Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORDONIA HILLS CITY·NCES 390500403814
Rushwood Elementary School
8200 Rushwood Ln, Northfield, OH 44067 · (330) 467-0581 · Summit County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
67 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (67).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Based on grade levels within Nordonia Hills City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
87.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +9.4pp since 2021
Math
90.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 9 points 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 | 87.8% | 90.8% |
| 2023-24 | 94.4% | 91.8% |
| 2022-23 | 89.5% | 94.5% |
| 2021-22 | 78.3% | 87.8% |
% 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
91.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Rushwood Elementary School
Rushwood Elementary School's state test result (91.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushwood Elementary School this school | 355 | 18.9% | 91.2% |
| Bluffsview Elementary School Columbus | 399 | 16.3% | 88.8% |
| Maryland Elementary School Bexley | 333 | 15.3% | 83.6% |
| Dr John Hole Elementary School Dayton | 376 | 20.7% | 85.5% |
| Montrose Elementary School Bexley | 324 | 13.9% | 84.3% |
| Olmsted Falls Early Childhood Center Olmsted | 321 | 22.7% | N/A |
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 Rushwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Summit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #30 of 673 | #2 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.8% | #73 of 1,569 ▼ 27 | #2 of 67 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #85 of 1,569 ▼ 66 | #5 of 67 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #493 of 1,514 | #21 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #1,043 of 1,808 | #37 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #891 of 1,582 | #55 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #825 of 1,590 | #47 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #646 of 767 | #26 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #479 of 992 | #16 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
355
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 355 | 19.7 | 18.0:1 | 19% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 19.2 | 17.2:1 | 22% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 21.2 | 16.2:1 | 17% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 21.2 | 19.4:1 | 21% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 20 | 20.3:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 25% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 7% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 19 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rushwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (411 to 355); teachers down 7% (21.2 to 19.7).
About Rushwood Elementary School
Located in Northfield, Ohio, Rushwood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 4, with a total enrollment of 355 students.
Rushwood Elementary School falls under Nordonia Hills City, which has 7 schools enrolling 3,405 students.
Federal enrollment data show Rushwood Elementary School is 80% White. Other groups make up 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.0 students per teacher. That is close to the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Summit County is 34%.
In Ohio, Rushwood Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 91.2% actual against a predicted 81.7%.
Census estimates describe Summit County this way: the median household income is $71,622, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Summit County has 149 public schools and roughly 69,214 students.
Northfield Elementary School is located about 1.2 miles from Rushwood Elementary School. The five-mile area around Rushwood Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Rushwood Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Rushwood Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Rushwood Elementary School grew 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 334 to 355 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Rushwood Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Nordonia Hills City
- Nordonia High SchoolHigh · 1,223 students
- Nordonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Lee Eaton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- Ledgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Northfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Nordonia Digital Knights AcademyHigh · 35 students
Other schools in Northfield
- Nordonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Lee Eaton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- Northfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Northfield Elementary School1.2 mi · 348
- Nordonia Middle School1.4 mi · 524
- Lee Eaton Intermediate School1.7 mi · 487
- Nordonia Digital Knights Academy3.0 mi · 35
- Nordonia High School3.0 mi · 1,223
- Ledgeview Elementary School3.4 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Rushwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Rushwood Elementary School?
Rushwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-04.
Is Rushwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rushwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Rushwood Elementary School have?
Rushwood Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Rushwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rushwood Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Rushwood Elementary School?
Rushwood Elementary School is overseen by Nordonia Hills City in Summit County.
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