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Enrollment
655
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEYSTONE LOCAL·NCES 390481603134
Keystone Elementary School
531 Opportunity Way, Lagrange, OH 44050 · (440) 355-5134 · Lorain County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
230 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Keystone Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
64.2%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.2pp since 2021
Math
59.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -5.8pp since 2021
What 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.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.5% | 68.4% |
| 2022-23 | 70.3% | 61.1% |
| 2021-22 | 70.4% | 64.7% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Keystone Elementary School
Keystone Elementary School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Elementary School this school | 655 | 35.1% | 66.5% |
| Genoa Elementary Genoa | 628 | 36.8% | 81.2% |
| St Clairsville Elementary School Saint Clairsville | 621 | 37.8% | 82.5% |
| Otsego Elementary School Tontogany | 788 | 32.2% | 69.0% |
| Eastwood Elementary School Pemberville | 685 | 31.2% | 85.2% |
| Woodlands Elementary School Huron | 523 | 36.3% | 85.5% |
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 Keystone Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lorain County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #516 of 673 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #934 of 1,569 ▼ 259 | #14 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #779 of 1,569 ▼ 150 | #13 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #119 of 1,514 | #7 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #197 of 1,808 | #4 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #710 of 1,582 | #19 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #1,148 of 1,590 | #38 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #457 of 767 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #880 of 992 | #20 of 25 |
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
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+105% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 35% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 35% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 31% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 34 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 31 | 21.9:1 | 32% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 31 | 21.3:1 | 30% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 61% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 18 | 20.8:1 | 19% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 15 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keystone Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (678 to 655); teachers up 23% (31 to 38).
About Keystone Elementary School
In Lagrange, Ohio, part of Lorain County, Keystone Elementary School is an elementary school. It serves 655 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Ohio is roughly 404 students; this school is 62% above that.
Keystone Local counts 1,387 students in its 3 schools, and Keystone Elementary School is one of them.
Keystone Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 89% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Lorain County overall, about 78% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Keystone Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
A ratio of 17.2:1 comes from the school's 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is about 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 35% in 2024-25. That is close to the 33% average for public schools in Lorain County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Keystone Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 66.5% actual against 75.5% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Lorain County, median household income is about $73,347, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Lorain County number 92 and enroll about 42,516.
Keystone Middle School is the public school closest to Keystone Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Keystone Elementary School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Keystone Elementary School's average proficiency of 66.5% compares with 71.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 649 to 655, a small change. The ratio was 19.1:1 in 2020-21 and 17.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Lorain County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,129
Census ACS
Median income
$73,347
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Keystone Local
- Keystone High SchoolHigh · 392 students
- Keystone Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
Other schools in Lagrange
- Keystone High SchoolHigh · 392 students
- Keystone Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
Other Keystone Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Keystone Elementary. Keystone Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Keystone Elementary SchoolCroydon, PA · 988 students
- Keystone ElementaryMemphis, TN · 446 students
- Keystone Elementary SchoolKnox, PA · 412 students
- Keystone Elementary SchoolKeystone, IA · 176 students
Nearby schools
- Keystone Middle School0.1 mi · 340
- Keystone High School0.3 mi · 392
- Midview Middle School5.1 mi · 427
- Midview West Elementary School5.2 mi · 390
- Midview Virtual Programming5.3 mi · 6
- Midview High School5.3 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About Keystone Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Keystone Elementary School?
Keystone Elementary School enrolls approximately 655 students in grades PK-05.
Is Keystone Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Keystone Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Keystone Elementary School have?
Keystone Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Keystone Elementary School?
At Keystone Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Keystone Elementary School?
Keystone Elementary School is overseen by Keystone Local in Lorain County.
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