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Preston Elementary School

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Preston Elementary School ranks 974 th of 1560 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

974^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 38% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Preston Elementary School is a K–5 school serving about 240 students in the Cuyahoga Falls City School District in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. In 2025–26 it ranked 974th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools — the 38th percentile with 2 stars — placing it below its district's overall 52nd-percentile, 3-star profile and below most of its same-district elementary peers. The longer-term trend has been downward: Preston was at the 69th percentile in 2015–16, briefly returned to the 53rd percentile with 3 stars in 2021–22, and has since settled in the low 40s and upper 30s with 2 stars.

Test results are uneven rather than uniformly weak. Preston is near or above district and state levels in Math 4 (70.0), Math 5 (62.2), and ELA 4 (70.0). The main gaps are Science 5 (43.2 vs. district 63.9 and state 62.7), ELA 5 (48.6 vs. district 71.0), Math 3 (46.7 vs. district 65.1), and ELA 3 (60.0 vs. district 70.6). Compared with nearby schools, Preston generally scores higher than the Akron City community learning centers, but trails Riverview Elementary School in Stow-Munroe Falls City School District in every comparable grade, as well as top Cuyahoga Falls elementaries such as Silver Lake Elementary School, Gordon Dewitt Elementary School, and Richardson Elementary School.

Attendance is a genuine bright spot: chronic absenteeism is 13.6%, well below the district's 23.1% and better than most nearby schools, despite high poverty — 70.83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Class size is relatively favorable too, at 13.3 students per teacher, lower than most nearby schools, and per-student spending ($10,313 in 2018–19) is in line with peers, so funding and class size alone don't explain the achievement gap.

240

Students ?

13.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,203

Per pupil spending ?

70.8%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

800 Tallmadge Rd
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221-5016

(330) 926-3805

District: Cuyahoga Falls City School District

Students who attend Preston Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Cuyahoga Falls Middle School
High:	Cuyahoga Falls High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

53.3%

African American:

17.5%

Asian:

13.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 69th percentile in 2016 → 38th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (57% vs 64% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 31 percentile points since 2016

!Science scores 20 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school57%

District avg68%

Ohio avg64%

974^th of 1,560

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 38%▼ down 31 pts since 2016

From top 31% (2016) to bottom 38% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Cuyahoga Falls City School District

370^th of 773Cuyahoga Falls City School District among Ohio districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	44.5	974 of 1560	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	51.6	869 of 1558	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.5	954 of 1577	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	53.4	888 of 1596	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	61.4	750 of 1588	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	50.8	917 of 1610	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	61.2	798 of 1676	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.4	780 of 1636	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	66.1	697 of 1651	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2016	72.7	522 of 1678	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2015	65.7	690 of 1684	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2014	68.0	688 of 1687	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2013	54.9	1022 of 1701	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	53.7	1054 of 1709	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	44.6	1182 of 1686	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2010	56.3	947 of 1662	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	48.6	1074 of 1610	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	46.7	1077 of 1582	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	53.1	959 of 1609	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	48.0	968 of 1504	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	43.9	994 of 1501	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	57.6	737 of 1471	49.9%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2019	58.2	327 of 956	65.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	43.4	916 of 1452	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	55.2	741 of 1452	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.5	931 of 1466	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.8	863 of 1483	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	59.6	704 of 1488	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.7	907 of 1467	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.6	851 of 1502	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	58.5	779 of 1518	48.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	48.8	850 of 1467	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	56.8	688 of 1473	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.6	731 of 1484	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.8	524 of 1447	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	74.5	293 of 1419	79.4%	★★★★☆
2021	54.8	658 of 1404	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.0	517 of 1465	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.4	665 of 1465	54.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	45.8	904 of 1467	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	46.5	890 of 1466	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.6	879 of 1485	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.9	824 of 1498	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	59.8	723 of 1518	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	49.3	846 of 1499	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	65.2	647 of 1535	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.5	692 of 1536	54.9%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	49.4	99 of 202	51.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	35.2	866 of 1181	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	41.0	793 of 1175	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.8	873 of 1190	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	48.9	723 of 1215	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.8	706 of 1242	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.0	934 of 1249	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.7	754 of 1271	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.6	799 of 1309	39.0%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2019)66th percentile+13 vs school

Multi-racial (2024)51st percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)42nd percentile+4 vs school

Male (2026)38th percentile~ school

Female (2026)37th percentile~ school

White (2026)27th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics60%-3 vs state

English Language Arts60%-6 vs state

Science43%-20 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)			Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)			Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Preston Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Tallmadge Rd	Cuyahoga Falls	44221	Summit County	Cuyahoga Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 926-3805	240	18	13.3	70.8%	128 (53.3%)	42 (17.5%)	11 (4.6%)	33 (13.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (10.4%)	44.5	974^th of 1560 public elementary schools	37.6%		51.6	869^th of 1558 public elementary schools	44.2%	105	43.2	46.7	70.0	62.2	60.0	70.0	48.6			$14,203
Elizabeth Price Elementary School	Public	K-5	2610 Delmore St	Cuyahoga Falls	44221	Summit County	Cuyahoga Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 926-3806	271	20	13.5	76.8%	151 (55.7%)	26 (9.6%)	6 (2.2%)	69 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.0%)	49.7	896^th of 1560 public elementary schools	42.6%		52.1	859^th of 1558 public elementary schools	44.9%	37	34.4	75.9	75.0	50.0	67.2	59.1	59.4	75.5%	4%	$13,365
Gordon Dewitt Elementary School	Public	K-5	425 Falls Ave	Cuyahoga Falls	44221	Summit County	Cuyahoga Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 926-3802	364	21	17.3	56.9%	257 (70.6%)	28 (7.7%)	21 (5.8%)	15 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.8%)	77.4	366^th of 1560 public elementary schools	76.5%		73.9	455^th of 1558 public elementary schools	70.8%	89	81.0	73.9	77.0	75.9	80.4	77.0	81.0	95.5%	4.5%	$12,754
Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center	Public	PK, KG-5	1085 Clifton Ave	Akron	44310	Summit County	Akron City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 761-1315	473	34	13.8	—	88 (18.6%)	89 (18.8%)	67 (14.2%)	197 (41.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.3%)	25.5	1188^th of 1560 public elementary schools	23.8%		19.4	1269^th of 1558 public elementary schools	18.5%	81	37.7	39.7	31.6	45.5	53.4	46.1	57.1	58.2%	3%	$13,471
Forest Hill Community Learning Center	Public	K-5	850 Damon St	Akron	44310	Summit County	Akron City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 761-1645	405	30	13.6	—	48 (11.9%)	104 (25.7%)	68 (16.8%)	153 (37.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	30 (7.4%)	26.8	1172^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	24.9%		24.4	1192^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	23.5%	20	40.8	35.6	40.6	32.7	63.3	40.6	61.2	70.4%	0%	$13,487
Richardson Elementary School	Public	K-5	2226 23rd St	Cuyahoga Falls	44223	Summit County	Cuyahoga Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 926-3807	315	22	14.3	63.8%	198 (62.9%)	28 (8.9%)	23 (7.3%)	28 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (12.1%)	67.9	569^th of 1560 public elementary schools	63.5%		72.5	481^st of 1558 public elementary schools	69.1%	88	69.8	75.6	69.0	58.1	68.3	83.3	76.7	98.1%	1.9%	$12,455
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	3131 Bailey Rd	Cuyahoga Falls	44221	Summit County	Cuyahoga Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 926-3803	370	23	16.0	66.5%	248 (67.0%)	22 (5.9%)	23 (6.2%)	51 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.0%)	51.1	872^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	44.1%		47.4	933^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	40.1%	61	64.9	43.9	64.5	49.1	70.2	64.5	68.4	90.6%	4.7%	$12,473
Silver Lake Elementary School	Public	K-5	2970 Overlook Rd	Silver Lake	44224	Summit County	Cuyahoga Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 926-3811	210	13	16.1	49.0%	165 (78.6%)	8 (3.8%)	11 (5.2%)	16 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.8%)	76.7	388^th of 1560 public elementary schools	75.1%		67.3	580^th of 1558 public elementary schools	62.8%	192	78.6	80.0	69.0	78.6	80.0	69.0	89.3	94.6%	5.4%	$14,265
Riverview Elementary School	Public	K-4	240 N River Rd	Munroe Falls	44262	Summit County	Stow-Munroe Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 689-5310	273	17	16.5	39.6%	198 (72.5%)	17 (6.2%)	16 (5.9%)	16 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (9.5%)	72.2	490^th of 1560 public elementary schools	68.6%		72.1	489^th of 1558 public elementary schools	68.6%	1		71.7	84.8		71.7	71.7		75.6%	0%	$14,091
Findley Community Learning Center	Public	K-5	65 W Tallmadge Ave	Akron	44310	Summit County	Akron City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 761-7909	555	39	14.3	—	40 (7.2%)	166 (29.9%)	172 (31.0%)	138 (24.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (6.5%)	15.9	1313^th of 1560 public elementary schools	15.8%		13.7	1343^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	13.8%	30	35.6	38.8	45.7	28.8	43.3	29.3	39.0	27%	0%	$13,411

Frequently Asked Questions about Preston Elementary School

What district is Preston Elementary School in?

Cuyahoga Falls City School District

How many students attend Preston Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 240 students attended Preston Elementary School.

Is Preston Elementary School a good school?

Preston Elementary School ranks 974^th of 1560 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Preston Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Preston Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cuyahoga Falls Middle School
High : Cuyahoga Falls High School

What is the racial makeup of Preston Elementary School?

Students at Preston Elementary School are 53% White, 18% African American, 14% Asian, 10% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.

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