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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the O H Somers Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOGADORE LOCAL·NCES 390500303807
O H Somers Elementary School
3600 Herbert St, Mogadore, OH 44260 · (330) 628-9947 · Summit County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
145 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 30% smaller than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 Mogadore Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.7pp since 2021
Math
75.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 75.4% |
| 2023-24 | 77.9% | 73.9% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 71.5% |
| 2021-22 | 70.3% | 73.1% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 O H Somers Elementary School
O H Somers Elementary School's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O H Somers Elementary School this school | 336 | 43.2% | 75.7% |
| Triad Elementary School North Lewisburg | 354 | 44.4% | 78.8% |
| Danville Elementary School Danville | 353 | 41.1% | 73.7% |
| Chippewa Intermediate School Doylestown | 336 | 44.6% | 87.0% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Mc Donald | 383 | 41.8% | 76.5% |
| Crestwood Primary School Mantua | 364 | 43.4% | 71.4% |
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 O H Somers Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Summit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #342 of 673 | #17 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #499 of 1,569 ▲ 12 | #20 of 67 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #505 of 1,569 ▼ 100 | #20 of 67 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #806 of 1,514 | #32 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #1,138 of 1,808 | #44 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #26 of 1,582 | #3 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #1,434 of 1,590 | #67 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #368 of 767 | #11 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #174 of 992 | #3 of 40 |
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
336
-91 (-21%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 336 | 29 | 11.6:1 | 43% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 27% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 25.8 | 15.8:1 | 29% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 27.5 | 16.1:1 | 34% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 39% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 31% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 16% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 30 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O H Somers Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (444 to 336); teachers up 5% (27.5 to 29).
About O H Somers Elementary School
O H Somers Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Mogadore, Ohio. It teaches 336 students in kindergarten through 6.
In Mogadore Local, 3 schools enroll a combined 649 students.
A large majority of enrollment at O H Somers Elementary School is White, at 94%. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 74%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, O H Somers Elementary School scores 11%.
A staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.6:1. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is 6.3 students per teacher. By family income, 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Summit County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, O H Somers Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Ohio public elementary schools.
O H Somers Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.7% and a predicted 72.5%.
For Summit County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $71,622, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 149 public schools and about 69,214 students.
Mogadore High School is the nearest public school to O H Somers Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of O H Somers Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 21% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.4:1 to 11.6:1.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at O H Somers Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Summit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
537,864
Census ACS
Median income
$71,622
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
149
69,214 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mogadore Local
- Mogadore High SchoolHigh · 201 students
- Mogadore Junior High SchoolMiddle · 112 students
Other schools in Mogadore
- Field High SchoolHigh · 524 students
- Field Middle SchoolMiddle · 442 students
- Suffield Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Mogadore High SchoolHigh · 201 students
- Mogadore Junior High SchoolMiddle · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Mogadore High School0.5 mi · 201
- Mogadore Junior High School0.5 mi · 112
- Spring Hill Elementary0.9 mi · 478
- Summit Academy Akron Middle School1.6 mi · 67
- Ritzman Community Learning Center1.7 mi · 320
- Ellet Community Learning Center1.7 mi · 860
Frequently asked questions
About O H Somers Elementary SchoolHow many students attend O H Somers Elementary School?
O H Somers Elementary School enrolls approximately 336 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does O H Somers Elementary School serve?
O H Somers Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at O H Somers Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at O H Somers Elementary School is approximately 11.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is O H Somers Elementary School?
O H Somers Elementary School reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees O H Somers Elementary School?
O H Somers Elementary School is overseen by Mogadore Local in Summit County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.