Mentor High School

Located at 6477 Center St, in Mentor, Ohio, Mentor High School is a well-populated high school that hosts 2,217 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Mentor Exempted Village. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Mentor High School sits 292% larger than that benchmark.

Mentor Exempted Village comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,896 students; Mentor High School is among them.

Demographically, Mentor High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, The school reports having 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lake County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mentor High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.6%; this one delivers 79.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household income runs about $80,925, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Lake County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), Mentor High School is one campus in the mix.

Mentor High School Preschool is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mentor High School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 72.5%.

Mentor High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Mentor High School's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 2,666 (now 2,217). Over the same period, the White share declined from 88% to 81%. Class-load math has fell: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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