Independence Primary School

Independence Primary School, a moderately sized primary school in Independence, Ohio, operated by Independence Local, works with 440 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Independence Local comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,044 students; Independence Primary School is among them.

Demographically, Independence Primary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Independence Primary School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 14% of students at Independence Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cuyahoga County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Independence Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.6%, the actual is 88.8%, a residual of +5.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cuyahoga County put median household income runs about $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Independence Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Independence Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Independence Primary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 87.9%.

Independence Primary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Independence Primary School's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 440). White enrollment moved from 91% to 86% across the same window.

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