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Whitney Elementary School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Whitney Elementary School
Located at 13548 Whitney Rd, in Strongsville, Ohio, Whitney Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school that hosts 426 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Strongsville City.
Strongsville City comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,757 students; Whitney Elementary School is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Whitney Elementary School shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 22% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Cuyahoga County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitney Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.3%; this one delivers 87.2%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household earnings sit near $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Whitney Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is Big Creek Elementary School, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whitney Elementary School has increased 6%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment grew from 14% to 22% over that span.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Whitney Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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