Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOUGHBY-EASTLAKE CITY·NCES 390451002000
Jefferson Elementary School
35980 Lake Shore Blvd, Eastlake, OH 44095 · (440) 942-7244 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
225 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
61.2%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.2pp since 2021
Math
52.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
402
-76 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.8:1
% White
80%
was 85%
% Hispanic
4%
was 3%
% Black
8%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus in Eastlake, Ohio, run under Willoughby-Eastlake City. The school caters to 402 students in grades K through 5.
Across the 13 schools in Willoughby-Eastlake City (6,861 students total), Jefferson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson Elementary School logs that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 8% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, Jefferson Elementary School shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Jefferson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lake County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jefferson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household earnings sit near $80,925, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Jefferson Elementary School is one of 65 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students).
Nearest neighbor: Eastlake Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School has shrank 16%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 402 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 85% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
On the community side, members of the Jefferson Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
Other schools in Eastlake
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Eastlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Willoughby-Eastlake PreschoolElementary · 212 students
- Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Online AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Eastlake Middle School0.1 mi · 330
- Grant Elementary School1.2 mi · 518
- North High School1.8 mi · 1,231
- Willoughby-Eastlake Preschool1.8 mi · 212
- Longfellow Elementary School2.0 mi · 432
- Bellflower Elementary School2.7 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson 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.