Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT CITY·NCES 390441601085
Longcoy Elementary School
1069 Elno Ave, Kent, OH 44240 · (330) 673-6772 · Portage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
167 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 Kent City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.9pp since 2021
Math
65.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 are up about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 74.4% |
| 2022-23 | 63.7% | 66.2% |
| 2021-22 | 59.2% | 57.5% |
% 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Longcoy Elementary School
Longcoy Elementary School's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longcoy Elementary School this school | 280 | 59.6% | 71.2% |
| Delshire Elementary School Cincinnati | 384 | 64.6% | 56.3% |
| Englewood Hills Elementary School Englewood | 369 | 60.2% | 68.4% |
| Ransom H Barr Elementary School Canton | 362 | 60.2% | 74.9% |
| Holden Elementary School Kent | 220 | 67.3% | 67.9% |
| Charles L Warstler Elementary School Canton | 291 | 55.3% | 62.8% |
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 Longcoy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #437 of 673 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #788 of 1,569 ▼ 289 | #12 of 15 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #911 of 1,569 ▼ 280 | #12 of 15 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #633 of 1,514 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #1,354 of 1,808 | #17 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #700 of 1,582 | #6 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #393 of 1,590 | #2 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #139 of 767 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #405 of 561 | #3 of 6 |
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
280
+13 (+5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 280 | 16.3 | 17.2:1 | 60% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 32.6 | 8.6:1 | 69% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | N/A | N/A | 43% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 15.6 | 17.1:1 | 45% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 14 | 19.2:1 | 49% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 302 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 45% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 30% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longcoy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (267 to 280); teachers up 4% (15.6 to 16.3).
About Longcoy Elementary School
A small elementary school in Kent, Ohio, Longcoy Elementary School is part of Kent City. It educates 280 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 31% smaller than the 404 average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Longcoy Elementary School is part of Kent City, where 6 schools serve 3,233 students.
A majority of students at Longcoy Elementary School, 58%, are White. Next come 24% Black, 12% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 87% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Longcoy Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Longcoy Elementary School operates with 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.2:1. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is about 17.9:1. About 60% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 38% average among public schools in Portage County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Longcoy Elementary School would score about 66.3%. It scores 71.2%, 5.0 points above that figure.
Within Portage County, median household income is about $75,766, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Portage County number 48 and enroll about 19,638.
Nearest public school: Davey Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Longcoy Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
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.
Longcoy Elementary School had 267 students in 2020-21 and 280 in 2024-25, a 5% increase.
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Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
161,956
Census ACS
Median income
$75,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
19,638 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kent City
- Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,325 students
- Stanton Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Davey Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Walls Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Holden Elementary SchoolElementary · 220 students
Other schools in Kent
- Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,325 students
- Stanton Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Brimfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Davey Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Walls Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Holden Elementary SchoolElementary · 220 students
Nearby schools
- Davey Elementary School1.1 mi · 437
- Holden Elementary School1.2 mi · 220
- Stow-Munroe Falls High School1.7 mi · 1,648
- Stanton Middle School1.9 mi · 616
- Woodland Elementary School2.0 mi · 270
- Walls Elementary School2.1 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Longcoy Elementary SchoolHow large is Longcoy Elementary School?
Longcoy Elementary School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Longcoy Elementary School serve?
Longcoy Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Longcoy Elementary School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Longcoy Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Longcoy Elementary School?
At Longcoy Elementary School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 5% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Longcoy Elementary School?
Longcoy Elementary School is overseen by Kent City in Portage County.
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