The top reported proficiency rate is 92% in Science. The lowest is 87% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Grant Elementary School
Grant Elementary School is a public school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in Lakewood, a dense, walkable inner-ring suburb of Cleveland on Lake Erie. The school sits in a neighborhood where families walk their children to school, as Lakewood does not provide busing. It is one of about a dozen elementary schools in the Lakewood City district.
**Academic Performance**
Grant's state test results in the most recent year show strong proficiency across the tested subjects. In English language arts, about nine in ten students scored proficient or above. In math, about eight or nine in ten reached that level. In science, proficiency was about nine in ten. Within the county's elementary schools, Grant's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among tested schools in Cuyahoga County. The school has full participation rates in state testing, meaning all eligible students took the assessments.
Science proficiency is notably higher than math proficiency at the school; a parent may want to ask the school about how STEM and science instruction are sequenced across the grades, and what supports are in place for students who have not yet reached proficiency in mathematics. The school added a weekly STEM class in the 2023-2024 school year as part of a district-wide elementary schedule restructuring, along with new library and computer-skills instruction.
**Student Body and Community**
The school enrolls a small to moderate cohort of students for its grade band. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller representation of Asian, multiracial, Black, and Hispanic students. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not available.
Lakewood itself is Ohio's densest city and one of the state's most walkable communities. The neighborhood is a streetcar-era suburb with historic homes and mixed-use corridors. The school district was the first in Ohio to offer a property tax abatement for home improvements, which reflects the city's focus on reinvestment in its older housing stock. A major infill development on the former Lakewood Hospital site broke ground in September 2025 and is expected to bring several hundred new housing units, retail, and offices to the Detroit Avenue corridor by spring 2028.
**District Changes Ahead**
Parents should know about two changes that will affect Grant families. In May 2026, voters approved a new operating levy, the district's first additional operating funding since 2020. Collections begin in 2027. This stabilizes funding for staffing, programs, and technology. In October 2025, the school board voted to repurpose Lincoln Elementary into a district preschool Early Learning Center in the 2027-2028 school year and to reassign several special education and gifted programs across the district. New elementary school boundaries will be released at least a year in advance of that transition, so families will have notice. As an example, the CHAMPS special education program will move from Horace Mann to Hayes Elementary. Check with the school or district website for timing and which families will be affected.
The district also restructured its elementary special-class schedule starting in 2023-2024: general music instruction moved from every other day to once per week, and physical education time was reduced. New weekly STEM and library/computer-skills classes were added instead. This was a significant shift from Lakewood's traditionally strong music program and drew community concern; music remains part of the schedule but at reduced frequency.
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