Toni Wofford Morrison ES

Toni Wofford Morrison ES is a tight-knit elementary campus in Lorain, Ohio, operated by Lorain City. The school hosts 324 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 15 schools in Lorain City (6,150 students total), Toni Wofford Morrison ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Toni Wofford Morrison ES records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 21% White, 20% Black, 14% multiracial. By comparison, Lorain County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lorain County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,347 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Lorain County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), of which Toni Wofford Morrison ES is one.

Lorain Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Toni Wofford Morrison ES has rose 9%, going from 298 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 26% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Toni Wofford Morrison ES community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.