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Taft Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
730 E Avondale Ave
Youngstown, OH 44502
Phone
(330) 744-7973
District
YOUNGSTOWN CITY
County
MAHONING COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
312
Classroom Teachers
24

* According to NeighborhoodScout’s research of school performance, Taft Elementary School ranks as one of the bottom 100 worst public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Ohio

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.3% of all OH schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Taft Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
8%
61%
9%
62%
6%
60%
8%
61%
9%
62%
6%
60%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
4%
64%
5%
64%
2%
65%
4%
64%
5%
64%
2%
65%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
2%
60%
2%
66%
2%
55%
2%
60%
2%
66%
2%
55%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 37 11.9%
Kindergarten 61 19.6%
Grade 1 43 13.8%
Grade 2 42 13.5%
Grade 3 50 16.0%
Grade 4 37 11.9%
Grade 5 42 13.5%
Total 312 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 14.3% 15.2% 71.3%
Black 57.9% 59.5% 18.1%
Hispanic 27.5% 25.0% 7.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2% 2.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 63,404 11,756,058
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,397.5 287
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.3% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.8% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.1% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 17.9% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 26,927 4,789,408
Single Parent Households With Children 15.3% 8.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.8% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.0% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 2.4% 15.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 5.1% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.2% 13.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.7% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.7% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 21.6% 12.0%
$15,000 or less 26.3% 9.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,615 $50,440,290 37.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,094 $5,739,124 4.2%
Staff $899 $4,716,154 3.5%
General Administration $879 $4,611,234 3.4%
School Administration $1,427 $7,486,042 5.5%
Operation $2,070 $10,859,220 8.0%
Transportation $1,079 $5,660,434 4.2%
Other $786 $4,123,356 3.0%
Total Support $8,234 $43,195,564 31.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $8,028 $42,114,888 31.0%
Total Expenditures $25,878 $135,755,988 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,858 $13,229,314,278 48.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $862 $1,451,178,672 5.3%
Staff $458 $771,586,430 2.8%
General Administration $391 $657,875,477 2.4%
School Administration $725 $1,219,800,602 4.5%
Operation $1,132 $1,906,601,565 7.0%
Transportation $607 $1,021,768,432 3.8%
Other $579 $974,168,616 3.6%
Total Support $4,754 $8,003,077,426 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,528 $5,939,301,743 21.9%
Total Expenditures $16,139 $27,171,545,969 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%