The top reported proficiency rate is 59% in Social studies. The lowest is 44% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Campbell Elementary School
Campbell Elementary School serves about a third of the district's early learners, spanning pre-kindergarten through sixth grade with an enrollment distributed fairly evenly across the early grades and tapering slightly in the upper elementary bands. The school sits on Community Circle in Campbell, a small post-industrial city directly southeast of Youngstown along the Mahoning River, where working-class Eastern and Southern European heritage meets ongoing economic transition and notably diverse demographics. The immediate housing market in the school's zip code shows modest home values, well below both state and national benchmarks, with affordability metrics suggesting a working-family profile; the broader regional economy includes automotive, healthcare, and regional employer activity but lacks the dominant private anchor that once defined the area.
The school's student body is roughly evenly divided between Hispanic and Black students, with a smaller white population and a small share identifying with multiple races or other backgrounds. Income data was not available, but the district serves a community where poverty rates run substantial and the city is pursuing deliberate civic and workforce investment through facilities like the Community Literacy, Workforce & Cultural Center. Whether the school draws students on free or reduced-price lunch was not reported.
State testing results in reading and math fall below the middle of the performance range among Mahoning County districts. On Ohio's State Tests in grades 3 through 8, roughly a mid-range share of students achieved proficiency in both reading and math, while science proficiency ran somewhat higher. Trend data spanning only one year does not show growth direction. State testing in social studies has not been administered in recent years at the grade bands this school covers, so no current classroom-level data is available there.
Campbell City Schools itself has undergone deliberate curricular shifts in recent years: the district has adopted a Science of Reading approach to literacy instruction across all grades, a shift that affects how phonics, fluency, and comprehension are taught in elementary classrooms. The Writing Revolution is being implemented across content areas in the district's secondary schools. For elementary families, this means reading and writing instruction is aligned to research on language development and systematic skill-building, a framework distinct from prior approaches. The district has also built the Northeast Ohio IMPACT Academy as a regional STEM secondary pathway with dual-credit and career partnerships, located outside Campbell proper but available to district high school students—a meaningful later-on option that did not exist a few years ago.
Campbell is a compact urban community of traditional grid streets and single-family homes, with Roosevelt Park as the main civic recreation anchor and a public library branch serving the city. The Western Reserve Transit Authority provides fare-free regional bus service. Population has been slowly declining, but city leadership is investing in infill housing and workforce development. For elementary families, the school is a walk or short drive from residential blocks and civic facilities, and the city's small size means most destinations are accessible locally.
A parent considering Campbell Elementary should understand the school's proficiency results in reading and math are below the county midpoint and warrant conversation with the school about what support systems are in place, what the Science of Reading implementation looks like in practice, and how classroom instruction responds to individual student needs. The school's composition and setting are stable and reflect the community it serves. The district's literacy framework is grounded in research, and families looking for early skill-building aligned to that approach will find it here. The school does not report specialized programs, magnet designation, or alternative pathways at the elementary level; it is a traditional regular public elementary school serving its neighborhood.
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