West Park Elementary School

Families in Ravenna, Ohio, are served by West Park Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school had 125 students in kindergarten in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 69% smaller than that.

Within Ravenna City, West Park Elementary School is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 1,874 students.

By race and ethnicity, West Park Elementary School is 70% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Black, 12% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. In Portage County overall, about 87% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at West Park Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.

Teachers at West Park Elementary School total 9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1.

Within Portage County, median household income is about $75,766, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Portage County number 48 and enroll about 19,638.

The next-closest public school is Brown Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of West Park Elementary School.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 32%, from 184 to 125. The number of students per teacher fell from 20.4 to 13.9 over 4 years.

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