Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE LOCAL·NCES 391001403032
Melridge Elementary School
6689 Melridge Dr, Painesville, OH 44077 · (440) 352-3854 · Lake County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
122 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 25% smaller than its 4th grade class (59).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Based on grade levels within Riverside Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -8.5pp since 2021
Math
83.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 83.8% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 84.5% |
| 2022-23 | 77.4% | 86.2% |
| 2021-22 | 73.9% | 84.3% |
% 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Melridge Elementary School
Melridge Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melridge Elementary School this school | 299 | 40.8% | 79.3% |
| Fairfield Elementary School Maumee | 318 | 44.7% | 79.3% |
| Jefferson Primary School Findlay | 354 | 44.1% | N/A |
| Buckeye Elementary School Painesville | 366 | 37.4% | 73.0% |
| Kenwood Elementary School Bowling Green | 293 | 44.4% | 73.9% |
| Chamberlin Hill Elementary School Findlay | 342 | 42.4% | 74.1% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Melridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #262 of 673 | #4 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #261 of 1,569 ▼ 47 | #4 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #743 of 1,569 ▼ 419 | #12 of 25 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #183 of 1,514 | #7 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #1,282 of 1,808 | #22 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,336 of 1,582 | #23 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #668 of 1,590 | #10 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #392 of 767 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #749 of 992 | #14 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
299
-62 (-17%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 326
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 299 | 14.6 | 20.5:1 | 41% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 14.2 | 20.6:1 | 40% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 13 | 21.9:1 | 34% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 16 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 18.9 | 16.9:1 | 18% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 18 | 19.6:1 | 18% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 20 | 22.9:1 | 15% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 333 | 14 | 23.8:1 | 12% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 326 | 13 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Melridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (320 to 299); teachers down 23% (18.9 to 14.6).
About Melridge Elementary School
Located in Painesville, Ohio, Melridge Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school counted 299 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 4. It has 26% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Ohio (about 404).
District-wide, Riverside Local has 7 schools and 4,254 students.
More than half of the students at Melridge Elementary School are White (74%). The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lake County's population at about 86%. The diversity index for Melridge Elementary School is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Melridge Elementary School comes to 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20.5:1. Elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Melridge Elementary School counts 41% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 39% average for public schools in Lake County.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Melridge Elementary School's results are 5.9 points above predicted: 79.3% against 73.4%.
For the population of Lake County, median household income comes to about $80,925, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 65, with about 27,899 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Buckeye Elementary School, is the closest to Melridge Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 69.9%, lower than Melridge Elementary School's 79.3%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count fell 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 22.6:1 to 20.5:1.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
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- Buckeye Elementary School0.8 mi · 366
- Henry F Lamuth Middle School1.0 mi · 703
- iSTEM1.2 mi · 177
- Chestnut Elementary School1.2 mi · 425
- Heritage Middle School1.8 mi · 602
- Harvey High School2.1 mi · 847
Frequently asked questions
About Melridge Elementary SchoolHow large is Melridge Elementary School?
Melridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 299 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Melridge Elementary School serve?
Melridge Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Melridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Melridge Elementary School is approximately 20.5:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Melridge Elementary School?
At Melridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Melridge Elementary School public or private?
Melridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverside Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.