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Enrollment
582
Elementary
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWINSBURG CITY·NCES 390500703831
Samuel Bissell Elementary School
1811 Glenwood Dr, Twinsburg, OH 44087 · (330) 486-2100 · Summit County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
20.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
172 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 276 | 47% |
| Grade 3 | 306 | 53% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Samuel Bissell Elementary School→Geo G Dodge Elementary School→R B Chamberlin Middle School→Twinsburg High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Twinsburg City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
81.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.5pp since 2021
Math
80.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.4% | 80.9% |
| 2023-24 | 84.8% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.8% | 80.1% |
| 2021-22 | 83.9% | 77.1% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Samuel Bissell Elementary School
Samuel Bissell Elementary School's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Bissell Elementary School this school | 582 | 29.6% | 81.8% |
| Wilcox Elementary School Twinsburg | 652 | 27.6% | N/A |
| Mayfield Center Elementary School Mayfield | 468 | 28.0% | 85.2% |
| Creekside Early Childhood School West Chester | 720 | 31.1% | N/A |
| Blacklick Elementary School Blacklick | 692 | 25.1% | 74.2% |
| Endeavor Elementary School West | 740 | 28.8% | 80.9% |
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 Samuel Bissell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Summit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #205 of 673 | #10 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #351 of 1,569 ▲ 7 | #15 of 67 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #235 of 1,569 ▼ 45 | #10 of 67 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #989 of 1,514 | #38 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #302 of 1,808 | #11 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,376 of 1,582 | #64 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #224 of 1,590 | #11 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #523 of 767 | #19 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #927 of 992 | #37 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
582
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 582 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 30% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 19% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 36 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 28.7 | 20.8:1 | 19% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 25 | 24.6:1 | 20% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 17% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 13% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel Bissell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (595 to 582); teachers down 2% (28.7 to 28).
About Samuel Bissell Elementary School
Samuel Bissell Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Twinsburg, Ohio. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 582 students in grades 2 through 3. Against the 404-student average for elementary schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 44% higher.
The district, Twinsburg City, has 3,854 students enrolled across 5 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Samuel Bissell Elementary School is 51% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 14% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. In Summit County overall, about 74% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Samuel Bissell Elementary School comes in at 66%.
The school employs the equivalent of 28 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 20.8:1. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%.
Measured against Ohio public elementary schools, Samuel Bissell Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Samuel Bissell Elementary School is 4.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 81.8% actual, 77.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
In Summit County (population about 537,864), median household income is about $71,622, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 149 public schools operate in Summit County, serving about 69,214 students.
Geo G Dodge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Samuel Bissell Elementary School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 81.8% versus an 86.5% average.
Samuel Bissell Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 582 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 559. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.5:1 to 20.8:1.
The Samuel Bissell Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Twinsburg City
- Twinsburg High SchoolHigh · 1,197 students
- Geo G Dodge Elementary SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Wilcox Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- R B Chamberlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
Other schools in Twinsburg
- Twinsburg High SchoolHigh · 1,197 students
- Geo G Dodge Elementary SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Wilcox Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- R B Chamberlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
Nearby schools
- Geo G Dodge Elementary School1.3 mi · 859
- R B Chamberlin Middle School1.5 mi · 564
- Twinsburg High School1.8 mi · 1,197
- Ledgeview Elementary School1.9 mi · 433
- Wilcox Elementary School2.1 mi · 652
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary School2.5 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel Bissell Elementary SchoolHow large is Samuel Bissell Elementary School?
Samuel Bissell Elementary School enrolls approximately 582 students in grades 02-03.
What grades does Samuel Bissell Elementary School serve?
Samuel Bissell Elementary School serves grades 02-03.
How many teachers does Samuel Bissell Elementary School have?
Samuel Bissell Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Samuel Bissell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Samuel Bissell Elementary School are roughly 51% White, 5% Hispanic, 23% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Samuel Bissell Elementary School?
Samuel Bissell Elementary School is overseen by Twinsburg City in Summit County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.