Maple Leaf Elementary School

As a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Garfield Heights, Ohio, Maple Leaf Elementary School hosts 326 students from grades 4 through 5, overseen by Garfield Heights City Schools.

Within Garfield Heights City Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 2,581 students, Maple Leaf Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Maple Leaf Elementary School shows that nearly all students (81%) are Black. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Maple Leaf Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Maple Leaf Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Garfield Heights Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maple Leaf Elementary School has ticked down 37%, going from 520 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 11% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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