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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOUGHBY-EASTLAKE CITY·NCES 390451001999
Grant Elementary School
2838 Lost Nation Rd, Willoughby, OH 44094 · (440) 942-5944 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
276 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.9pp since 2021
Math
58.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +16.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 60.2% |
| 2022-23 | 61.5% | 55.7% |
| 2021-22 | 57.3% | 42.1% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grant Elementary School
Grant Elementary School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Elementary School this school | 518 | 53.3% | 59.5% |
| J F Kennedy Elementary School Kettering | 602 | 50.7% | 76.1% |
| Davey Elementary School Kent | 437 | 49.4% | 68.2% |
| Wickliffe Lower School Wickliffe | 642 | 49.8% | 53.7% |
| Northmoor Elementary School Englewood | 458 | 46.3% | 82.2% |
| Royal Manor Elementary School Gahanna | 423 | 48.9% | 62.3% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #603 of 673 | #16 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #938 of 1,569 ▼ 62 | #17 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #910 of 1,569 ▼ 141 | #19 of 25 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.8pp | #275 of 1,514 | #2 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #431 of 1,808 | #9 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #158 of 1,582 | #3 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #419 of 1,590 | #5 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #205 of 767 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #307 of 992 | #5 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
518
-67 (-11%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 518 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 53% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 50% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 45% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 36 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 41% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 43% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 23 | 19.3:1 | 31% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 21 | 19.3:1 | 22% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 19 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (633 to 518); teachers unchanged (37 to 37).
About Grant Elementary School
Grant Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Willoughby, Ohio. Enrollment totals 518 students across kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average enrollment is about 404.
The district, Willoughby-Eastlake City, has 6,861 students enrolled across 13 schools.
The student body at Grant Elementary School is 60% White. Other reported shares: 24% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Lake County's residents are about 86% White, 26 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.0:1 is based on 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 39% for public schools in Lake County.
Test results at Grant Elementary School are 9.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (59.5% actual, 68.7% predicted).
In the wider Lake County area, the median household earns about $80,925 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Grant Elementary School shares Lake County with 64 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Grant Elementary School is closest to Jefferson Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Grant Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Grant Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Grant Elementary School had a net loss of 67 students, or 11%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.3:1 in 2020-21, and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Grant Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Willoughby-Eastlake City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Royalview Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- School of InnovationMiddle · 448 students
Other schools in Willoughby
- South High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- School of InnovationMiddle · 448 students
- Northern Career InstituteHigh · 148 students
Other Grant Elementary schools
34 other US public schools in 13 states are named Grant Elementary. Grant Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 35.
- Grant Elementary SchoolLakewood, OH · 323 students
- Grant ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 951 students
- Grant ElementaryRedding, CA · 600 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolSOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ · 568 students
- Grant ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 562 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elementary School1.2 mi · 402
- Eastlake Middle School1.3 mi · 330
- Longfellow Elementary School2.2 mi · 432
- North High School2.3 mi · 1,231
- Bellflower Elementary School2.3 mi · 465
- Willoughby-Eastlake Preschool2.4 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Grant Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grant Elementary School?
Grant Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Grant Elementary School serve?
Grant Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grant Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grant Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Grant Elementary School?
Student demographics at Grant Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 6% Hispanic, 24% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Grant Elementary School public or private?
Grant Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Willoughby-Eastlake City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.