The top reported proficiency rate is 93% in Social studies. The lowest is 69% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Crestview Elementary School
Crestview Elementary School serves grades kindergarten through fourth, located on Middleton Road in Columbiana, a small city in the northeastern corner of Ohio that straddles Columbiana and Mahoning counties. The school draws from a walkable community with a strong civic identity, anchored by a historic downtown and a newer commercial and residential district developing around Firestone Farms near the state route intersection.
The school enrolls a mid-sized cohort of early-elementary students, just over half of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, marking the economic diversity of the zone it serves. The student body is predominantly white, with very few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. Data on students with individualized education plans and English learners was not available.
On Ohio's standardized assessments, Crestview's third and fourth graders show solid proficiency in mathematics, with a strong share meeting or exceeding the proficiency threshold on state tests. Reading and language arts proficiency, while respectable, sits lower than math performance. Fourth-grade social studies results from earlier years showed high proficiency. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among school districts in Columbiana County, a meaningful distinction that reflects consistent performance across the tested grades and subjects the school serves.
Crestview operates as a traditional public elementary school without charter or magnet designation, serving a role in the Crestview Local School District, which encompasses the Columbiana area. The district is undergoing substantial physical transformation. A new consolidated PreK-12 campus is under active construction on Crestview Road and is expected to open for the 2026-27 school year, replacing the current separate elementary and middle/high buildings. This shift will place elementary students in a building shared with older grades, with flexible learning environments and new facilities. The transition itself will reshape the peer environment and daily experience for families in these early grades.
The new campus project is funded through a combination of state and local resources. A construction bond approved by district voters funds the local share of the project, collected at a property-tax millage rate outside the ten-mill limitation. This represents a long-term property-tax obligation that will persist for years. Families moving into the Columbiana area should understand this tax commitment as part of the housing cost calculus.
Columbiana itself offers a mix of older established neighborhoods and newer residential growth. Home values in the school's zip code are below both the state and national benchmarks, making the area relatively affordable compared to broader markets. The community has experienced population growth, unusual for the Youngstown region, concentrated in the Firestone Farms development where newer homes range widely in price and a golf-course-community expansion is underway. The city maintains civic anchors like Firestone Park and a downtown with a recognizable character; residents do not have fixed-route public transit and drive to access most services. A Community Reinvestment Area has been in effect to stimulate new home construction, though the school superintendent has noted concerns about the resulting property-tax erosion.
The elementary school sits within a district investing heavily in physical plant and academic consolidation. For a family choosing Crestview Elementary, the immediate academic profile shows strength in math and solid work in reading, positioned above the county median, and the school serves a school-ready cohort of young learners in early grades. The longer-view picture includes enrollment in a district in the midst of a major building transition that will reshape the school's setting and peer environment within the next two school years.
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