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Enrollment
655
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JAMES A GARFIELD LOCAL·NCES 390492003528
James A Garfield Elementary School
10207 State Route 88, Garrettsville, OH 44231 · (330) 527-2184 · Portage County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
281 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 57 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 21% smaller than its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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 James A Garfield Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.1pp since 2021
Math
75.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 69.3% |
| 2022-23 | 66.6% | 66.2% |
| 2021-22 | 65.4% | 63.3% |
% 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 James A Garfield Elementary School
James A Garfield Elementary School's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James A Garfield Elementary School this school | 655 | 42.9% | 70.7% |
| Northwestern Elementary School West Salem | 632 | 43.7% | 80.9% |
| North Union Elementary School Richwood | 654 | 44.3% | 70.5% |
| Benjamin Logan Elementary School Bellefontaine | 587 | 42.4% | 71.8% |
| Graham Elementary School Saint Paris | 735 | 44.2% | 68.3% |
| Norwayne Elementary School Creston | 539 | 40.6% | 84.9% |
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 James A Garfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #449 of 673 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #492 of 1,569 ▲ 152 | #5 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #742 of 1,569 ▲ 6 | #7 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #503 of 1,514 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #198 of 1,808 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #873 of 1,582 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #1,416 of 1,590 | #15 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #370 of 767 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #516 of 992 | #5 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
655
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 655 | 36.6 | 17.9:1 | 43% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 39.4 | 16.0:1 | 45% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 40.4 | 15.9:1 | 37% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 38 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 45.3 | 16.5:1 | 38% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 821 | 44 | 18.7:1 | 43% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 29 | 20.3:1 | 36% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 46 | 18.1:1 | 22% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 34 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James A Garfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (748 to 655); teachers down 19% (45.3 to 36.6).
About James A Garfield Elementary School
This page covers James A Garfield Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school in Garrettsville, Ohio. It has an enrollment of 655 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students, which makes this school 62% above average.
James A Garfield Local is the district for James A Garfield Elementary School. It has 3 schools and 1,185 students.
James A Garfield Elementary School is 94% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 2% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, James A Garfield Elementary School scores 11%.
A staff of 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.9:1. It is about the same as the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. There are 281 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 43% of enrollment.
James A Garfield Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Ohio public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, James A Garfield Elementary School is 1.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 70.7%. Predicted: 72.6%.
In the surrounding county, Portage County, median household income comes to about $75,766, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 48, with about 19,638 students.
James A Garfield Elementary School's nearest public school is James A Garfield Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of James A Garfield Elementary School. On state test proficiency, James A Garfield Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school grew from 634 students in 2020-21 to 655 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.9:1.
This page is set up for the James A Garfield 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 James A Garfield Local
- James A Garfield High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- James A Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 168 students
Other schools in Garrettsville
- James A Garfield High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- James A Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 168 students
Nearby schools
- James A Garfield Middle School0.0 mi · 168
- James A Garfield High School0.1 mi · 362
- Windham Junior High School3.9 mi · 151
- Windham High School3.9 mi · 107
- Katherine Thomas Elementary School4.0 mi · 196
- Crestwood High School6.5 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About James A Garfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend James A Garfield Elementary School?
James A Garfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 655 students in grades PK-06.
Is James A Garfield Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James A Garfield Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does James A Garfield Elementary School have?
James A Garfield Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at James A Garfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at James A Garfield Elementary School are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is James A Garfield Elementary School public or private?
James A Garfield Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by James A Garfield Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.