Bellflower Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in Mentor, Ohio, Bellflower Elementary School teaches 465 students from grades K through 5, part of Mentor Exempted Village.

Mentor Exempted Village runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,896 students. Bellflower Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bellflower Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Bellflower Elementary School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bellflower Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.6%; this one delivers 74.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Lake County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), Bellflower Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fairfax Elementary School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bellflower Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 67.0%.

Bellflower Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.