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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLON CITY·NCES 390466000177
Parkside Elementary School
6845 Som Center Rd, Solon, OH 44139 · (440) 349-2175 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
87 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (96).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 Solon City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
96.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.5pp since 2021
Math
97.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 97 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 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.4% | 97.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 100.0% |
| 2022-23 | 95.8% | 96.8% |
| 2021-22 | 94.9% | 96.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
97.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 98% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 82% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Parkside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School's state test result (97.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Elementary School this school | 502 | 17.3% | 97.6% |
| Cheshire Elementary Delaware | 508 | 11.6% | 87.5% |
| Kings Mills Elementary School Kings Mills | 567 | 16.9% | 82.8% |
| Grace L Roxbury Elementary School Solon | 487 | 19.1% | 98.2% |
| Alum Creek Elementary School Lewis Center | 664 | 19.6% | 87.9% |
| Indian Run Elementary School Dublin | 476 | 24.8% | 76.0% |
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 Parkside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 97.6% | #2 of 673 | #2 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #13 of 1,569 ▼ 11 | #4 of 172 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.4% | #6 of 1,569 no change | #3 of 172 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #929 of 1,514 | #118 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #480 of 1,808 | #31 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,130 of 1,582 | #122 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #167 of 1,590 | #22 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.3% | #662 of 767 | #33 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #347 of 561 | #42 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
502
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 502 | 26.2 | 19.2:1 | 17% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 26.8 | 19.2:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 26.3 | 19.3:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 26 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 3% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (465 to 502); teachers up 1% (26 to 26.2).
About Parkside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Solon, Ohio. The school teaches kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 502 students. The school is 24% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Parkside Elementary School sits within Solon City, which has 7 schools and 4,594 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Parkside Elementary School is White, with 44% of students. Other groups include 33% Asian, 15% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 58% White. The diversity index for Parkside Elementary School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary School is 19.2:1, based on 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Parkside Elementary School counts 17% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cuyahoga County average 27%.
Parkside Elementary School scores 15.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 97.6% actual versus 82.3% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Cuyahoga County, the median household earns about $64,468 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Cuyahoga County has 352 public schools with about 155,924 students, including Parkside Elementary School.
Solon Middle School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Parkside Elementary School. Parkside Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Parkside Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Parkside Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 17 students, from 485 to 502.
The Parkside Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Solon City
- Solon High SchoolHigh · 1,519 students
- Solon Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Orchard Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Dorothy E Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning CenterElementary · 76 students
Other schools in Solon
- Solon High SchoolHigh · 1,519 students
- Solon Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Orchard Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Dorothy E Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning CenterElementary · 76 students
Other Parkside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkside Elementary. Parkside Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 27.
- Parkside Elementary SchoolConcord Twp, OH · 551 students
- Parkside ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 946 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 807 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 733 students
- Parkside ElementaryMorrisville, NC · 730 students
Nearby schools
- Solon Middle School0.1 mi · 768
- Orchard Middle School0.3 mi · 730
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary School0.4 mi · 487
- Solon High School0.4 mi · 1,519
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 76
- Solon Academy1.2 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Parkside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parkside Elementary School?
Parkside Elementary School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Parkside Elementary School serve?
Parkside Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary School is approximately 19.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkside Elementary School?
At Parkside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 2% Hispanic, 15% Black, 33% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Parkside Elementary School public or private?
Parkside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Solon City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.