Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School

Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in Solon, Ohio, overseen by Solon City, serveing 512 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 404.

Within Solon City, which oversees 7 schools and 4,594 students, Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cuyahoga County as a whole.

On the resource side, Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cuyahoga County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 83.3%; actual is 96.3%, +12.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Solon Academy, around 1.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 95.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School has grew 8%, going from 473 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 13% to 9% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.