Park Elementary School

Park Elementary School operates as a close-knit K-5 school in Chardon, Ohio, overseen by Chardon Local. Current enrollment sits at 224 students spanning grades 1 through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 404.

Park Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Chardon Local, a district that educates 2,451 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Park Elementary School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest reads as 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Geauga County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Geauga County (around 21%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Park Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 77.7%; actual is 88.4%, +10.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Geauga County indicate median household earnings sit near $107,860, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Geauga County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,939 students), of which Park Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Chardon Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Park Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 77.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 29%: 315 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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