Hopkins Elementary School

Located at 7565 Hopkins Rd, in Mentor, Ohio, Hopkins Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that teaches 466 students (grades K through 5), operated by Mentor Exempted Village.

Mentor Exempted Village comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,896 students; Hopkins Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Hopkins Elementary School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Hopkins Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Lake County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, Hopkins Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 82.9%, the actual is 84.7%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate 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), Hopkins Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Memorial Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hopkins Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 76.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 571 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Hopkins Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.