
| Delshire Elementary School Cincinnati | 384 | 64.6% | 56.3% |
| Holloway Elementary School Holland | 341 | 73.3% | 61.0% |
| Robert A. Taft Elementary School Canton | 410 | 66.6% | 81.2% |
| Ransom H Barr Elementary School Canton | 362 | 60.2% | 74.9% |
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 Holden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #489 of 673 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #695 of 1,569 ▲ 169 | #8 of 15 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #670 of 1,569 ▼ 1 | #5 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.3pp | #95 of 1,514 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 220 | #1,534 of 1,808 | #18 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,159 of 1,582 | #14 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #353 of 1,590 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #78 of 767 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #401 of 992 | #3 of 12 |
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
220
-8 (-4%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 220 | 11.4 | 19.3:1 | 67% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 23 | 10.0:1 | 80% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 20.2 | 12.1:1 | 56% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 13 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 13.8 | 18.9:1 | 55% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 13 | 19.4:1 | 60% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 12 | 19.8:1 | 63% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 46% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 16 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (261 to 220); teachers down 18% (13.8 to 11.4).
About Holden Elementary School
Holden Elementary School is an elementary school in Kent, Ohio, reachable at (330) 673-6737. Enrollment stands at 220 students, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 46% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
Kent City has 3,233 students spread across 6 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Holden Elementary School is White: 56%. Enrollment also includes 21% Black, 15% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 30 points below the 87% share among Portage County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
The school lists 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 67% of the student body. The average for public schools in Portage County is 38%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Holden Elementary School is 4.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 67.9%. Predicted: 63.4%.
In Portage County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $75,766 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The county has 48 public schools and about 19,638 students.
Davey Elementary School is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 71.5%; Holden Elementary School's is 67.9%, ranking 8th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 228 (2020-21) to 220 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.3:1.
This page is set up for the Holden Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
161,956
Census ACS
Median income
$75,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
19,638 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kent City
- Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,325 students
- Stanton Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Davey Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Walls Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Longcoy Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
Other schools in Kent
- Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,325 students
- Stanton Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Brimfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Davey Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Walls Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Longcoy Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
Other Holden Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Holden Elementary. Holden Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- HOLDEN ELEM.HOLDEN, MO · 540 students
- Holden Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 407 students
- Holden Elementary SchoolSTERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 341 students
Nearby schools
- Davey Elementary School1.1 mi · 437
- Longcoy Elementary School1.2 mi · 280
- Walls Elementary School1.3 mi · 355
- Theodore Roosevelt High School1.8 mi · 1,325
- Stanton Middle School1.8 mi · 616
- Stow-Munroe Falls High School2.6 mi · 1,648
Frequently asked questions
About Holden Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Holden Elementary School?
Holden Elementary School enrolls approximately 220 students in grades KG-05.
Is Holden Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holden Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Holden Elementary School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Holden Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Holden Elementary School?
Student demographics at Holden Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 5% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Holden Elementary School?
Holden Elementary School is overseen by Kent City in Portage County.
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