The top reported proficiency rate is 42% in Social studies. The lowest is 25% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Navarre Elementary School
Navarre Elementary School serves pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Toledo and enrolls a school-sized group of students across ten grades. The student body is mixed by race and ethnicity: roughly equal shares of white students and students of color, including Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Data on free and reduced price lunch eligibility and on English learners was not available. The school sits in the 43605 zip code, a working-class area where housing prices and rents are well below state and national medians, making it accessible to families on modest incomes.
Academically, Navarre's state test results in math, English language arts, and science fall in the bottom quartile among the district's schools. On Ohio's State Tests for grades three through eight, proficiency rates across the three subjects cluster in the low range. The school's overall proficiency index places it well below the median across Lucas County's districts. Science proficiency is the highest of the three core subjects, though still modest. The most recent data available does not show trend information—only a single year of results—so it is not possible to say whether performance is stable, rising, or declining. A parent may want to ask the school directly about academic support programs, interventions, and instructional priorities, since standardized test results alone do not reveal the full picture of what the school offers or how it works with students who are not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks.
The school building itself is mid-sized for its grade span, with healthy enrollment across the elementary grades and solid numbers at the middle school level. Class sizes appear reasonable, and the school operates as a traditional public school within Toledo City Schools.
Two important changes are underway in the district. In November 2024, voters approved a tax levy—the district's first new operating revenue in over a decade—to fund routine expenses, maintenance, and growth projects like restoration of the Scott Park campus. That levy carries a real cost to property taxpayers. More significantly, in April 2026 the Toledo Board of Education unanimously approved Transformation Plan 2.0 to address a substantial budget deficit driven by state funding losses. The plan closes and repurposes multiple elementary schools, including Navarre. Under this restructuring, Navarre's students will be reassigned to other buildings beginning in the 2026-27 school year. The plan also transitions several K-8 schools to K-6 configuration, reconfigures two high schools into specialized academies, reassesses district athletics, and changes school start times and transportation across the system. For any family considering Navarre or the district, this reshaping means the school building itself will close; your child's actual attendance site, grade structure, daily schedule, and athletic options will all shift. These are material changes to factor into a school or district choice.
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