NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Kent, OH

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

7 public K-12 schools in Kent from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

3,762

Students

47/100

Avg Resource Index

10.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kent has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Theodore Roosevelt High School enrolls 35.2% of Kent's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Kent's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 28-point gap between Holden Elementary School and Theodore Roosevelt High School shows the range hidden by Kent's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 60%
School count: Top 65%
Resource Index average: 78th percentile
Teacher staffing: 98th percentile

Theodore Roosevelt High School accounts for 35.2% of all Kent public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Kent-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Kent school enrollment varies 6.0× across entities

Kent school enrollment ranges from 220 students (lowest) to 1,325 students (highest), a spread of 1,105 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Kent student-teacher ratio is 10.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Holden Elementary School	59	220	elementary	Kent City
2.	Davey Elementary School	51	437	Combined	Kent City
3.	Longcoy Elementary School	51	280	elementary	Kent City
4.	Walls Elementary School	49	355	elementary	Kent City
5.	Stanton Middle School	46	616	Combined	Kent City
6.	Brimfield Elementary School	42	529	elementary	Field Local
7.	Theodore Roosevelt High School	31	1,325	high	Kent City

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kent

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

What do families ask about schools in Kent?

Which Kent school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Holden Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kent schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kent, OH? ▼

Kent has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,762 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.