Longfellow Elementary School

Longfellow Elementary School, an average-sized elementary-level community in Toledo, Ohio, one of the schools within Toledo City, enrolls 471 students, covering grades K through 8.

Longfellow Elementary School is one of 57 schools operated by Toledo City, a district that caters to 21,181 students overall.

On demographics, Longfellow Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 17% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Longfellow Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lucas County) shows that median household earnings sit near $62,224, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Lucas County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,839 students), of which Longfellow Elementary School is one.

Start High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Longfellow Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 603 (now 471). White enrollment moved from 40% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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