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What's something Hopkins Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENTOR EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390454902241
Hopkins Elementary School
7565 Hopkins Rd, Mentor, OH 44060 · (440) 255-6179 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- CThree-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
19.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
73 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
87.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.9pp since 2021
Math
83.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.5pp 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 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.5% | 83.4% |
| 2023-24 | 88.2% | 82.7% |
| 2022-23 | 83.8% | 85.5% |
| 2021-22 | 86.6% | 83.9% |
% 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
84.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Hopkins Elementary School
Hopkins Elementary School's state test result (84.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Elementary School this school | 466 | 15.7% | 84.7% |
| Monclova Elementary School Monclova | 457 | 17.1% | 96.0% |
| Waterville Primary School Waterville | 468 | 15.8% | 89.7% |
| Mariemont Elementary School Cincinnati | 514 | 15.6% | 92.1% |
| Independence Primary School Independence | 440 | 13.9% | 88.8% |
| Boyd E Smith Elementary School Milford | 453 | 19.4% | 86.9% |
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 Hopkins Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #152 of 673 | #2 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #278 of 1,569 ▼ 13 | #5 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #92 of 1,569 ▲ 12 | #2 of 25 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #1,028 of 1,514 | #12 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #607 of 1,808 | #11 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #1,244 of 1,582 | #21 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #1,131 of 1,590 | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #677 of 767 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #298 of 992 | #4 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
466
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 466 | 23.6 | 19.8:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 24.6 | 19.1:1 | 17% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 24.6 | 20.0:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 17% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 26 | 20.3:1 | 16% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 26 | 21.6:1 | 1% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 26 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopkins Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (571 to 466); teachers down 19% (29 to 23.6).
About Hopkins Elementary School
Students in Mentor, Ohio, attend Hopkins Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 466 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Mentor Exempted Village includes 13 schools. Together they enroll 6,896 students.
Hopkins Elementary School's enrollment is 88% White. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 3% Asian. For comparison, Lake County is about 86% White. Hopkins Elementary School's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
Hopkins Elementary School operates with 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Ohio have 17.9:1, compared with 19.8:1 here. Hopkins Elementary School reports 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 39% average for public schools in Lake County is 23 points higher.
Measured against Ohio public elementary schools, Hopkins Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Hopkins Elementary School is 1.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Among Lake County residents, the median household income is $80,925, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Hopkins Elementary School, Lake County has 64 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Memorial Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Hopkins Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Hopkins Elementary School ranks 1st of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 84.7% against a local average of 76.8%.
Hopkins Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 465 in 2020-21 to 466 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.0:1 to 19.8:1.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Mentor Exempted Village
- Mentor High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Bellflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Orchard Hollow Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Other schools in Mentor
- Mentor High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Bellflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Orchard Hollow Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Other Hopkins Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Hopkins Elementary. Hopkins Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolLilburn, GA · 1,113 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolSomerset, KY · 750 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 707 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolHopkinton, MA · 682 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolVICTORIA, TX · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Middle School0.8 mi · 852
- Garfield Preschool0.9 mi · 124
- Ridge Elementary School2.3 mi · 661
- Mentor High School2.4 mi · 2,217
- Mentor High School Preschool2.4 mi · 38
- iSTEM2.6 mi · 177
Frequently asked questions
About Hopkins Elementary SchoolHow large is Hopkins Elementary School?
Hopkins Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hopkins Elementary School serve?
Hopkins Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hopkins Elementary School?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Hopkins Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hopkins Elementary School?
At Hopkins Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Hopkins Elementary School public or private?
Hopkins Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mentor Exempted Village.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.