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Enrollment
819
Elementary
DISTRICT 637 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON LOCAL·NCES 390498504662
Strausser Elementary School
8646 Strausser St NW, Massillon, OH 44646 · (330) 830-8056 · Stark County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL819 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
143 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Jackson Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
89.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.8pp since 2021
Math
88.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 7 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 | 89.0% | 88.9% |
| 2023-24 | 85.8% | 86.3% |
| 2022-23 | 82.1% | 86.6% |
| 2021-22 | 82.2% | 85.2% |
% 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
86.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% 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 Strausser Elementary School
Strausser Elementary School's state test result (86.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strausser Elementary School this school | 819 | 17.5% | 86.8% |
| Sauder Elementary School Massillon | 722 | 18.3% | 87.6% |
| Buckeye Woods Elementary School Grove City | 742 | 20.6% | 86.7% |
| Bell Creek Intermediate School Bellbrook | 682 | 20.7% | 85.5% |
| Waynesville Elementary School Waynesville | 749 | 18.7% | 84.8% |
| Central Trail Elementary School Sylvania | 667 | 20.1% | 80.2% |
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 Strausser Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #99 of 673 | #2 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.9% | #114 of 1,569 ▲ 43 | #2 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #66 of 1,569 ▲ 101 | #2 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #572 of 1,514 | #20 of 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 819 | #73 of 1,808 | #5 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,237 of 1,582 | #35 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.9% | #934 of 1,590 | #32 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.5% | #661 of 767 | #22 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #460 of 561 | #19 of 22 |
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
819
+55 (+7%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 819 | 41.5 | 19.7:1 | 17% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 843 | 41.6 | 20.3:1 | 15% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 34.3 | 24.1:1 | 12% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 33 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 32.5 | 24.5:1 | 10% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 31 | 23.6:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 13% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Strausser Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (795 to 819); teachers up 28% (32.5 to 41.5).
About Strausser Elementary School
Among the schools in Massillon, Ohio, is Strausser Elementary School, a large elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 819 students. Against the 404-student average for elementary schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 103% higher.
Strausser Elementary School reports to Jackson Local, which has 6 schools and 5,741 students.
At Strausser Elementary School, White students make up 83% of the student body. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The county population is about 85% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Strausser Elementary School comes in at 30%.
With 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Strausser Elementary School was 19.7:1. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 17%. It compares with 36% for public schools in Stark County.
A school with Strausser Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 82.2%. Strausser Elementary School scores 86.8%, 4.5 points above that line.
Stark County census figures show that median household income is about $67,934, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Strausser Elementary School is among the 101 public schools in Stark County.
Sauder Elementary School is the public school closest to Strausser Elementary School, about 2.0 miles away. Strausser Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Strausser Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 86.8% versus an 81.2% average.
Strausser Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Strausser Elementary School saw enrollment rise 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.1:1 in 2020-21, and 19.7:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Strausser Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Local
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- Sauder Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Lake Cable Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Amherst Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other schools in Massillon
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,211 students
- Massillon Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- R G Drage Career Technical CtrHigh · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Sauder Elementary School2.0 mi · 722
- Jackson Memorial Middle School2.2 mi · 1,313
- Jackson High School2.6 mi · 1,881
- Lake Cable Elementary School3.7 mi · 544
- Nolley Elementary School3.9 mi · 527
- Portage Lakes Career Center4.0 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Strausser Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Strausser Elementary School?
Strausser Elementary School enrolls approximately 819 students in grades KG-05.
Is Strausser Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Strausser Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Strausser Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Strausser Elementary School is approximately 19.7:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Strausser Elementary School?
At Strausser Elementary School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Strausser Elementary School public or private?
Strausser Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.