Grant Elementary School

Grant Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Willoughby, Ohio, operated by Willoughby-Eastlake City, with 518 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Grant Elementary School sits 28% larger than that benchmark.

Willoughby-Eastlake City runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,861 students. Grant Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Grant Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest looks like 24% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grant Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.5%.

In the broader community, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), Grant Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Grant Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 633 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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