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Alumni: what's one memory from Lake Cable Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 637 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON LOCAL·NCES 390498503717
Lake Cable Elementary School
5335 Villa Padova Dr NW, Canton, OH 44718 · (330) 834-4673 · Stark County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
149 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Jackson Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
86.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 86.6% |
| 2022-23 | 74.9% | 84.8% |
| 2021-22 | 83.0% | 85.9% |
% 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
84.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Lake Cable Elementary School
Lake Cable Elementary School's state test result (84.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Cable Elementary School this school | 544 | 27.4% | 84.8% |
| Stephen Bell Elementary School Bellbrook | 535 | 26.9% | N/A |
| Loveland Primary School Loveland | 595 | 25.4% | N/A |
| Chapman Elementary School Strongsville | 446 | 24.9% | 81.3% |
| Millridge Elementary School Cleveland | 604 | 30.1% | 85.9% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Marysville | 487 | 29.4% | 80.5% |
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 Lake Cable Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #147 of 673 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #189 of 1,569 ▼ 37 | #7 of 44 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #187 of 1,569 ▲ 72 | #5 of 44 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #1,026 of 1,514 | #31 of 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #369 of 1,808 | #10 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #939 of 1,582 | #26 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #714 of 1,590 | #24 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #556 of 767 | #18 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #823 of 992 | #18 of 21 |
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
544
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 544 | 29.9 | 18.2:1 | 27% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 26% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 27.3 | 22.6:1 | 23% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 27 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 20% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 24 | 22.3:1 | 22% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 25 | 19.7:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 10% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 28 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Cable Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (571 to 544); teachers up 25% (24 to 29.9).
About Lake Cable Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Canton, Ohio, Lake Cable Elementary School is part of Jackson Local. Its enrollment is 544 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average enrollment is about 404.
Jackson Local counts 6 schools and 5,741 students, including Lake Cable Elementary School.
About 76% of the student body at Lake Cable Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% Black. County-wide, 85% of Stark County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
With 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.2:1. It is about the same as the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Lake Cable Elementary School, 27% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Stark County report 36%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lake Cable Elementary School is 78.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 84.8%.
The county, Stark County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $67,934, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 101 public schools and about 53,798 students.
Lake Cable Elementary School's nearest public school is Jackson Memorial Middle School (about 2.0 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lake Cable Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 596 (2020-21) to 544 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 22.1 in 2020-21 to 18.2 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Lake Cable Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Local
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- Strausser Elementary SchoolElementary · 819 students
- Sauder Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Amherst Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other schools in Canton
- GlenOak High SchoolHigh · 2,086 students
- McKinley High SchoolHigh · 2,047 students
- Oakwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Canton South High SchoolHigh · 774 students
- Faircrest Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Memorial Middle School2.0 mi · 1,313
- Sauder Elementary School2.2 mi · 722
- North Canton Middle School2.2 mi · 957
- Jackson High School2.3 mi · 1,881
- North Canton Primary School2.4 mi · 987
- Robert A. Taft Elementary School2.7 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Cable Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Cable Elementary School?
Lake Cable Elementary School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lake Cable Elementary School serve?
Lake Cable Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lake Cable Elementary School have?
Lake Cable Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Lake Cable Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lake Cable Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Cable Elementary School?
Lake Cable Elementary School is overseen by Jackson Local in Stark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.