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What's one thing Stranahan Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVANIA SCHOOLS·NCES 390448701747
Stranahan Elementary School
3840 N Holland Sylvania Rd, Toledo, OH 43615 · (419) 824-8614 · Lucas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
229 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
73.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.1pp since 2021
Math
67.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.7% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.4% | 69.8% |
| 2022-23 | 78.7% | 70.1% |
| 2021-22 | 75.8% | 64.9% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% 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 Stranahan Elementary School
Stranahan Elementary School's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stranahan Elementary School this school | 502 | 45.6% | 74.1% |
| Whiteford Elementary School Toledo | 418 | 48.6% | 66.9% |
| James Conger Elementary School Delaware | 453 | 43.3% | 57.7% |
| Oakview Elementary School Kettering | 477 | 45.9% | 82.3% |
| Amity Elementary School Cincinnati | 569 | 48.2% | 67.5% |
| Southdale Elementary School Kettering | 530 | 44.3% | 80.0% |
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 Stranahan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #377 of 673 | #13 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #724 of 1,569 ▼ 104 | #17 of 80 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #478 of 1,569 ▼ 114 | #13 of 80 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #1,034 of 1,514 | #55 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #479 of 1,808 | #11 of 86 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #245 of 1,582 | #20 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #554 of 1,590 | #49 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.6% | #328 of 767 | #18 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #589 of 992 | #28 of 46 |
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
502
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 502 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 46% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 44% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 32% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 24 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 26.5 | 21.2:1 | 29% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 36% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 27 | 20.2:1 | 26% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 18% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 675 | 32 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stranahan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (561 to 502); teachers up 28% (26.5 to 34).
About Stranahan Elementary School
Stranahan Elementary School is an elementary school in Toledo, Ohio, reachable at (419) 824-8614. Enrollment totals 502 students across kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Ohio enroll around 404, and this school is 24% above that mark.
Besides Stranahan Elementary School, Sylvania Schools runs 12 other schools. The district enrolls 7,699 students.
At Stranahan Elementary School, 69% of students are White. It is also 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put Lucas County at about 68% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Stranahan Elementary School scores 50%.
Staffing at Stranahan Elementary School comes to 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1, 3.1 more students per teacher than here. Stranahan Elementary School counts 46% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Lucas County is similar, at 44%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Stranahan Elementary School is +2.5 points: 74.1% actual, 71.6% predicted.
In Lucas County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $62,224, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 143 public schools and about 73,839 students.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, Sylvania Mccord Junior High School, is the closest to Stranahan Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 74.3% proficiency; Stranahan Elementary School posts 74.1%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 491 to 502, a small change. Students per teacher dropped from 20.5 in 2020-21 to 14.8 in 2024-25.
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Lucas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
428,018
Census ACS
Median income
$62,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
73,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sylvania Schools
- Sylvania Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,283 students
- Sylvania Southview High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Central Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Sylvania Timberstone Junior High SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 581 students
Other schools in Toledo
- Whitmer High SchoolHigh · 2,113 students
- Start High SchoolHigh · 1,105 students
- Waite High SchoolHigh · 937 students
- Bowsher High SchoolHigh · 772 students
- Jesup W. Scott High SchoolHigh · 754 students
- Toledo School For The ArtsHigh · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Sylvania Mccord Junior High School1.1 mi · 581
- Sylvan Elementary School1.3 mi · 415
- Whiteford Elementary School1.4 mi · 418
- Aerospace & Natural Science Academy of Toledo1.4 mi · 437
- Sylvania Southview High School1.7 mi · 1,139
- Hawkins Elementary School1.8 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Stranahan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Stranahan Elementary School?
Stranahan Elementary School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Stranahan Elementary School serve?
Stranahan Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Stranahan Elementary School have?
Stranahan Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Stranahan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Stranahan Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Stranahan Elementary School?
Stranahan Elementary School is overseen by Sylvania Schools in Lucas County.
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