Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES)

Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES), a rural-scale K-12 campus in Mentor, Ohio, operated by Mentor Exempted Village, caters to 82 students, covering grades K through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 712 students each, so Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES) sits 88% leaner than that benchmark.

Mentor Exempted Village comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,896 students; Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES) is among them.

On demographics, Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES) logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES) has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.3:1. The state averages around 25.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lake County) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,925, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES) is one campus in the mix.

Sterling Morton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

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