Summary
Raymer Elementary School is a K–8 school at 550 Raymer Blvd in Toledo, OH, serving 381 students in the Toledo City school district, where it sits below an already low district baseline. The district ranks 662 of 773 Ohio districts (14th percentile, 1 star), and Raymer has spent the past decade in the bottom quintile of Ohio schools, most recently ranking 1412 of 1560 (9th percentile, 0 stars) for 2025–26.
Attendance is Raymer's clearest bright spot: chronic absenteeism fell from 57.7% in 2021–22 to 43.6% in 2025–26, a 14.1-point drop, and the gap with the district narrowed to 3.8 points even as the district rate rose. That is better than most nearby Toledo City schools, including Garfield Elementary School, Marshall STEMM Academy, Birmingham Elementary School, East Broadway Elementary School and Navarre Elementary School. Resources do not appear to be the main constraint: Raymer's per-pupil spending ($10,518 in 2018–19) and 16.5:1 student-teacher ratio are similar to or better than several peers. Still, it ranks below its own district, pointing more toward instruction and school-level practice than funding.
Test results are uneven. Math is the deepest weakness: grades 4, 6, 7 and 8 are below district averages, with 7th grade math at just 7.1% proficient (district 17.8%, Ohio 48.6%). Overall, Raymer averages 18.6% in math, 30.8% in ELA, and 31.8% in science; that's about 34 points below Ohio's average across all 14 assessments. One standout is 8th grade ELA at 43.8%, above the district and above nearby Navarre Elementary School and Oakdale Elementary School. Among nearby schools, Starr Elementary School in Oregon City performs much higher—50th percentile, 3 stars, 14.0% chronic absenteeism—on similar per-pupil spending. Subgroup results show female students, students with disabilities, and low-income students are served less effectively than the school's male students, though small cohorts make year-to-year swings noisy.
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