Brookside High School

Brookside High School, an intimate high school in Sheffield Village, Ohio, overseen by Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City, serves 415 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 565.

Within Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City, which oversees 5 schools and 1,455 students, Brookside High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Brookside High School reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at Brookside High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Lorain County's rate of about 33%.

After controlling for student poverty, Brookside High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lorain County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,347, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lorain County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), of which Brookside High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brookside Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brookside High School.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brookside High School has decreased 14%, going from 485 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 83% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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