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What's one thing Rootstown Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROOTSTOWN LOCAL·NCES 390492103531
Rootstown Elementary School
4140 State Route 44, Rootstown, OH 44272 · (330) 325-7971 · Portage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% 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.
- 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.
- AThree-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
18.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
183 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Rootstown Elementary School→Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School→Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School
Based on grade levels within Rootstown Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +8.1pp since 2021
Math
73.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 73.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.6% | 65.5% |
| 2022-23 | 60.3% | 61.3% |
| 2021-22 | 67.8% | 61.0% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Rootstown Elementary School
Rootstown Elementary School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rootstown Elementary School this school | 406 | 45.1% | 71.0% |
| William Bruce Elementary School Eaton | 432 | 46.3% | 73.4% |
| Cardinal Elementary School Middlefield | 396 | 46.2% | 65.3% |
| Hollingsworth East Elementary School Eaton | 417 | 48.0% | N/A |
| Champion Central Elementary School Warren | 453 | 46.1% | 76.9% |
| Lohr Elementary School Navarre | 445 | 42.5% | 78.7% |
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 Rootstown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Portage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #443 of 673 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #551 of 1,569 ▲ 202 | #6 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #414 of 1,569 ▲ 286 | #3 of 15 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #248 of 1,514 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #805 of 1,808 | #9 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,080 of 1,582 | #13 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #1,211 of 1,590 | #13 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #335 of 767 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #167 of 992 | #1 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
406
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 406 | 21.5 | 18.9:1 | 45% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 22.5 | 19.4:1 | 41% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 34% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 25 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 30% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 26% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 27 | 21.7:1 | 30% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 10% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 30 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rootstown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (540 to 406); teachers down 26% (29 to 21.5).
About Rootstown Elementary School
At 4140 State Route 44 in Rootstown, Ohio, Rootstown Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 406 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Rootstown Local is the local district for Rootstown Elementary School. It runs 3 schools with 917 students.
The student body at Rootstown Elementary School is 90% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 87% White share among all Portage County residents. Rootstown Elementary School's diversity index is 18%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 21.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.9:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher above the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Rootstown Elementary School is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for Rootstown Elementary School is B. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Ohio, Rootstown Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 71.0% actual against a predicted 71.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Portage County, the median household income is $75,766, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Portage County is home to 48 public schools and about 19,638 public school students.
Nearby, Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Rootstown Elementary School ranks 1st of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 71.0% against a local average of 64.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Rootstown Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Rootstown Elementary School's enrollment declined 7%, to 406. Students per teacher rose from 17.4 in 2020-21 to 18.9 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Rootstown Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
161,956
Census ACS
Median income
$75,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
19,638 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rootstown Local
- Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High SchoolHigh · 282 students
- Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle SchoolMiddle · 229 students
Other schools in Rootstown
- Bio-Med Science Academy STEM SchoolCombined · 935 students
- Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High SchoolHigh · 282 students
- Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle SchoolMiddle · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School0.1 mi · 229
- Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School0.1 mi · 282
- Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School0.2 mi · 935
- Willyard Elementary School2.7 mi · 295
- West Main Elementary School3.9 mi · 297
- Brown Middle School4.0 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Rootstown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rootstown Elementary School?
Rootstown Elementary School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rootstown Elementary School serve?
Rootstown Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rootstown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rootstown Elementary School is approximately 18.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rootstown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rootstown Elementary School are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rootstown Elementary School in?
Rootstown Elementary School is part of Rootstown Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.