Lake Elementary School

Set in Mentor On The Lake, Ohio, Lake Elementary School is a small elementary campus, part of Mentor Exempted Village. It teaches 272 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 33% leaner than typical.

Across the 13 schools in Mentor Exempted Village (6,896 students total), Lake Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lake Elementary School logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Lake Elementary School lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Lake Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Lake County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, Lake Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.8%; this one delivers 63.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Lake Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Shore Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 74.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Elementary School has declined 14%, going from 318 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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