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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Helen Steiner Rice ES, Lorain, OH

CEP schoolHelen Steiner Rice ES is a public elementary school in Lorain, part of Lorain City School District. It enrolled 291 students in 2024-25, with 15.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
291
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
15.3
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.6. The Ohio average across schools is 17.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.3
District15.6
Ohio17.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
4500 Tacoma Ave, Lorain, OH 44055
Phone
(440)240-1220
District
Lorain City School District
County
Lorain County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
390442605439
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
228Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Lorain City School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Lorain

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.