The top reported proficiency rate is 97% in Social studies. The lowest is 78% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Hazel Harvey Elementary School
Hazel Harvey Elementary School is a small early-grades school in Doylestown, Ohio, serving prekindergarten through second grade in Chippewa Local Schools. The school enrolls roughly one-third of a typical elementary cohort, a modest size for this grade span. Most of the student body is white; a small number of students represent other racial and ethnic backgrounds. About two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a mixed-income community.
The school's academic profile shows strength in mathematics. On Ohio's state tests, both third and fourth graders scored at high proficiency across the board. In language arts, proficiency was somewhat lower but still solid—most students tested met or exceeded state standards in reading and writing, though a meaningful minority in third grade did not reach proficiency. Fourth graders performed better in reading. The school also showed very high proficiency in fourth-grade social studies. No data was available on earlier-grade performance because Ohio does not assess kindergarten and first grade. This means the school's full academic picture from entry through second grade remains incomplete from state testing alone; parents may want to ask the school how it measures early-literacy and numeracy skills in the younger grades.
The school sits in Doylestown, a small Wayne County village on high ground about an hour from Cleveland and roughly fifteen minutes from Akron. The village has shed much of its industrial past and now functions as a bedroom community, with a compact uptown along Portage Street, farmland on the edges, and suburban residential zoning in surrounding Chippewa Township. The school district office and Doylestown's civic anchor are located on the same downtown spine, so school and village life are physically woven together rather than separated into distant campuses. The community itself is stable but not growing; housing values are below the state average and rents are moderate, making it an affordable corner of the region.
Parents should be aware of a significant recent event: in May 2022, voters rejected both an income tax renewal and an additional levy, the first time the community had turned down such measures in recent history. The income tax had funded a substantial portion of the district budget annually. This defeat prompted warnings of cuts across busing, staffing, and programs and forced the district to bring a renewal back to the ballot in November 2022. That outcome shaped budget and facility decisions still in play today.
On a more positive note, Chippewa Intermediate School, where Hazel Harvey students advance, has been undergoing a major renovation and addition project that began in fall 2024 and continued through 2025. That multi-year facilities upgrade will affect the learning environment for students moving up from the early grades. Relative to other districts in Wayne County, Hazel Harvey's proficiency index sits in the top quartile, meaning its combined performance across tested subjects and grades outpaces most of its county neighbors.
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