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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICKLIFFE CITY·NCES 390450801984
Wickliffe Lower School
2255 Rockefeller Rd, Wickliffe, OH 44092 · (440) 810-8001 · Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
320 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wickliffe Lower School→Wickliffe Upper School
Based on grade levels within Wickliffe City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -12.1pp since 2021
Math
53.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -13.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 45.5% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 67.5% |
| 2021-22 | 65.3% | 66.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 70% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wickliffe Lower School
Wickliffe Lower School's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickliffe Lower School this school | 642 | 49.8% | 53.7% |
| J F Kennedy Elementary School Kettering | 602 | 50.7% | 76.1% |
| Royalview Elementary School Willowick | 689 | 52.4% | 59.4% |
| Union Elementary School Union | 539 | 52.3% | 64.9% |
| Grant Elementary School Willoughby | 518 | 53.3% | 59.5% |
| Smith Intermediate School Dayton | 642 | 45.2% | 71.0% |
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 Wickliffe Lower School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #641 of 673 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,031 of 1,569 ▲ 64 | #20 of 25 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,055 of 1,569 ▼ 25 | #21 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.7pp | #13 of 1,514 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #221 of 1,808 | #3 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #1,522 of 1,582 | #25 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #467 of 1,590 | #6 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #264 of 767 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.4% | #129 of 561 | #3 of 6 |
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
642
+184 (+40%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 642 | 27 | 23.8:1 | 50% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 26 | 26.1:1 | 34% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 24 | 22.0:1 | 32% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 23 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 38% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 47% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 30% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 20% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 35 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wickliffe Lower School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (500 to 642); teachers up 8% (25 to 27).
About Wickliffe Lower School
The public elementary school Wickliffe Lower School is located in Wickliffe, Ohio. The school counts 642 students across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 59% bigger than the 404 average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Wickliffe Lower School is one of 2 schools in Wickliffe City, which enrolls 1,228 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Wickliffe Lower School is 62% White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black, 13% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Lake County's population at about 86%. Wickliffe Lower School has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Wickliffe Lower School was 23.8:1. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 50%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lake County is 39%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Wickliffe Lower School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Ohio. Predicted: 70.0%. Actual: 53.7%.
Lake County has these Census figures: median household income is about $80,925, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Lake County number 65 and enroll about 27,899.
Wickliffe Upper School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wickliffe Lower School at 4th of 6.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Wickliffe Lower School had 458 students in 2020-21 and 642 in 2024-25, a 40% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.9:1 to 23.8:1 over the same years.
The Wickliffe Lower School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Wickliffe City
- Wickliffe Upper SchoolHigh · 586 students
- Wickliffe Virtual AcademyCombined
- Wickliffe Middle SchoolCombined
Other schools in Wickliffe
- Wickliffe Upper SchoolHigh · 586 students
- Wickliffe Virtual AcademyCombined
- Wickliffe Middle SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Wickliffe Upper School0.0 mi · 586
- School of Innovation1.4 mi · 448
- Edison Elementary School1.8 mi · 543
- Euclid Schools Early Learning Village1.9 mi · 467
- Northern Career Institute1.9 mi · 148
- Bluestone Elementary School2.1 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Wickliffe Lower SchoolHow large is Wickliffe Lower School?
Wickliffe Lower School enrolls approximately 642 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Wickliffe Lower School serve?
Wickliffe Lower School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Wickliffe Lower School have?
Wickliffe Lower School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wickliffe Lower School?
At Wickliffe Lower School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 5% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Wickliffe Lower School?
Wickliffe Lower School is overseen by Wickliffe City in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.