Ralph E. Waite Elementary

Ralph E. Waite Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Medina, Ohio, operated by Medina City SD, with 500 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.

Medina City SD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,414 students. Ralph E. Waite Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ralph E. Waite Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Ralph E. Waite Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Medina County's rate of about 26%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ralph E. Waite Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 84.3%, the actual is 82.4%, a residual of -1.9 points.

Around the school, Medina County reports that median household income runs about $94,968, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Ralph E. Waite Elementary is one of 49 public schools in Medina County (combined enrollment of about 25,243 students).

H G Blake Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ralph E. Waite Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 82.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Ralph E. Waite Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 503 (now 500). White enrollment moved from 95% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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