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Alumni: what's one memory from Ralph E. Waite Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDINA CITY SD·NCES 390443805534
Ralph E. Waite Elementary
4765 Cobblestone Park Drive, Medina, OH 44256 · (330) 636-4500 · Medina County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
59 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
85.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.7pp since 2021
Math
86.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.3% | 86.2% |
| 2023-24 | 81.9% | 74.1% |
| 2022-23 | 84.7% | 88.0% |
| 2021-22 | 86.0% | 83.4% |
% 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Ralph E. Waite Elementary
Ralph E. Waite Elementary's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph E. Waite Elementary this school | 500 | 11.8% | 82.4% |
| Granger Elementary School Medina | 512 | 11.1% | 91.7% |
| Mariemont Elementary School Cincinnati | 514 | 15.6% | 92.1% |
| Goldwood Primary Elementary School Rocky River | 575 | 14.8% | N/A |
| Kirtland Elementary School Kirtland | 452 | 15.5% | 87.9% |
| Waterville Primary School Waterville | 468 | 15.8% | 89.7% |
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 Ralph E. Waite Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Medina County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #188 of 673 | #7 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.2% | #186 of 1,569 ▲ 312 | #7 of 23 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #134 of 1,569 ▲ 158 | #4 of 23 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #943 of 1,514 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #483 of 1,808 | #7 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #832 of 1,582 | #14 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #1,099 of 1,590 | #16 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.8% | #707 of 767 | #20 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #980 of 992 | #12 of 12 |
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
500
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 500 | 28.2 | 17.8:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 23.6 | 19.3:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 23.4 | 20.0:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 24 | 21.0:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 21 | 23.8:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 7% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ralph E. Waite Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (503 to 500); teachers up 18% (24 to 28.2).
About Ralph E. Waite Elementary
Located in Medina, Ohio, Ralph E. Waite Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 500 students enrolled. It has 24% more students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
Ralph E. Waite Elementary sits within Medina City SD, which has 12 schools and 6,414 students.
The share of students at Ralph E. Waite Elementary who are White is 88%. Other groups make up 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Ralph E. Waite Elementary are from different groups.
Ralph E. Waite Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1, with 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is about 17.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 12% at Ralph E. Waite Elementary. It compares with 26% for public schools in Medina County.
Ralph E. Waite Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.4%, compared with a predicted 84.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Medina County show that the median household earns about $94,968 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Medina County has 49 public schools with about 25,243 students, including Ralph E. Waite Elementary.
H G Blake Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Ralph E. Waite Elementary. Ralph E. Waite Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 82.0%, lower than Ralph E. Waite Elementary's 82.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Ralph E. Waite Elementary enrolled 475 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 500.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Ralph E. Waite Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Medina County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,660
Census ACS
Median income
$94,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
25,243 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Medina City SD
- Medina High SchoolHigh · 1,767 students
- Claggett Middle SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- A. I. Root Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Sidney Fenn Elementary SchoolElementary · 604 students
- Ella Canavan Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- H G Blake Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
Other schools in Medina
- Medina High SchoolHigh · 1,767 students
- Highland High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 824 students
- Medina County Career CenterHigh · 787 students
- Claggett Middle SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- A. I. Root Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
Nearby schools
- H G Blake Elementary School0.7 mi · 470
- A. I. Root Middle School1.5 mi · 690
- Helping Hands Preschool1.6 mi · 159
- Heritage Elementary School1.6 mi · 331
- Ella Canavan Elementary School1.8 mi · 475
- Garfield Elementary School2.3 mi · 216
Frequently asked questions
About Ralph E. Waite ElementaryHow large is Ralph E. Waite Elementary?
Ralph E. Waite Elementary enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ralph E. Waite Elementary serve?
Ralph E. Waite Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ralph E. Waite Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ralph E. Waite Elementary is approximately 17.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ralph E. Waite Elementary?
At Ralph E. Waite Elementary, the student body is approximately 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Ralph E. Waite Elementary in?
Ralph E. Waite Elementary is part of Medina City SD.
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