Summary
Kenwood Elementary is a K–6 school at 1421 Nagley St in Springfield, Ohio, serving 413 students as part of the Springfield City School District. Its 2025–2026 state rank is 1410th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools — the 10th percentile, or 0 stars — closely mirroring its district, which ranks 704th of 773 districts (9th percentile, 0 stars). Kenwood has sat in the bottom decile for most of the past decade: it was at the 28th percentile in 2015–2016 and the 18th in 2017–2018, then mostly between the 8th and 17th percentiles since 2020–2021. Among nearby same-district schools, Kenwood is near the bottom but not the lowest — Fulton Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School are at the 4th percentile, Mann Elementary School ties Kenwood at the 10th, while Kenton Elementary School (25th) and Lagonda Elementary School (19th) rank higher.
Chronic absenteeism was 33.8% in 2025–2026, slightly better than the district's 34.7% and a substantial improvement from 45.0% in 2021–2022, but still high. Most nearby same-district elementaries have lower rates — Lagonda at 22.6%, Fulton at 24.4%, Perrin Woods Elementary School at 28.2%, Mann at 29.0%, Kenton at 29.4%, and Lincoln at 30.8% — and only Warder Park-Wayne Elementary School (35.6%) is higher. Nearby Shawnee Elementary School, in the higher-performing Clark-Shawnee Local district, had just 12.9%.
Academically, Kenwood is below the district and state in nearly every tested area, with the largest gaps in math and science. Grade 5 math proficiency (7.7%) and grade 5 science (17.9%) are far below state levels, and grade 3 math (18.5%) is the lowest among nearby same-district schools. Grade 6 is the clearest relative bright spot: math (24.3%) and ELA (31.6%) both beat the district and the nearby same-district average, though they remain well below state proficiency. Results for students from low-income backgrounds track the school overall, at the 10th percentile. Resources do not obviously explain the outcomes: Kenwood's 2018–2019 per-student spending ($10,066) was the highest among nearby same-district elementaries, and its 15.8 student-teacher ratio is mid-range. Keep in mind that spending data are several years old, and grade-level results can swing from year to year because of small cohorts.
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