Rushwood Elementary School

Rushwood Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus in Northfield, Ohio, operated by Nordonia Hills City. The school instructs 355 students in grades K through 4.

Across the 7 schools in Nordonia Hills City (3,405 students total), Rushwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Rushwood Elementary School records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Summit County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rushwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 91.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Summit County shows median household earnings sit near $71,622, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Summit County's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), Rushwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Northfield Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rushwood Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 83.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Rushwood Elementary School's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 355). Class-load math has fell: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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