Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WADSWORTH CITY·NCES 391002901895
Overlook Elementary School
650 Broad St, Wadsworth, OH 44281 · (330) 335-1420 · Medina County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
17.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
92 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 116 | 30% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 9% larger than its 4th grade class (54).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Overlook Elementary School→Central Intermediate School→Wadsworth Middle School→Wadsworth High School
Based on grade levels within Wadsworth City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.2pp since 2021
Math
87.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 2 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 | 83.3% | 87.8% |
| 2023-24 | 84.6% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.5% | 88.0% |
| 2021-22 | 81.1% | 85.5% |
% 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
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Overlook Elementary School
Overlook Elementary School's state test result (84.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overlook Elementary School this school | 390 | 23.6% | 84.9% |
| Lake Primary School Uniontown | 423 | 25.3% | N/A |
| Hickory Ridge Elementary School Brunswick | 391 | 24.0% | 81.7% |
| Prairie Run Elementary School Sunbury | 352 | 21.9% | 78.3% |
| Orchard Hollow Elementary School Mentor | 359 | 22.8% | 80.6% |
| Broadway Elementary School Tipp City | 452 | 23.0% | 83.3% |
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 Overlook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Medina County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #140 of 673 | #6 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #144 of 1,569 ▲ 84 | #6 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #192 of 1,569 ▲ 8 | #8 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #824 of 1,514 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #874 of 1,808 | #15 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #826 of 1,582 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #1,141 of 1,590 | #19 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #600 of 767 | #16 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #509 of 992 | #4 of 12 |
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
390
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
+101% since 1990-91, when it was 194
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 390 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 24% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 22% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 20.4 | 18.5:1 | 20% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 23 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 21.2 | 21.0:1 | 17% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 20 | 22.8:1 | 21% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 21% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 13 | 19.0:1 | 6% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 194 | 8 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Overlook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (446 to 390); teachers up 4% (21.2 to 22).
About Overlook Elementary School
Overlook Elementary School sits in Wadsworth, Ohio, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's enrollment of 390 students covers pre-K through 4.
Across its 10 schools, Wadsworth City enrolls 4,275 students. Overlook Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Overlook Elementary School is 89% White. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Overlook Elementary School's 22 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.7:1. That is close to the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 24%. For comparison, public schools in Medina County average 26%.
The allk12 Grade for Overlook Elementary School is A-. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 79.9% for a school in Ohio with Overlook Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Overlook Elementary School posts 84.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Medina County show that the median household income is $94,968, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides Overlook Elementary School, Medina County has 48 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Wadsworth City School District Online Academy, about 0.2 miles away. Overlook Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranked by average proficiency, Overlook Elementary School places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Overlook Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Overlook Elementary School had 406 students, to 2024-25, when it had 390.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Medina County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,660
Census ACS
Median income
$94,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
25,243 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wadsworth City
- Wadsworth High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Wadsworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other schools in Wadsworth
- Wadsworth High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Wadsworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Isham Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
Other Overlook Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Overlook Elementary. Overlook Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Overlook ElementaryTemple Hills, MD · 255 students
- Overlook ElementaryLinthicum, MD · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Wadsworth City School District Online Academy0.2 mi · 4
- Grizzly Academy0.2 mi · 28
- Wadsworth High School0.4 mi · 1,540
- Wadsworth Middle School0.4 mi · 606
- Central Intermediate School1.0 mi · 606
- Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 195
Frequently asked questions
About Overlook Elementary SchoolHow large is Overlook Elementary School?
Overlook Elementary School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-04.
Is Overlook Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Overlook Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Overlook Elementary School have?
Overlook Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Overlook Elementary School?
Student demographics at Overlook Elementary School are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Overlook Elementary School in?
Overlook Elementary School is part of Wadsworth City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.