Kent City

Schools in Kent City, OH include six schools—four elementary, one middle, and one high school—serving about 3,233 students in grades PK–12. The district is ranked 252 of 773 statewide, at the 67th percentile with 3 stars, but that overall profile masks wide differences: Theodore Roosevelt High School and Stanton Middle School rank well above the district, while elementary results range from strong at Holden Elementary School and Davey Elementary School to weaker at Walls Elementary School and Longcoy Elementary School.

Theodore Roosevelt High School is the district’s top-ranked school: 140 of 795, 82nd percentile, 4 stars, up from 64th percentile and 3 stars the prior year, with a 97.3% graduation rate. It beats the state in every End-of-Course subject by roughly 11 to 19 percentage points and improved in all six, though Algebra I remains below the district at 72.7 vs. 79.0. Its chronic absenteeism is the district’s highest at 32.0%, above the district’s 24.3%. Stanton Middle School ranks 266 of 1,046, 75th percentile, 4 stars, and has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 14.1. Its Algebra I EOC score is 100.0, likely a small advanced group; ELA 7th grade is 81.2 and Science 8th grade is 73.4. Its absenteeism is 23.0%.

Among elementary schools, Holden Elementary School has the strongest overall test profile, with a simple average of about 75.3, ELA 5th grade at 91.2, and Mathematics 3rd grade at 85.2, despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 67.27%. Davey Elementary School combines the lowest chronic absenteeism at 13.3% with standout 4th-grade results—84.7 in math and 74.6 in ELA—and the lowest 2018–2019 spending at $8,909. Walls Elementary School is the only 2-star school, ranked 793 of 1,560, with 4th-grade ELA and math at 50.0 and 53.1, and the highest student-teacher ratio at 20.2. Longcoy Elementary School ranks 758 of 1,560, 51st percentile, also with 4th-grade ELA at 50.0 and math at 56.8. Districtwide, 4th grade is a soft spot except at Davey, and chronic absenteeism rises from elementary schools (13.3%–21.6%) to middle (23.0%) to high school (32.0%).