Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENTOR EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390454902246
Orchard Hollow Elementary School
8700 Hendricks Rd, Mentor, OH 44060 · (440) 257-5955 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-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.
- B-Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
82 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
77.2%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.6pp since 2021
Math
86.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.2% | 86.4% |
| 2023-24 | 80.8% | 82.4% |
| 2022-23 | 82.8% | 79.2% |
| 2021-22 | 79.9% | 79.3% |
% 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
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Orchard Hollow Elementary School
Orchard Hollow Elementary School's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Hollow Elementary School this school | 359 | 22.8% | 80.6% |
| Prairie Run Elementary School Sunbury | 352 | 21.9% | 78.3% |
| Overlook Elementary School Wadsworth | 390 | 23.6% | 84.9% |
| Berlin Elementary School Berlin | 332 | 20.5% | 74.9% |
| Lake Primary School Uniontown | 423 | 25.3% | N/A |
| Broadway Elementary School Tipp City | 452 | 23.0% | 83.3% |
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 Orchard Hollow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #229 of 673 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #181 of 1,569 ▲ 92 | #3 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #360 of 1,569 ▼ 34 | #5 of 25 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #827 of 1,514 | #9 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #1,022 of 1,808 | #20 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #302 of 1,582 | #9 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #1,042 of 1,590 | #21 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #604 of 767 | #16 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #644 of 992 | #11 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
359
-52 (-13%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 359 | 23.7 | 15.2:1 | 23% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 23.3 | 16.1:1 | 21% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 24.3 | 16.3:1 | 15% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 23 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 21 | 18.8:1 | 19% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 18% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 15% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 25 | 20.5:1 | 5% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 24 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Hollow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (395 to 359); teachers up 13% (21 to 23.7).
About Orchard Hollow Elementary School
Orchard Hollow Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Mentor Exempted Village, located in Mentor, Ohio. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 359 students on the rolls.
District-wide, Mentor Exempted Village has 13 schools and 6,896 students.
The share of students at Orchard Hollow Elementary School who are White is 86%. Other groups include 8% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Lake County residents are about 86% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
With 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Orchard Hollow Elementary School, 23% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lake County average 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, Orchard Hollow Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 69% of Ohio public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Orchard Hollow Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 80.6%. Predicted: 80.2%.
In the surrounding county, Lake County, the median household earns about $80,925 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Orchard Hollow Elementary School, Lake County has 65 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Mentor High School Preschool, is about 0.8 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Orchard Hollow Elementary School ranks 1st of 6 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Orchard Hollow Elementary School enrolled 411 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 359. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.2:1) than in 2020-21 (17.9:1).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Mentor Exempted Village
- Mentor High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Bellflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Other schools in Mentor
- Mentor High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Bellflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Mentor High School Preschool0.8 mi · 38
- Mentor High School0.8 mi · 2,217
- Shore Middle School1.2 mi · 752
- Fairfax Elementary School1.3 mi · 310
- Garfield Preschool1.9 mi · 124
- Memorial Middle School2.0 mi · 852
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Hollow Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Orchard Hollow Elementary School?
Orchard Hollow Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades KG-05.
Is Orchard Hollow Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orchard Hollow Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Orchard Hollow Elementary School have?
Orchard Hollow Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Orchard Hollow Elementary School?
Student demographics at Orchard Hollow Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Orchard Hollow Elementary School in?
Orchard Hollow Elementary School is part of Mentor Exempted Village.
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