Kenton Elementary School

Summary:

Kenton Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 1,028 students in grades PK-6 in Kenton, Ohio, which is part of the Kenton City School District. The school faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism, below-average test scores, and uneven performance across student subgroups.

Kenton Elementary School's chronic absenteeism rate has significantly increased from 4.3% in 2019-2020 to 20.6% in 2023-2024, which is notably higher than the state average and the rates of nearby schools like Elgin Elementary (25.2%), Benjamin Logan Elementary (11.6%), and Hardin Northern Elementary (12.5%). Additionally, the school's academic performance, as measured by Ohio State Tests, is generally below the state average across grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates in Mathematics and English Language Arts lower than the state averages in most grades.

Kenton Elementary School's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. While the school ranks highly for its Gifted and Talented students, it struggles with lower-performing subgroups, such as White students, Disabled students, and Low Socio-Economic Status students, who rank in the bottom quartile of Ohio elementary schools. Furthermore, the school's spending per student ($8,778 in 2018-2019) is lower than the state average and the spending of nearby schools like Elgin Elementary ($9,399), Benjamin Logan Elementary ($10,503), and Hardin Northern Elementary ($12,607).


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 631 Silver Street
       Kenton, OH  43326-1679


(419) 673-7248

District: Kenton City

SchoolDigger Rank:
937th of 1,577 Ohio Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,325 Help


Students who attend Kenton Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Kenton Middle School
High:    Kenton High School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.8 Help
Number of students:  1,030

Racial breakdown:

White:
89.8%
Hispanic:
5.7%
Two or more races:
3.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65.8% Help


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Compare Details Kenton Elementary School ranks worse than 59.4% of elementary schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.18. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (89.8%), Hispanic (5.7%), two or more races (3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kenton Elementary School is 15.8. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kenton Elementary School is $9,325.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kenton Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Kenton Elementary School 937th of 1577 Ohio public elementary schools. (See Kenton Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Kenton City:

SchoolDigger ranks Kenton City 530th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Kenton Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 85.60 91st 1471 93.8%
2005 57.15 751st 1501 50.0%
2006 47.21 983rd 1504 34.6%
2007 44.75 1093rd 1609 32.1%
2008 47.91 1055th 1582 33.3%
2009 60.47 826th 1610 48.7%
2010 66.96 673rd 1662 59.5%
2011 74.27 429th 1686 74.6%
2012 76.99 331st 1709 80.6%
2013 77.91 296th 1701 82.6%
2014 73.49 497th 1687 70.5%
2015 60.10 840th 1684 50.1%
2016 63.78 759th 1678 54.8%
2017 57.08 926th 1651 43.9%
2018 57.19 876th 1636 46.5%
2019 53.73 949th 1676 43.4%
2021 49.69 930th 1610 42.2%
2022 44.76 990th 1588 37.7%
2023 45.51 983rd 1596 38.4%
2024 49.18 937th 1577 40.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 26.06 672nd 856 21.5%
2024 31.45 619th 900 31.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.28 639th 1465 56.4%
2019 60.33 637th 1465 56.5%
2021 44.09 800th 1404 43.0%
2022 41.07 900th 1419 36.6%
2023 39.73 944th 1447 34.8%
2024 46.44 889th 1484 40.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.53 808th 1518 46.8%
2019 58.83 780th 1502 48.1%
2021 46.55 863rd 1467 41.2%
2022 38.14 997th 1488 33.0%
2023 37.62 986th 1483 33.5%
2024 48.71 869th 1466 40.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.12 697th 1021 31.7%
2019 48.41 439th 956 54.1%
2021 23.16 640th 765 16.3%
2022 19.65 738th 824 10.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.98 633rd 759 16.6%
2019 51.23 66th 126 47.6%
2022 74.30 9th 128 93.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.13 880th 1536 42.7%
2019 48.65 936th 1535 39.0%
2021 42.50 934th 1499 37.7%
2022 44.31 941st 1518 38.0%
2023 46.33 919th 1498 38.7%
2024 45.23 917th 1485 38.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 14.11 212th 228 7.0%
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Rank History for White students at Kenton Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.30 914th 1309 30.2%
2019 39.70 914th 1271 28.1%
2021 30.01 961st 1249 23.1%
2022 24.20 1033rd 1242 16.8%
2023 25.16 1002nd 1215 17.5%
2024 29.37 953rd 1190 19.9%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Kenton Elementary School Test Scores
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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Kenton Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 289 5 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 296
1989 308 2 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 312
1990 312 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 314
1991 265 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 265
1992 269 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 272
1993 309 0 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 314
1994 312 0 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 316
1995 329 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 332
1996 329 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 332
1997 340 1 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 344
1998 330 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 333
1999 330 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 332
2000 319 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 321
2001 304 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 307
2002 283 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a 9 295
2003 283 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a 9 295
2004 282 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a 8 292
2005 316 1 2 3 1 n/a n/a 9 332
2006 323 1 1 2 1 n/a n/a 10 338
2007 322 1 0 2 1 n/a n/a 7 333
2008 309 1 0 5 1 n/a n/a 6 322
2009 319 0 0 4 1 n/a n/a 6 330
2010 302 0 0 5 0 n/a n/a 7 314
2011 319 1 1 15 0 0 9 0 345
2012 298 0 1 12 0 0 9 0 320
2013 309 0 3 8 0 0 8 0 328
2014 315 2 5 15 0 0 7 0 344
2015 1047 3 6 38 0 0 22 0 1116
2016 1036 6 7 43 0 0 22 0 1114
2017 1017 6 4 43 0 0 25 0 1095
2018 990 8 4 53 0 0 21 0 1076
2019 980 9 4 53 0 0 24 0 1070
2020 965 8 3 58 1 0 25 0 1060
2021 910 16 2 49 0 0 19 0 996
2022 907 10 1 59 0 0 23 0 1000
2023 932 12 1 57 2 0 24 0 1028
2024 925 12 1 59 2 0 31 0 1030

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Kenton Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 296 14.0 21.1 0
1989 312 15.0 20.8 n/a
1990 314 15.0 20.9 n/a
1991 265 15.1 17.5 n/a
1992 272 15.0 18.1 32
1993 314 17.0 18.5 34.4
1994 316 16.0 19.8 31.6
1995 332 17.0 19.5 22.6
1996 332 17.0 19.5 22.6
1997 344 19.0 18.1 25.3
1998 333 18.0 18.5 23.1
1999 332 18.0 18.4 28.3
2000 321 18.0 17.8 24.3
2001 307 18.0 17.1 18.2
2002 295 17.0 17.4 17.8
2003 295 17.0 17.4 17.8
2004 292 18.0 16.2 23.9
2005 332 18.0 18.4 35.6
2006 338 18.0 18.8 41.2
2007 333 19.0 17.5 41.1
2008 322 20.0 16.1 n/a
2009 330 17.0 19.4 47.2
2010 314 17.0 18.4 47.2
2011 345 16.0 21.5 46.7
2012 320 17.0 18.8 46.3
2013 328 18.0 18.2 47.9
2014 344 16.0 21.5 49.1
2015 1116 n/a n/a 60.6
2016 1114 57.0 19.5 60.2
2017 1095 58.0 18.8 63.4
2018 1076 62.0 17.3 61.6
2019 1070 64.0 16.7 61.3
2020 1060 64.0 16.5 58.4
2021 996 60.5 16.4 n/a
2022 1000 62.5 16.0 n/a
2023 1028 59.0 17.4 55.1
2024 1030 65.0 15.8 65.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Kenton Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 296 14.0 21.1 0
1989 312 15.0 20.8 n/a
1990 314 15.0 20.9 n/a
1991 265 15.1 17.5 n/a
1992 272 15.0 18.1 32
1993 314 17.0 18.5 34.4
1994 316 16.0 19.8 31.6
1995 332 17.0 19.5 22.6
1996 332 17.0 19.5 22.6
1997 344 19.0 18.1 25.3
1998 333 18.0 18.5 23.1
1999 332 18.0 18.4 28.3
2000 321 18.0 17.8 24.3
2001 307 18.0 17.1 18.2
2002 295 17.0 17.4 17.8
2003 295 17.0 17.4 17.8
2004 292 18.0 16.2 23.9
2005 332 18.0 18.4 35.6
2006 338 18.0 18.8 41.2
2007 333 19.0 17.5 41.1
2008 322 20.0 16.1 n/a
2009 330 17.0 19.4 47.2
2010 314 17.0 18.4 47.2
2011 345 16.0 21.5 46.7
2012 320 17.0 18.8 46.3
2013 328 18.0 18.2 47.9
2014 344 16.0 21.5 49.1
2015 1116 n/a n/a 60.6
2016 1114 57.0 19.5 60.2
2017 1095 58.0 18.8 63.4
2018 1076 62.0 17.3 61.6
2019 1070 64.0 16.7 61.3
2020 1060 64.0 16.5 58.4
2021 996 60.5 16.4 n/a
2022 1000 62.5 16.0 n/a
2023 1028 59.0 17.4 55.1
2024 1030 65.0 15.8 65.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Kenton Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $8,778
2022 $8,863
2023 $8,921
2024 $9,325

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Kenton Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 949th of 1676 Elementary schoolsRanks 983rd of 1596 Elementary schools
 5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Kenton Elementary School)70.451.1
 19.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Kenton City)70.451.1
 19.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Ohio)67.162.2
 4.9%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kenton Elementary School)67.245.3
 21.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kenton City)67.245.3
 21.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)66.762.3
 4.4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Kenton Elementary School)73.957.7
 16.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Kenton City)74.157.7
 16.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)74.366.8
 7.5%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Kenton Elementary School)50.349.2
 1.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Kenton City)5049.2
 0.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)63.358.9
 4.4%
5th Grade Science (Kenton Elementary School)63.564.6
 1.1%
   5th Grade Science (Kenton City)63.564.6
 1.1%
   5th Grade Science (Ohio)6563.9
 1.1%
5th Grade Mathematics (Kenton Elementary School)68.950.7
 18.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Kenton City)68.950.7
 18.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)62.556.6
 5.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Kenton Elementary School)61.558.2
 3.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Kenton City)61.558.2
 3.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)69.867.4
 2.4%
6th Grade Mathematics (Kenton Elementary School)62.249.2
 13%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Kenton City)62.249.2
 13%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)60.150
 10.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Kenton Elementary School)54.450.8
 3.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Kenton City)54.450.8
 3.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)56.155
 1.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students10701028
 3.9%
African American912
 33.3%
American Indian02
Asian41
 75%
Hispanic5357
 7.5%
Pacific Islander00
White980932
 4.9%
Two or More Races2424
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients61.3%55.1%
 6.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Kenton Elementary School

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,030 students attended Kenton Elementary School.

Kenton Elementary School ranks 937th of 1577 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Kenton Elementary School are 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

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

Middle : Kenton Middle School
High : Kenton High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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