Enrollment
314
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRVIEW PARK CITY·NCES 390439704214
Lewis F Mayer Middle School
21200 Campus Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126 · (440) 356-3510 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Ohio public middle schools
- B+Test 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.
- BThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
80 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 90 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 34% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lewis F Mayer Middle School→Fairview High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fairview Park City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
77.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.1% | 77.1% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 76.5% |
| 2022-23 | 74.2% | 79.2% |
| 2021-22 | 70.4% | 69.5% |
% 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
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Lewis F Mayer Middle School
Lewis F Mayer Middle School's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis F Mayer Middle School this school | 314 | 25.5% | 76.0% |
| School of Innovation Willoughby | 448 | 26.6% | 90.7% |
| Buckeye Junior High School Medina | 312 | 26.3% | 74.8% |
| Johnstown Middle School Johnstown | 412 | 23.5% | 78.2% |
| Valley View Middle School Germantown | 385 | 26.5% | 64.3% |
| Tinora Middle School Defiance | 313 | 27.2% | 71.2% |
Matched among Ohio middle 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 Lewis F Mayer Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #123 of 316 | #16 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #171 of 637 ▼ 1 | #19 of 41 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #250 of 637 ▼ 75 | #19 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #279 of 629 | #18 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #472 of 654 | #33 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #17 of 577 | #3 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #312 of 579 | #26 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #241 of 319 | #10 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #48 of 410 | #3 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
314
-63 (-17%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 314 | 27.8 | 11.3:1 | 25% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 27.8 | 12.5:1 | 29% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 21.8 | 16.4:1 | 21% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 20 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 22.8 | 18.2:1 | 28% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 244 | 15 | 16.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 27 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 19 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis F Mayer Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (414 to 314); teachers up 22% (22.8 to 27.8).
About Lewis F Mayer Middle School
Lewis F Mayer Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Fairview Park, Ohio. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 314 students. Middle schools in Ohio have about 482 students on average; enrollment here is 35% lower.
Lewis F Mayer Middle School is in Fairview Park City, a district with 1,471 students across 4 schools.
White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 6% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. Cuyahoga County's residents are about 58% White, 27 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. The average for middle schools in Ohio, 17.0:1, is higher. A total of 80 students, or 25%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cuyahoga County average a similar 27%.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Lewis F Mayer Middle School outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Lewis F Mayer Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.0% and a predicted 79.2%.
The school's county is Cuyahoga County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $64,468 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Cuyahoga County number 352, with about 155,924 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Fairview High School, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The NCES locale for Lewis F Mayer Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 377 to 314, a 17% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.3:1.
Lewis F Mayer Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Fairview Park City
- Gilles-Sweet Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 484 students
- Parkview Early Education CenterElementary · 49 students
Other schools in Fairview Park
- Gilles-Sweet Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 484 students
- Parkview Early Education CenterElementary · 49 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview High School0.1 mi · 484
- Gilles-Sweet Elementary School0.5 mi · 624
- Parkview Early Education Center1.0 mi · 49
- Douglas MacArthur1.3 mi · 281
- Goldwood Primary Elementary School1.3 mi · 575
- Clara E Westropp School1.4 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis F Mayer Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lewis F Mayer Middle School?
Lewis F Mayer Middle School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lewis F Mayer Middle School serve?
Lewis F Mayer Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lewis F Mayer Middle School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Lewis F Mayer Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lewis F Mayer Middle School?
At Lewis F Mayer Middle School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lewis F Mayer Middle School?
Lewis F Mayer Middle School is overseen by Fairview Park City in Cuyahoga County.
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