Lander Elementary

Lander Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Cleveland, Ohio, operated by Mayfield City, enrolling 506 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Mayfield City runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,208 students. Lander Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lander Elementary records that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 37% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lander Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Cuyahoga County's rate of about 27%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lander Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.2%; this one delivers 75.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Lander Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sunview Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lander Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 80.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 494 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 56% to 39%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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