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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOUGHBY-EASTLAKE CITY·NCES 390451002003
Longfellow Elementary School
35200 Stevens Blvd, Eastlake, OH 44095 · (440) 975-3720 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
263 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +7.2pp since 2021
Math
66.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +17.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 62 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 are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 62.5% |
| 2022-23 | 49.1% | 53.1% |
| 2021-22 | 54.5% | 49.1% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary School this school | 432 | 60.9% | 60.6% |
| Ransom H Barr Elementary School Canton | 362 | 60.2% | 74.9% |
| West Boulevard Elementary School Youngstown | 417 | 64.5% | 87.3% |
| Beavertown Elementary School Kettering | 380 | 55.0% | 74.9% |
| Robert A. Taft Elementary School Canton | 410 | 66.6% | 81.2% |
| Richard Avenue Elementary School Grove City | 423 | 58.6% | 56.3% |
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 Longfellow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #595 of 673 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #753 of 1,569 ▲ 71 | #16 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #860 of 1,569 ▲ 143 | #16 of 25 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.2pp | #177 of 1,514 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #708 of 1,808 | #14 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #152 of 1,582 | #1 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #555 of 1,590 | #8 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #125 of 767 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #494 of 992 | #9 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
432
0 (0%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 432 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 61% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 60% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 32.6 | 13.8:1 | 52% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 32 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 62% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 62% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 37% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 21% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 28 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (497 to 432); teachers up 11% (28 to 31).
About Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Eastlake, Ohio, one of the schools in Willoughby-Eastlake City. It reported 432 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Longfellow Elementary School is one school in a 13-school district, Willoughby-Eastlake City, which enrolls 6,861 students.
The student body at Longfellow Elementary School is 69% White. It is also 14% Black, 11% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Lake County's residents are about 86% White, 17 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Longfellow Elementary School are from different groups.
Longfellow Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.9 students per teacher, from 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.9:1. Lunch program data show 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
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 Longfellow Elementary School, the prediction is 65.8% and the result is 60.6%.
In Lake County, the median household earns about $80,925 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Lake County has 65 public schools with about 27,899 students, including Longfellow Elementary School.
About 0.5 miles separate Longfellow Elementary School from the closest public school, North High School. The five-mile area around Longfellow Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Longfellow Elementary School's average proficiency of 60.6% compares with 54.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Longfellow Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 432, close to the 432 recorded in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Longfellow Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Willoughby-Eastlake City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Royalview Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
Other schools in Eastlake
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Eastlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Willoughby-Eastlake PreschoolElementary · 212 students
- Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Online AcademyCombined
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 471 students
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 773 students
- Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CA · 701 students
Nearby schools
- North High School0.5 mi · 1,231
- Willoughby-Eastlake Preschool0.6 mi · 212
- Royalview Elementary School1.6 mi · 689
- Willowick Middle School1.6 mi · 404
- Northern Career Institute1.6 mi · 148
- South High School1.9 mi · 995
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow Elementary SchoolHow large is Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Longfellow Elementary School serve?
Longfellow Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary School.
How diverse is Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School is overseen by Willoughby-Eastlake City in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.