Longcoy Elementary School

Set in Kent, Ohio, Longcoy Elementary School is a compact elementary school, overseen by Kent City. It instructs 280 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 404.

Within Kent City, which oversees 6 schools and 3,233 students, Longcoy Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Longcoy Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder is composed of 24% Black, 12% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Portage County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Portage County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Longcoy Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 71.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Portage County put median household income runs about $75,766, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Longcoy Elementary School is one of 48 public schools in Portage County (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students).

The closest other public school is Davey Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Longcoy Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Longcoy Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.7%.

Longcoy Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Longcoy Elementary School's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 267 (now 280). White enrollment moved from 67% to 58% across the same window.

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