Fairfax Elementary School

Fairfax Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary school in Mentor, Ohio, part of Mentor Exempted Village. The school hosts 310 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

Within Mentor Exempted Village, which oversees 13 schools and 6,896 students, Fairfax Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairfax Elementary School logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fairfax Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lake County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Fairfax Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.7%; this one delivers 70.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lake County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Fairfax Elementary School is one of 65 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mentor High School Preschool, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fairfax Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 73.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairfax Elementary School has changed only slightly, going from 314 students in 2018 to 310 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 88% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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