Mayfair Elementary School

Mayfair Elementary School is a micro-enrollment primary school in East Cleveland, Ohio, overseen by East Cleveland City School District. The school instructs 130 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Mayfair Elementary School sits 68% smaller than that benchmark.

East Cleveland City School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,177 students; Mayfair Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Mayfair Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). Beyond that, the school reports 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Mayfair Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, Cuyahoga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Mayfair Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

W.H. Kirk Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mayfair Elementary School.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mayfair Elementary School has ticked down 38%, going from 209 students in 2018 to 130 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 100% to 94% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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