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Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat 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 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building
Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building, a mid-sized elementary school in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, part of Olmsted Falls City, hosts 507 students, covering grades 4 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 25% larger than typical.
Olmsted Falls City comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,507 students; Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building is among them.
In terms of who attends, Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building records that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building higher than the state norm the norm. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.2%; this one delivers 81.0%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Olmsted Falls Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 75.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 507). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 93% to 86%.
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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