Ballard Brady Middle School

Ballard Brady Middle School operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Pepper Pike, Ohio, run under Orange City. Current enrollment sits at 461 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within Orange City, which oversees 4 schools and 2,029 students, Ballard Brady Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Ballard Brady Middle School shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Black, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 15% of students at Ballard Brady Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cuyahoga County (around 27%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ballard Brady Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.3%, the actual is 86.8%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household income runs about $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ballard Brady Middle School is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students).

The closest other public school is Moreland Hills Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ballard Brady Middle School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 90.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 448 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 20% to 13% over that span.

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