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Chestnut Elementary School

Summary:

Chestnut Elementary School is a public elementary school in Painesville, Ohio, serving 384 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Painesville City Local School District, which has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Chestnut Elementary School faces several key challenges. Its academic performance, as measured by Ohio State Tests, is generally lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels. The school has also experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.8% in 2019-2020 to 32.1% in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the state and district averages. When compared to nearby schools, such as Melridge Elementary and Riverview Elementary in the Riverside Local School District, Chestnut Elementary School consistently underperforms on academic measures and has higher chronic absenteeism rates.

Despite these challenges, Chestnut Elementary School's diverse student population and the relatively strong performance of certain student subgroups suggest that there may be opportunities for improvement. The school's African American and Hispanic students perform relatively well, ranking in the top 25% and top 50% of Ohio elementary schools, respectively, in recent years. This indicates that there may be successful strategies that can be learned from and replicated to address the overall achievement gaps and improve the school's academic outcomes.


Detail:

Public K-5

 341 Chestnut St
       Painesville, OH  44077-2750

(440) 392-5350

District: Painesville City Local

SchoolDigger Rank:
1063rd of 1,577 Ohio Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,566 Help


Students who attend Chestnut Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Heritage Middle School
High:    Harvey High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.6 Help
Number of students:  415

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
53.7%
White:
20.2%
African American:
15.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  87.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Chestnut Elementary School ranks worse than 67.4% of elementary schools in Ohio. It also ranks first among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Painesville City Local School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 37.62. (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 Student population at Chestnut Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (53.7%), White (20.2%), African American (15.2%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Chestnut Elementary School is 16.6. 1 elementary schools in the Painesville City Local School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Chestnut Elementary School employs 25 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chestnut Elementary School is $11,566. 1 elementary schools in the Painesville City Local School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Chestnut Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Chestnut Elementary School 1063rd of 1577 Ohio public elementary schools. (See Chestnut Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Painesville City Local:

SchoolDigger ranks Painesville City Local 603rd of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Chestnut Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 37.34 1071st 1471 27.2%
2005 35.70 1108th 1501 26.2%
2006 80.12 195th 1504 87.0%
2007 52.30 977th 1609 39.3%
2008 24.09 1314th 1582 16.9%
2009 25.77 1311th 1610 18.6%
2010 27.41 1334th 1662 19.7%
2011 33.35 1294th 1686 23.3%
2012 27.06 1387th 1709 18.8%
2013 22.17 1406th 1701 17.3%
2014 25.77 1342nd 1687 20.5%
2015 20.22 1391st 1684 17.4%
2016 23.97 1291st 1678 23.1%
2017 23.29 1289th 1651 21.9%
2018 21.81 1304th 1636 20.3%
2019 30.97 1243rd 1676 25.8%
2021 35.47 1075th 1610 33.2%
2022 51.10 911th 1588 42.6%
2023 41.86 1026th 1596 35.7%
2024 37.62 1063rd 1577 32.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.43 161st 166 3.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.44 123rd 174 29.3%
2019 38.12 104th 169 38.5%
2021 61.95 54th 183 70.5%
2022 65.53 62nd 213 70.9%
2023 56.95 88th 239 63.2%
2024 55.73 104th 258 59.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 39.37 495th 856 42.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.39 1145th 1465 21.8%
2019 36.38 1055th 1465 28.0%
2021 46.70 766th 1404 45.4%
2022 66.49 460th 1419 67.6%
2023 54.32 711th 1447 50.9%
2024 47.54 868th 1484 41.5%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.34 1261st 1518 16.9%
2019 25.68 1181st 1502 21.4%
2021 29.55 1033rd 1467 29.6%
2022 60.33 685th 1488 54.0%
2023 33.01 1030th 1483 30.5%
2024 38.80 982nd 1466 33.0%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.40 904th 1021 11.5%
2019 26.43 746th 956 22.0%
2021 23.41 636th 765 16.9%
2022 19.69 737th 824 10.6%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Elementary Schools for Disabled Students!

Rank History for Male students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.54 1201st 1536 21.8%
2019 35.03 1094th 1535 28.7%
2021 33.89 1019th 1499 32.0%
2022 39.55 992nd 1518 34.7%
2023 45.35 939th 1498 37.3%
2024 33.10 1059th 1485 28.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.53 393rd 598 34.3%
2019 46.67 308th 605 49.1%
2021 43.43 235th 533 55.9%
2022 80.24 82nd 601 86.4%
2023 62.22 161st 610 73.6%
2024 50.76 246th 603 59.2%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.91 178th 239 25.5%
2019 46.52 121st 228 46.9%
2021 61.17 58th 189 69.3%
2022 67.64 44th 216 79.6%
2023 55.36 90th 233 61.4%
2024 56.35 84th 234 64.1%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Chestnut Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.89 1136th 1309 13.2%
2019 35.89 962nd 1271 24.3%
2022 33.87 924th 1242 25.6%
2023 49.80 709th 1215 41.6%
2024 52.56 656th 1190 44.9%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Elementary Schools for White Students!

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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Chestnut Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 317 41 2 6 1 n/a n/a 0 367
1989 307 39 3 6 0 n/a n/a 0 355
1990 296 45 1 8 0 n/a n/a 0 350
1991 292 57 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 355
1992 307 52 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 365
1993 245 72 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 325
1994 260 77 2 10 0 n/a n/a 0 349
1995 226 59 3 47 0 n/a n/a 0 335
1996 226 59 3 47 0 n/a n/a 0 335
1997 218 66 3 56 1 n/a n/a 0 344
1998 229 66 7 60 0 n/a n/a 0 362
1999 220 54 4 99 0 n/a n/a 0 377
2000 204 45 7 131 0 n/a n/a 0 387
2001 174 55 6 127 0 n/a n/a 0 362
2002 162 62 4 137 1 n/a n/a 34 400
2003 162 62 4 137 1 n/a n/a 34 400
2004 161 70 1 96 1 n/a n/a 53 382
2005 156 89 2 101 1 n/a n/a 58 407
2006 155 92 3 86 0 n/a n/a 61 397
2007 155 93 1 89 0 n/a n/a 52 390
2008 202 126 1 196 0 n/a n/a 106 631
2009 217 87 1 174 0 n/a n/a 93 572
2010 213 79 1 187 0 n/a n/a 83 563
2011 203 82 1 215 0 0 50 0 551
2012 200 73 1 238 0 0 47 0 559
2013 164 79 1 244 0 0 49 0 537
2014 157 81 1 245 1 0 44 0 529
2015 128 71 0 231 1 0 46 0 477
2016 115 73 0 242 1 0 37 0 468
2017 110 78 0 246 0 0 36 0 470
2018 92 88 0 232 1 0 41 0 454
2019 80 87 1 231 0 0 39 0 438
2020 99 97 0 212 0 0 35 0 443
2021 92 87 1 202 0 0 41 0 423
2022 86 55 0 195 1 0 43 0 380
2023 79 55 0 207 1 0 42 0 384
2024 84 63 0 223 1 0 44 0 415

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 Chestnut Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 367 18.0 20.3 0
1989 355 17.0 20.8 n/a
1990 350 18.0 19.4 n/a
1991 355 19.0 18.6 n/a
1992 365 19.0 19.2 27.9
1993 325 16.0 20.3 34.8
1994 349 17.0 20.5 36.7
1995 335 18.0 18.6 0
1996 335 18.0 18.6 0
1997 344 18.0 19.1 49.1
1998 362 18.0 20.1 41.2
1999 377 18.0 20.9 46.4
2000 387 19.0 20.4 62.3
2001 362 20.1 18.0 66
2002 400 21.0 19.0 76
2003 400 21.0 19.0 76
2004 382 22.0 17.4 90.6
2005 407 25.0 16.3 83.7
2006 397 24.2 16.4 89.6
2007 390 20.8 18.8 95
2008 631 33.3 18.9 n/a
2009 572 30.0 19.1 102.1
2010 563 29.7 18.9 95.6
2011 551 28.0 19.6 84
2012 559 30.0 18.6 87.3
2013 537 27.0 19.8 88.3
2014 529 29.4 17.9 97.7
2015 477 n/a n/a 100
2016 468 30.0 15.6 100
2017 470 29.4 15.9 n/a
2018 454 28.0 16.2 n/a
2019 438 29.0 15.1 87.7
2020 443 30.0 14.7 n/a
2021 423 29.5 14.3 n/a
2022 380 28.0 13.5 n/a
2023 384 24.0 16.0 n/a
2024 415 25.0 16.6 n/a

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 Chestnut Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 367 18.0 20.3 0
1989 355 17.0 20.8 n/a
1990 350 18.0 19.4 n/a
1991 355 19.0 18.6 n/a
1992 365 19.0 19.2 27.9
1993 325 16.0 20.3 34.8
1994 349 17.0 20.5 36.7
1995 335 18.0 18.6 0
1996 335 18.0 18.6 0
1997 344 18.0 19.1 49.1
1998 362 18.0 20.1 41.2
1999 377 18.0 20.9 46.4
2000 387 19.0 20.4 62.3
2001 362 20.1 18.0 66
2002 400 21.0 19.0 76
2003 400 21.0 19.0 76
2004 382 22.0 17.4 90.6
2005 407 25.0 16.3 83.7
2006 397 24.2 16.4 89.6
2007 390 20.8 18.8 95
2008 631 33.3 18.9 n/a
2009 572 30.0 19.1 102.1
2010 563 29.7 18.9 95.6
2011 551 28.0 19.6 84
2012 559 30.0 18.6 87.3
2013 537 27.0 19.8 88.3
2014 529 29.4 17.9 97.7
2015 477 n/a n/a 100
2016 468 30.0 15.6 100
2017 470 29.4 15.9 n/a
2018 454 28.0 16.2 n/a
2019 438 29.0 15.1 87.7
2020 443 30.0 14.7 n/a
2021 423 29.5 14.3 n/a
2022 380 28.0 13.5 n/a
2023 384 24.0 16.0 n/a
2024 415 25.0 16.6 n/a

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 Chestnut Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,087
2022 $11,177
2023 $11,449
2024 $11,566

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Chestnut 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 1243rd of 1676 Elementary schoolsRanks 1026th of 1596 Elementary schools
 9.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Chestnut Elementary School)56.973.6
 16.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Painesville City Local)54.956.1
 1.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Ohio)67.162.2
 4.9%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Chestnut Elementary School)57.642.5
 15.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Painesville City Local)52.440.5
 11.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)66.762.3
 4.4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Chestnut Elementary School)49.260.3
 11.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Painesville City Local)53.760.1
 6.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)74.366.8
 7.5%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Chestnut Elementary School)37.746.6
 8.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Painesville City Local)37.943.9
 6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)63.358.9
 4.4%
5th Grade Science (Chestnut Elementary School)51.958.9
 7%
   5th Grade Science (Painesville City Local)46.154.9
 8.8%
   5th Grade Science (Ohio)6563.9
 1.1%
5th Grade Mathematics (Chestnut Elementary School)50.644.6
 6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Painesville City Local)36.132.6
 3.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)62.556.6
 5.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Chestnut Elementary School)57.744.6
 13.1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Painesville City Local)47.751.6
 3.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)69.867.4
 2.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students438384
 12.3%
African American8755
 36.8%
American Indian01
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic231207
 10.4%
Pacific Islander00
White8079
 1.3%
Two or More Races3942
 7.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Chestnut Elementary School

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

Middle : Heritage Middle School
High : Harvey High School

Students at Chestnut Elementary School are 54% Hispanic, 20% White, 15% African American, 11% Two or more races.

Chestnut Elementary School ranks 1063rd of 1577 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 415 students attended Chestnut Elementary School.


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