Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEWOOD CITY·NCES 390441901126
Horace Mann Elementary School
1215 W Clifton Blvd, Lakewood, OH 44107 · (216) 529-4257 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
16.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
98 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 | 32 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 85% larger than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
42%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
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
70.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.0pp since 2021
Math
67.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 | 70.2% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 67.7% |
| 2022-23 | 68.2% | 70.1% |
| 2021-22 | 69.3% | 67.2% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Horace Mann Elementary School
Horace Mann Elementary School's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Elementary School this school | 269 | 36.4% | 69.0% |
| Driscoll Elementary School Dayton | 269 | 34.2% | 72.3% |
| Mills Lawn Elementary School Yellow Springs | 282 | 35.8% | 77.3% |
| Helke Early Learning Center Vandalia | 310 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Hayes Elementary School Lakewood | 292 | 29.8% | 82.6% |
| 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 Horace Mann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #474 of 673 | #33 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #714 of 1,569 ▼ 16 | #47 of 172 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #581 of 1,569 ▲ 85 | #43 of 172 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #985 of 1,514 | #123 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #1,393 of 1,808 | #133 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #612 of 1,582 | #69 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #689 of 1,590 | #76 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.4% | #437 of 767 | #9 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #466 of 992 | #60 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
269
+13 (+5%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 269 | 16 | 16.8:1 | 36% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 15 | 17.2:1 | 41% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 31% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 20 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 20.8 | 15.0:1 | 42% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 45% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 52% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 29% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (312 to 269); teachers down 23% (20.8 to 16).
About Horace Mann Elementary School
The public elementary school Horace Mann Elementary School is located in Lakewood, Ohio. The school reports 269 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 33% smaller than the 404 average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Horace Mann Elementary School is run by Lakewood City, whose 13 schools enroll 4,369 students.
Roughly 74% of students at Horace Mann Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 18% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 58% of Cuyahoga County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1 at Horace Mann Elementary School, with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Ohio have 17.9:1, compared with 16.8:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 36% of enrollment. It compares with 27% for public schools in Cuyahoga County.
Measured against Ohio public elementary schools, Horace Mann Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Horace Mann Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.0% is 6.1 points below the 75.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Cuyahoga County, the median household income is $64,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County has 352 public schools and roughly 155,924 students.
The nearest other public school, Lincoln Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Horace Mann Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Horace Mann Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Horace Mann Elementary School's enrollment grew from 256 in 2020-21 to 269 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.8:1 to 16.8:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 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
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other Horace Mann Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 12 states are named Horace Mann Elementary. Horace Mann Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 24.
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolDayton, OH · 385 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 978 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 870 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryGlendale, CA · 672 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBeverly Hills, CA · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 270
- Harding Middle School1.0 mi · 446
- Grant Elementary School1.1 mi · 323
- Kensington Intermediate Elementary School1.2 mi · 586
- Rocky River Middle School1.4 mi · 573
- Hayes Elementary School1.4 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann Elementary SchoolHow large is Horace Mann Elementary School?
Horace Mann Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Horace Mann Elementary School serve?
Horace Mann Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Horace Mann Elementary School have?
Horace Mann Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Horace Mann Elementary School?
Student demographics at Horace Mann Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Horace Mann Elementary School in?
Horace Mann Elementary School is part of Lakewood City.
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