Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUYAHOGA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 390438300768
Preston Elementary School
800 Tallmadge Rd, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 · (330) 926-3805 · Summit County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Ohio public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
170 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
70.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
52.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -8.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 52.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.2% | 50.9% |
| 2022-23 | 62.9% | 57.2% |
| 2021-22 | 70.4% | 60.8% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Preston Elementary School
Preston Elementary School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Elementary School this school | 240 | 70.8% | 58.4% |
| Harrison Elementary School Lakewood | 255 | 66.7% | 64.7% |
| Richardson Elementary School Cuyahoga Falls | 315 | 63.8% | 73.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Cuyahoga Falls | 370 | 66.5% | 62.6% |
| Holden Elementary School Kent | 220 | 67.3% | 67.9% |
| Elizabeth Price Elementary School Cuyahoga Falls | 271 | 76.8% | 62.5% |
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 Preston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Summit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #613 of 673 | #27 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,047 of 1,569 ▼ 17 | #36 of 67 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #570 of 1,569 ▲ 217 | #22 of 67 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #211 of 1,514 | #9 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #1,479 of 1,808 | #65 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #96 of 1,582 | #15 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #236 of 1,590 | #14 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #62 of 767 | #4 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #393 of 992 | #13 of 40 |
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
240
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 240 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 71% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 71% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | N/A | N/A | 58% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 18 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 56% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 23 | 11.9:1 | 53% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 50% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 29% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 16 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Preston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (285 to 240); teachers down 10% (20 to 18).
About Preston Elementary School
At 800 Tallmadge Rd in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Preston Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. The school reports 240 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students.
Cuyahoga Falls City School District is responsible for 9 schools, Preston Elementary School included, with 3,848 students in all.
Preston Elementary School is 53% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 18% Black, 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among people living in Summit County, the White share is about 74%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 18 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Ohio have 17.9:1, compared with 13.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 71% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 34% for public schools in Summit County.
Preston Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 25% of Ohio public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 62.1%. Preston Elementary School scores 58.4%.
Summit County has these Census figures: the median household income is $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Summit County is home to 149 public schools and about 69,214 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Elizabeth Price Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Preston Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 245 in 2020-21, 240 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Preston Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Summit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
537,864
Census ACS
Median income
$71,622
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
149
69,214 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cuyahoga Falls City School District
- Cuyahoga Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,198 students
- Bolich Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Gordon Dewitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
Other schools in Cuyahoga Falls
- Cuyahoga Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,198 students
- Bolich Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Gordon Dewitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
Other Preston Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Preston Elementary. Preston Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Preston Elementary SchoolPreston, OK · 392 students
- Preston Elementary SchoolPreston, MD · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabeth Price Elementary School0.9 mi · 271
- Gordon Dewitt Elementary School1.0 mi · 364
- Cuyahoga Falls High School1.3 mi · 1,198
- Schnee Learning Center1.3 mi · 71
- Steel Academy1.3 mi · 82
- Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center1.5 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Preston Elementary SchoolHow large is Preston Elementary School?
Preston Elementary School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Preston Elementary School serve?
Preston Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Preston Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Preston Elementary School.
How diverse is Preston Elementary School?
Preston Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 5% Hispanic, 18% Black, 14% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Preston Elementary School public or private?
Preston Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cuyahoga Falls City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.