We are a K-8 Catholic School in Mentor, Ohio

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St. Mary of the Assumption School

This award recognizes elementary schools that demonstrate considerable academic
growth in either mathematics or reading on NWEA’s MAP Assessment in a given school year.
This year’s recipients are schools that were in the top five percent of growth as measured
​ by the percentage of students who were proficient from 2022-2023 to 2023-2024.
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St. Mary of the Assumption School has been awarded the “Parent Choice Award” for 2023-24 by ParentPulse, a third-party service provider that administers parent surveys for private and independent schools! Our Net Promoter Score (a universal measure of parents’ overall satisfaction) during the past school year was among the highest in the country!

We look forward to continuing to serve our families well!
We’re thrilled to announce that St. Mary of the Assumption School has been ranked in the top 2.5% of schools on Niche! This recognition highlights our commitment to academic excellence, student support, extracurricular opportunities, etc. We’re incredibly proud of our students, teachers, and staff who make this possible every day!

​Thank you to our amazing community for your continued support and dedication. Together, we make SMA a place where excellence thrives! 

Attendance Update

There has been a change to reporting absences this year. Please email any absences to [email protected]. Please be sure to include your child's name, teacher's name, and grade level. 
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St. Mary of the Assumption School has a long history of success and merit dating back to the fall of 1952 when four Ursuline nuns started the school.  Since the beginning, our school has grown in both size and population to include over 40 staff members and more than 300 students.  St. Mary of the Assumption School continues to be a model of excellence and virtue to the children of Northeast Ohio.

St. Mary of the Assumption School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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