Munson Elementary School

Munson Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Chardon, Ohio, part of Chardon Local. Current enrollment sits at 238 students spanning grades 1 through 3. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Munson Elementary School sits 41% below that benchmark.

Within Chardon Local, which oversees 5 schools and 2,451 students, Munson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Munson Elementary School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Geauga County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Munson Elementary School reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Geauga County's rate of about 21%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Munson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.9%, the actual is 86.7%, a residual of +9.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Geauga County indicate median household income runs about $107,860, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Geauga County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,939 students), of which Munson Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Park Elementary School, around 4.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Munson Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 76.2%.

Munson Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 300 students in 2018 compared to 238 in 2025.

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