Sharon Elementary School

Sharon Elementary School is a heavily attended elementary campus in Wadsworth, Ohio, one of the schools within Highland Local. The school works with 627 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 55% larger than the state mean of about 404.

Across the 8 schools in Highland Local (5,029 students total), Sharon Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Sharon Elementary School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Sharon Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Medina County's rate of about 26%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sharon Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 85.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 90.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Medina County reports that median household earnings sit near $94,968, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Medina County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,243 students), Sharon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Highland High School, roughly 4.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sharon Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 81.4%.

Sharon Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Sharon Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 23% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 627). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 95% to 89%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.