Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAKER HEIGHTS CITY·NCES 390447501615
Onaway Elementary School
3115 Woodbury Rd, Shaker Heights, OH 44120 · (216) 295-4080 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
18.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
130 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 81 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Shaker Heights City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
69.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.2% | 68.5% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 71.5% |
| 2021-22 | 79.2% | 72.1% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% 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%.
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 Onaway Elementary School
Onaway Elementary School's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onaway Elementary School this school | 462 | 28.1% | 75.2% |
| Fernway Elementary School Shaker Heights | 326 | 31.6% | 75.1% |
| Mercer Elementary School Shaker Heights | 396 | 37.6% | 60.8% |
| McVay Elementary School Westerville | 591 | 34.2% | 77.0% |
| Colonial Hills Elementary School Worthington | 371 | 35.0% | 71.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Gahanna | 730 | 37.0% | 75.2% |
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 Onaway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #354 of 673 | #29 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #673 of 1,569 ▼ 3 | #42 of 172 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #310 of 1,569 ▲ 129 | #27 of 172 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #338 of 1,514 | #28 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #618 of 1,808 | #50 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,072 of 1,582 | #117 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #336 of 1,590 | #42 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #543 of 767 | #17 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.4% | #216 of 561 | #25 of 64 |
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
462
+68 (+17%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 462 | 24.5 | 18.9:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 23 | 18.2:1 | 23% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 23.9 | 16.1:1 | 21% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 22 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 30% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 23 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Onaway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (397 to 462); teachers up 2% (24 to 24.5).
About Onaway Elementary School
Onaway Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Shaker Heights, Ohio. The school's 462 students are in pre-K through 5.
Shaker Heights City has 4,650 students in 7 schools, and Onaway Elementary School is one of those schools.
Onaway Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 50%. The rest of enrollment is 35% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Onaway Elementary School's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 18.9 students per teacher and 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cuyahoga County average 27%.
The allk12 Grade for Onaway Elementary School is B-. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Onaway Elementary School is 3.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 75.2%. Predicted: 78.2%.
Cuyahoga County has about 1,245,873 residents, and the median household income is $64,468, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cuyahoga County has 352 public schools and roughly 155,924 students.
The next-closest public school is Woodbury Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 75.2% is above the 67.1% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Onaway Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment at Onaway Elementary School grew 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 394 to 462 students.
Community posts for Onaway Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shaker Heights City
- Shaker Hts High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Shaker Hts Middle SchoolMiddle · 939 students
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Lomond Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Fernway Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
Other schools in Shaker Heights
- Shaker Hts High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Shaker Hts Middle SchoolMiddle · 939 students
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Lomond Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Fernway Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
Other Onaway Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Onaway Elementary. Onaway Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Onaway Elementary SchoolONAWAY, MI · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Woodbury Elementary School0.1 mi · 642
- Shaker Hts High School0.2 mi · 1,418
- Fernway Elementary School0.8 mi · 326
- Andrew J Rickoff0.9 mi · 391
- Fairfax Elementary School1.2 mi · 303
- Lomond Elementary School1.4 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Onaway Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Onaway Elementary School?
Onaway Elementary School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Onaway Elementary School serve?
Onaway Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Onaway Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Onaway Elementary School is approximately 18.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Onaway Elementary School?
At Onaway Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 3% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Onaway Elementary School public or private?
Onaway Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shaker Heights City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.