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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bellflower Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENTOR EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390454902235
Bellflower Elementary School
6655 Reynolds Rd, Mentor, OH 44060 · (440) 255-4212 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
126 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
71.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -7.3pp since 2021
Math
75.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 79.5% |
| 2022-23 | 71.7% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.7% | 72.6% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bellflower Elementary School
Bellflower Elementary School's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellflower Elementary School this school | 465 | 27.1% | 74.3% |
| Van Buren Elementary School Van Buren | 468 | 25.4% | 83.8% |
| Anna Elementary School Anna | 516 | 28.3% | 89.6% |
| Lake Primary School Uniontown | 423 | 25.3% | N/A |
| Ella Canavan Elementary School Medina | 475 | 25.5% | 82.3% |
| Charles L Seipelt Elementary School Milford | 417 | 29.3% | 75.6% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bellflower Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #371 of 673 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #519 of 1,569 ▼ 147 | #9 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #554 of 1,569 ▲ 8 | #8 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #296 of 1,514 | #12 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #609 of 1,808 | #12 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #503 of 1,582 | #12 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,144 of 1,590 | #23 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #560 of 767 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #727 of 992 | #13 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
465
-53 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 465 | 28.6 | 16.3:1 | 27% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 26.8 | 17.5:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 23.8 | 19.0:1 | 19% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 25.8 | 19.4:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 23% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 24 | 23.0:1 | 5% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 22 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellflower Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (501 to 465); teachers up 11% (25.8 to 28.6).
About Bellflower Elementary School
Families in Mentor, Ohio, are served by Bellflower Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 465 students.
Bellflower Elementary School is one school in Mentor Exempted Village, a system of 13 schools with 6,896 students.
Of every 100 students at Bellflower Elementary School, about 89 are White. Other students are 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put Lake County at about 86% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at Bellflower Elementary School are from different groups.
With 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.3:1. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.9:1. The school has 27% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Lake County is 12 points.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Bellflower Elementary School is 4.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 74.3% actual, 78.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
For Lake County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,925 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Lake County number 65, with about 27,899 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Fairfax Elementary School, is about 1.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Bellflower Elementary School places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Bellflower Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bellflower Elementary School had a net loss of 53 students, or 10%. The school's ratio increased from 15.2:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Bellflower Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mentor Exempted Village
- Mentor High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Orchard Hollow Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Other schools in Mentor
- Mentor High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Orchard Hollow Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Fairfax Elementary School1.4 mi · 310
- Lake Elementary School1.6 mi · 272
- Mentor High School Preschool2.0 mi · 38
- Mentor High School2.0 mi · 2,217
- Grant Elementary School2.3 mi · 518
- Shore Middle School2.4 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About Bellflower Elementary SchoolHow large is Bellflower Elementary School?
Bellflower Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bellflower Elementary School serve?
Bellflower Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bellflower Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bellflower Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bellflower Elementary School?
At Bellflower Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bellflower Elementary School?
Bellflower Elementary School is overseen by Mentor Exempted Village in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.