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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIRTLAND LOCAL·NCES 390478703016
Kirtland Elementary School
9140 Chillicothe Rd, Kirtland, OH 44094 · (440) 256-3344 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
70 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 Kirtland Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
88.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.0pp since 2021
Math
88.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.6% | 88.9% |
| 2023-24 | 90.4% | 85.7% |
| 2022-23 | 84.3% | 85.5% |
| 2021-22 | 82.6% | 80.0% |
% 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
87.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Kirtland Elementary School
Kirtland Elementary School's state test result (87.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Elementary School this school | 452 | 15.5% | 87.9% |
| Pattison Elementary School Milford | 454 | 18.3% | 80.4% |
| Waterville Primary School Waterville | 468 | 15.8% | 89.7% |
| Robert C Lindsey Elementary School Chesterland | 468 | 18.4% | 92.0% |
| Redwood Elementary School Avon Lake | 390 | 15.1% | 89.5% |
| Mariemont Elementary School Cincinnati | 514 | 15.6% | 92.1% |
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 Kirtland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.9% | #77 of 673 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.9% | #109 of 1,569 ▲ 66 | #1 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.6% | #72 of 1,569 ▼ 16 | #1 of 25 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #390 of 1,514 | #6 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #651 of 1,808 | #13 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #745 of 1,582 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #1,285 of 1,590 | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.5% | #680 of 767 | #18 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #968 of 992 | #18 of 18 |
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
452
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 15% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 32 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 15% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 7% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirtland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (456 to 452); teachers unchanged (26 to 26).
About Kirtland Elementary School
In Kirtland, Ohio, Kirtland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 452 students.
Kirtland Local has a total of 3 schools and 1,049 students, Kirtland Elementary School among them.
At Kirtland Elementary School, 91% of students are White. The remaining students are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kirtland Elementary School is 17.4:1, based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Lake County average 39%.
Among Ohio public elementary schools, Kirtland Elementary School outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Kirtland Elementary School, the prediction is 83.0% and the result is 87.9%.
Looking at the county, Lake County, median household income comes to about $80,925, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 65 public schools and about 27,899 students.
Kirtland Elementary School's nearest public school is Kirtland High School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Kirtland Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Kirtland Elementary School enrolled 482 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 452. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.1:1 to 17.4:1.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kirtland Local
- Kirtland High SchoolHigh · 335 students
- Kirtland Middle SchoolMiddle · 262 students
Other schools in Kirtland
- Kirtland High SchoolHigh · 335 students
- Kirtland Middle SchoolMiddle · 262 students
Other Kirtland Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Kirtland Elementary. Kirtland Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARYKIRTLAND, NM · 388 students
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 162 students
Nearby schools
- Kirtland High School0.1 mi · 335
- Kirtland Middle School0.1 mi · 262
- Ridge Elementary School2.3 mi · 661
- South High School3.1 mi · 995
- Willoughby Middle School3.2 mi · 509
- Grant Elementary School3.6 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Kirtland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kirtland Elementary School?
Kirtland Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kirtland Elementary School serve?
Kirtland Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Kirtland Elementary School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Kirtland Elementary School.
How diverse is Kirtland Elementary School?
Kirtland Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Kirtland Elementary School?
Kirtland Elementary School is overseen by Kirtland Local in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.