Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEWOOD CITY·NCES 390441905376
Hayes Elementary School
16401 Delaware Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107 · (216) 529-4228 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
87 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
87.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +9.9pp since 2021
Math
81.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.6% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.4% | 84.4% |
| 2022-23 | 89.1% | 87.5% |
| 2021-22 | 77.7% | 78.9% |
% 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
82.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Hayes Elementary School
Hayes Elementary School's state test result (82.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Elementary School this school | 292 | 29.8% | 82.6% |
| Woodland Elementary School Stow | 270 | 29.3% | 85.3% |
| Fairfax Elementary School Mentor | 310 | 29.4% | 70.8% |
| Grant Elementary School Lakewood | 323 | 27.2% | 89.1% |
| Kean Elementary School Wooster | 313 | 29.7% | 76.1% |
| Highland Elementary School Stow | 284 | 31.3% | 77.4% |
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 Hayes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #184 of 673 | #22 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #345 of 1,569 ▼ 126 | #29 of 172 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #90 of 1,569 ▲ 187 | #12 of 172 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #506 of 1,514 | #75 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #1,315 of 1,808 | #120 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,378 of 1,582 | #145 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #846 of 1,590 | #85 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #516 of 767 | #16 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #219 of 992 | #43 of 98 |
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
292
+23 (+9%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 292 | 14 | 20.9:1 | 30% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 13 | 22.3:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 16 | 17.5:1 | 20% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 16 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 19.5 | 19.2:1 | 36% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 37% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 42% (176) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hayes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (373 to 292); teachers down 28% (19.5 to 14).
About Hayes Elementary School
Students in Lakewood, Ohio, attend Hayes Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school counts 292 students across pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 28% smaller than that.
Across its 13 schools, Lakewood City enrolls 4,369 students. Hayes Elementary School is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at Hayes Elementary School, 80%, are White. The remaining shares are 13% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Hayes Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
The school has about 20.9 students per teacher and 14 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Hayes Elementary School is A. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hayes Elementary School scores 82.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 77.5%.
Census estimates describe Cuyahoga County this way: median household income is about $64,468, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County, with a combined enrollment of about 155,924.
Harding Middle School is located about 0.5 miles from Hayes Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 81.2%, lower than Hayes Elementary School's 82.6%.
In the federal locale system, Hayes Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 269 in 2020-21 and 292 in 2024-25, a 9% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.9:1.
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Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakewood City
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,372 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,372 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other Hayes Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Hayes Elementary. Hayes Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Hayes Elementary SchoolKennesaw, GA · 802 students
- Hayes ElementarySan Jose, CA · 470 students
- Hayes ElementaryFRIDLEY, MN · 432 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolWESTLAND, MI · 416 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolAda, OK · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Harding Middle School0.5 mi · 446
- Riverside School0.8 mi · 493
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.9 mi · 233
- Grant Elementary School1.0 mi · 323
- Orchard Park Academy1.0 mi · 383
- Lakewood High School1.2 mi · 1,372
Frequently asked questions
About Hayes Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hayes Elementary School?
Hayes Elementary School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hayes Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hayes Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hayes Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hayes Elementary School is approximately 20.9:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hayes Elementary School?
Hayes Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Hayes Elementary School?
Hayes Elementary School is overseen by Lakewood City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.