Ridge Elementary School

Ridge Elementary School is a primary school of sizable scale in Mentor, Ohio, operated by Mentor Exempted Village, hosting 661 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 64% bigger than the state mean of about 404.

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

Demographically, Ridge Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $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%. Ridge Elementary School is one of 65 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kirtland Elementary School, around 2.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridge Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ridge Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 92% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 661). Class-load math has tightened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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