Forestlawn Early Learning Center

As a close-knit elementary campus in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, Forestlawn Early Learning Center caters to 163 students from grades pre-K through K, operated by Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 404.

Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,455 students. Forestlawn Early Learning Center is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Forestlawn Early Learning Center reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Forestlawn Early Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lorain County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,347 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Lorain County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), Forestlawn Early Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sheffield Academy, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Forestlawn Early Learning Center.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Forestlawn Early Learning Center's enrollment has increased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 118 (now 163). Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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