Preston Elementary School

Preston Elementary School operates as a compact elementary school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, one of the schools within Cuyahoga Falls City School District. Current enrollment sits at 240 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

Cuyahoga Falls City School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,848 students; Preston Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Preston Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 18% Black, 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Summit County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Preston Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Summit County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Preston Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.1%, the actual is 58.4%, a residual of -3.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Summit County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,622 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Preston Elementary School is one of 149 public schools in Summit County (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students).

Elizabeth Price Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Preston Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 285 students in 2018 compared to 240 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 53% across the same window.

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