 Preschool , elementary , and secondary education is mainly provided by the Kent City School District with the small portion of the city south of State Route 261 a part of the neighboring Field Local School District . The Kent district was created around 1860 and later merged with the Franklin Township and Brady Lake school districts in 1959 . It serves most of Kent and Franklin Township , the villages of Brady Lake and Sugar Bush Knolls and a small part of southern Streetsboro . Kent has four neighborhood elementary schools that serve students in grades K – 5 , Stanton Middle School for grades 6 – 8 , and Theodore Roosevelt High School for grades 9 – 12 . The district also operates a preschool program housed at Davey Elementary School , and is a member of the Six District Educational Compact with five surrounding districts to facilitate vocational education , with many of these programs housed at Roosevelt High School . In 1985 , Roosevelt High School was given the United States Department of Education Excellence in Education award and the school has consistently been rated " Excellent " by the Ohio Department of Education since 2004 . For 2010 and 2015 , it was named in US News & World Report as one of the best high schools in the United States , earning the publication 's Bronze Medal designation . The Kent City School District has been consistently rated as " Excellent " or " Effective " by the Ohio Department of Education and in 2007 Walls Elementary School was named a " School of Promise " by the Ohio Department of Education , while Longcoy Elementary earned the U.S. Department of Education 's prestigious Blue Ribbon School award . Kent also has one private school , St. Patrick School , which serves around 300 students in grades K – 8 from Kent and several surrounding communities . It is part of Kent 's St. Patrick parish and is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown . 
