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Tallmadge Elementary School
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Tallmadge Elementary School
Tallmadge Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment primary school in Tallmadge, Ohio, overseen by Tallmadge City. Current enrollment sits at 1,088 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 169% above the state mean of about 404.
Across the 3 schools in Tallmadge City (2,507 students total), Tallmadge Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Tallmadge Elementary School reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 15% Asian, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, Tallmadge Elementary School reports 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tallmadge Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.1%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Summit County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which Tallmadge Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Tallmadge Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 102%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 1,088 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the Tallmadge Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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