The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in Social studies. The lowest is 27% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Erie Intermediate School
Erie Intermediate School serves fifth and sixth graders in Ashtabula, a small Lake Erie port city in northeastern Ohio about 53 miles northeast of Cleveland. The school sits in a Rust Belt community with strong blue-collar manufacturing and healthcare roots that has lost population since the 1960s, though recent infill development and downtown restoration efforts are underway. The city's character blends industrial heritage with a historic harbor district and residential neighborhoods.
The school has a mixed-race enrollment with a white majority, alongside substantial shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Black students. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility data were not available, so a parent would need to ask the school directly about the economic makeup of the student body. The school building itself is part of a district navigating significant infrastructure challenges: the roof of the high school partially collapsed in late 2024, and voters rejected a bond issue to rebuild it in November 2025, leaving high school students displaced pending a lawsuit against the school's insurer. A permanent improvement levy passed in 2024 to fund ongoing facilities maintenance, but the loss of a textbooks-and-equipment levy in May 2026 means the district is now absorbing those costs from its general fund, which may affect classroom materials and technology availability.
State test results show proficiency in the low-to-mid range across subjects. In English language arts, just under a third of students met proficiency standards. Math proficiency was somewhat lower, with roughly a quarter of students at proficiency or above. Science proficiency came in at a similar level. These results place Erie below the median among other districts in Ashtabula County in overall proficiency across tested subjects. No multi-year trend data are available, so whether performance is stable, improving, or declining cannot be determined from the data on hand. A parent may want to ask the school about recent instructional initiatives or support strategies that address these proficiency gaps.
The school enrollment is roughly balanced between fifth and sixth grade. Staffing counts and information about special education services, English learner support, discipline practices, and attendance were not available in the data provided. The school's website was not accessible, so a parent should visit it directly or contact the school to learn about specific programs, extracurriculars, how students with different learning needs are supported, and what academic approaches are used in the classroom.
Ashtabula housing values are notably below state and national benchmarks, making homeownership more affordable than in most of Ohio or the country, though rents as a share of income are modest. The school is part of a district that has faced two decades of operating levy defeats before the 2024 permanent improvement levy passed, a pattern that shapes resource constraints families may notice in class sizes, materials availability, and program breadth. Understanding Erie Intermediate requires also understanding that its parent district is in transition after major infrastructure damage and is rebuilding its revenue base.
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