Walls Elementary School

Located at 900 Doramor St, in Kent, Ohio, Walls Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that instructs 355 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Kent City.

Walls Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Kent City, a district that serves 3,233 students overall.

On demographics, Walls Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest is composed of 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Walls Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at Walls Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Portage County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walls Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.3%; this one delivers 68.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Portage County indicate median household income runs about $75,766, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walls Elementary School is one of 48 public schools in Portage County (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students).

Theodore Roosevelt High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walls Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Walls Elementary School's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 355). The White share of enrollment shrank from 75% to 69% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Walls Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.