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Keystone Elementary School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Keystone Elementary School
Keystone Elementary School, a big primary school in Lagrange, Ohio, operated by Keystone Local, caters to 655 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Keystone Elementary School sits 62% above that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in Keystone Local (1,387 students total), Keystone Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Keystone Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Keystone Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.5%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lorain County put median household income runs about $73,347, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Keystone Elementary School is one of 92 public schools in Lorain County (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students).
The closest other public school is Keystone Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Keystone Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 71.2%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 655 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 94% to 89%. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.
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