Other · Special education · Grades K to 12

Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES), Mentor, OH

Cardinal Autism Resource and Education School (CARES) is a public school in Mentor, part of Mentor Exempted Village School District. It enrolled 82 students in 2024-25, with 6.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 82
Teachers (FTE): 13.0
Students per teacher: 6.3
Grades: K to 12

This school's ratio is 10.5 lower than the district figure of 16.8. The Ohio average across schools is 17.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school6.3

District16.8

Ohio17.3

United States15.3

School details

Address: 5028 Forest Rd, Mentor, OH 44060
Phone: (440)257-5951
District: Mentor Exempted Village School District
County: Lake County
Level: Other
Type: Special education
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 390454910835

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.