Garfield Preschool

Set in Mentor, Ohio, Garfield Preschool is a very small elementary school, part of Mentor Exempted Village. It caters to 124 students across grade pre-K. That puts it 69% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Garfield Preschool shows that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, 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), Garfield Preschool is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Memorial Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.