Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUYAHOGA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 390438300769
Richardson Elementary School
2226 23rd St, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223 · (330) 926-3807 · Summit County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
201 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 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
57%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
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.6pp since 2021
Math
66.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.8% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 64.7% |
| 2022-23 | 73.5% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.2% | 68.9% |
% 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
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Richardson Elementary School
Richardson Elementary School's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson Elementary School this school | 315 | 63.8% | 73.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Cuyahoga Falls | 370 | 66.5% | 62.6% |
| Emerson Primary School Sidney | 340 | 64.4% | N/A |
| Jane Chance Intermediate School Miamisburg | 329 | 55.9% | 64.4% |
| Gordon Dewitt Elementary School Cuyahoga Falls | 364 | 56.9% | 77.3% |
| Robinwood Lane Elementary School Youngstown | 344 | 67.7% | 73.0% |
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 Richardson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Summit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #399 of 673 | #21 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #758 of 1,569 ▲ 18 | #24 of 67 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #271 of 1,569 ▲ 203 | #12 of 67 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #896 of 1,514 | #35 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #1,213 of 1,808 | #48 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #190 of 1,582 | #26 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #431 of 1,590 | #28 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #104 of 767 | #6 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #229 of 992 | #6 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
315
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 315 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 64% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 62% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | N/A | N/A | 51% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 24 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 41% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 40% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 34% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 11% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 16 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richardson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (399 to 315); teachers down 21% (28 to 22).
About Richardson Elementary School
This page covers Richardson Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 315 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
Federal data list 9 schools in Cuyahoga Falls City School District, with 3,848 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Richardson Elementary School is 63% White. The next largest groups are 12% multiracial, 9% Black, 9% Asian, and 7% Hispanic. The school's White share is 11 points below the 74% share among Summit County residents. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Richardson Elementary School are from different groups.
Richardson Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1, with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 64% at Richardson Elementary School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Summit County is 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Richardson Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Ohio public elementary schools.
In Ohio, Richardson Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 73.1% actual against a predicted 64.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Summit County show that the median household earns about $71,622 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Summit County has 149 public schools with about 69,214 students, including Richardson Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Richardson Elementary School is closest to Bolich Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Richardson Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 62.4% on proficiency, and Richardson Elementary School is above that at 73.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Richardson Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 315, compared with 347 in 2020-21.
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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
- Elizabeth Price Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 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
- Elizabeth Price Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
Other Richardson Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Richardson Elementary. Richardson Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Richardson Elementary SchoolOSCODA, MI · 711 students
- Richardson ElementaryNORTH SAINT PAUL, MN · 654 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolDIMMITT, TX · 507 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolCentral Point, OR · 500 students
- RICHARDSON ELEM.LEE'S SUMMIT, MO · 405 students
Nearby schools
- Bolich Middle School0.8 mi · 508
- Gordon Dewitt Elementary School1.2 mi · 364
- Cuyahoga Falls High School1.2 mi · 1,198
- Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center1.7 mi · 473
- Lincoln Elementary School1.9 mi · 370
- Preston Elementary School2.2 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Richardson Elementary SchoolHow large is Richardson Elementary School?
Richardson Elementary School enrolls approximately 315 students in grades KG-05.
Is Richardson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richardson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Richardson Elementary School have?
Richardson Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Richardson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Richardson Elementary School are roughly 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Richardson Elementary School in?
Richardson Elementary School is part of Cuyahoga Falls City School District.
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