Grant Elementary School

Located at 1470 Victoria Ave, in Lakewood, Ohio, Grant Elementary School is an intimate elementary-level community that caters to 323 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Lakewood City. Enrollment runs roughly 20% leaner than the state mean of about 404.

Within Lakewood City, which oversees 13 schools and 4,369 students, Grant Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grant Elementary School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 27% of students at Grant Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Grant Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 78.5%; Grant Elementary School posts 89.1%, +10.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cuyahoga County put median household earnings sit near $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Grant Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Lakewood High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grant Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 81.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 78% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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