School of Innovation

School of Innovation is an intermediate school of medium-sized scale in Willoughby, Ohio, one of the schools within Willoughby-Eastlake City, instructing 448 students in grades 3 through 8.

Willoughby-Eastlake City runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,861 students. School of Innovation is one of those campuses.

Demographically, School of Innovation shows that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school shows 10% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, School of Innovation logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, School of Innovation sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 78.8%; actual is 90.7%, +12.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), School of Innovation is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wickliffe Lower School, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), School of Innovation ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.5%.

School of Innovation operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at School of Innovation has increased 19%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 89% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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