Overlook Elementary School

Overlook Elementary School is a primary school of average-sized scale in Wadsworth, Ohio, operated by Wadsworth City, caters to 390 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 10 schools in Wadsworth City (4,275 students total), Overlook Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Overlook Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Overlook Elementary School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Overlook Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 79.9%; this one delivers 84.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Medina County reports that median household earnings sit near $94,968, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Medina County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,243 students), of which Overlook Elementary School is one.

Grizzly Academy 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Overlook Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 77.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Overlook Elementary School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 390). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.