Enrollment
259
Middle
DISTRICT 291 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEFFIELD-SHEFFIELD LAKE CITY·NCES 390447601622
Brookside Middle School
1662 Harris Rd, Sheffield Village, OH 44054 · (440) 949-4228 · Lorain County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
127 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 119 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 54% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Brookside Middle School→Brookside High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.8pp since 2021
Math
74.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -5.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 74.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 84.7% |
| 2022-23 | 70.6% | 77.9% |
| 2021-22 | 65.5% | 79.7% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brookside Middle School
Brookside Middle School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Middle School this school | 259 | 49.0% | 72.8% |
| Lakota Middle School Kansas | 288 | 48.3% | 63.7% |
| Pike-Delta-York Middle School Delta | 361 | 46.3% | 75.7% |
| Van Cleve Elementary School Troy | 318 | 48.7% | 65.0% |
| Bellevue Middle School Bellevue | 394 | 45.7% | 72.9% |
| Kenton Middle School Kenton | 285 | 55.4% | 53.4% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brookside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lorain County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #156 of 316 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #216 of 637 ▼ 145 | #7 of 22 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #408 of 637 ▼ 149 | #14 of 22 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.1pp | #36 of 629 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #535 of 654 | #20 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #437 of 577 | #17 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #245 of 579 | #9 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #103 of 319 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #296 of 410 | #9 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
259
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 259 | 13.6 | 19.1:1 | 49% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 16.3 | 15.5:1 | 42% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | N/A | N/A | 41% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 15 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 16.3 | 17.0:1 | 46% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 15 | 19.0:1 | 50% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 43% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 14% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 28 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (278 to 259); teachers down 17% (16.3 to 13.6).
About Brookside Middle School
Located in Sheffield Village, Ohio, Brookside Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It enrolls 259 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 46% below the 482-student average for middle schools in Ohio.
The district, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City, has 1,455 students enrolled across 5 schools.
At Brookside Middle School, 80% of students are White. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put Lorain County at about 78% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Brookside Middle School is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. The average for middle schools in Ohio, 17.0:1, is lower. A total of 127 students, or 49%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Lorain County, the average is 33%.
Brookside Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.8% and a predicted 70.3%.
The school is in Lorain County, where the median household earns about $73,347 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Brookside Middle School shares Lorain County with 91 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Brookside High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Brookside Middle School.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 259, close to the 260 recorded in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 17.3 in 2020-21 to 19.1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Brookside Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lorain County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,129
Census ACS
Median income
$73,347
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City
- Brookside Intermediate SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Brookside High SchoolHigh · 415 students
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 202 students
- Forestlawn Early Learning CenterElementary · 163 students
Other schools in Sheffield Village
- Brookside Intermediate SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Brookside High SchoolHigh · 415 students
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 202 students
- Sheffield AcademyElementary · 188 students
Other Brookside Middle schools
One other US public school is named Brookside Middle. Brookside Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLSARASOTA, FL · 724 students
Nearby schools
- Brookside High School0.0 mi · 415
- Brookside Intermediate School0.1 mi · 416
- Sheffield Academy1.0 mi · 188
- Knollwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 202
- Forestlawn Early Learning Center1.4 mi · 163
- Palm Elementary School2.3 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Brookside Middle SchoolHow large is Brookside Middle School?
Brookside Middle School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Brookside Middle School serve?
Brookside Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Brookside Middle School?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Brookside Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Brookside Middle School?
Student demographics at Brookside Middle School are roughly 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Brookside Middle School in?
Brookside Middle School is part of Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City.
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