Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WADSWORTH CITY·NCES 391002901893
Isham Memorial Elementary School
325 Sunset Blvd, Wadsworth, OH 44281 · (330) 335-1440 · Medina County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
147 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (79).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Isham Memorial Elementary School→Central Intermediate School→Wadsworth Middle School→Wadsworth High School
Based on grade levels within Wadsworth City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
83.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 83.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 81.3% |
| 2022-23 | 70.4% | 85.1% |
| 2021-22 | 75.8% | 78.2% |
% 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Isham Memorial Elementary School
Isham Memorial Elementary School's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isham Memorial Elementary School this school | 342 | 43.0% | 80.5% |
| Edgewood Early Childhood Center Seven Mile | 288 | 44.4% | N/A |
| Maplewood Elementary School Lima | 346 | 43.4% | 76.6% |
| Joshua Dixon Elementary School Columbiana | 363 | 40.5% | 84.8% |
| Millersburg Elementary School Millersburg | 361 | 46.3% | 77.1% |
| Crestwood Primary School Mantua | 364 | 43.4% | 71.4% |
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 Isham Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Medina County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #235 of 673 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #282 of 1,569 ▲ 27 | #10 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #313 of 1,569 ▲ 66 | #14 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #687 of 1,514 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #1,112 of 1,808 | #18 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #756 of 1,582 | #12 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #972 of 1,590 | #7 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #369 of 767 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #934 of 992 | #10 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
342
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 342 | 19.6 | 17.4:1 | 43% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 19.6 | 18.0:1 | 44% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 20.5 | 18.6:1 | 26% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 16 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 17.3 | 20.1:1 | 24% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 15 | 24.8:1 | 26% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 24 | 21.1:1 | 23% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 39 | 18.6:1 | 10% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 28 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isham Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (349 to 342); teachers up 13% (17.3 to 19.6).
About Isham Memorial Elementary School
Isham Memorial Elementary School is a small elementary school in Wadsworth City, located in Wadsworth, Ohio. The student body numbers 342 students, from kindergarten through 4.
Wadsworth City has 10 schools; together they serve 4,275 students.
Most students at Isham Memorial Elementary School are White: 84% of enrollment. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Isham Memorial Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1 at Isham Memorial Elementary School, with 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is about 17.9:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 43% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Medina County is 26%.
The allk12 Grade for Isham Memorial Elementary School is A. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Isham Memorial Elementary School, the prediction is 72.6% and the result is 80.5%.
Across Medina County, median household income is about $94,968, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Isham Memorial Elementary School is among the 49 public schools in Medina County.
The nearest public school is Central Intermediate School, at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Isham Memorial Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 327 to 342. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 20.4:1 to 17.4:1.
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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 Wadsworth City
- Wadsworth High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Wadsworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Overlook Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other schools in Wadsworth
- Wadsworth High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Wadsworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Overlook Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
Nearby schools
- Central Intermediate School0.6 mi · 606
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 195
- Valley View Elementary School1.0 mi · 319
- Franklin Elementary School1.2 mi · 245
- Grizzly Academy1.3 mi · 28
- Wadsworth City School District Online Academy1.3 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolHow large is Isham Memorial Elementary School?
Isham Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-04.
Is Isham Memorial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Isham Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Isham Memorial Elementary School have?
Isham Memorial Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Isham Memorial Elementary School?
Student demographics at Isham Memorial Elementary School are roughly 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Isham Memorial Elementary School public or private?
Isham Memorial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wadsworth City.
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