Enrollment
331
High
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARDINAL LOCAL·NCES 390471702786
Cardinal Jr/Sr High School
14785 Thompson Ave, Middlefield, OH 44062 · (440) 632-0261 · Geauga County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
118 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cardinal Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.1pp since 2021
Math
37.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +20.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 75% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
331
-8 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.7:1
% White
97%
was 96%
% Hispanic
0%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Cardinal Jr/Sr High School
Cardinal Jr/Sr High School is a 9-12 campus of compact scale in Middlefield, Ohio, overseen by Cardinal Local, teacheing 331 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 41% below typical.
Within Cardinal Local, which oversees 3 schools and 732 students, Cardinal Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Cardinal Jr/Sr High School records that nearly all students (97%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Geauga County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Geauga County's rate of about 21%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cardinal Jr/Sr High School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 75.3%; Cardinal Jr/Sr High School posts 59.5%, -15.8 points below that line.
Across the wider county, census data for Geauga County shows median household earnings sit near $107,860, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Geauga County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,939 students), Cardinal Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ACE Community Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cardinal Jr/Sr High School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 61.6%.
Cardinal Jr/Sr High School operates from a low-density location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cardinal Jr/Sr High School has stayed largely flat, going from 339 students in 2018 to 331 in 2025.
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Geauga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,481
Census ACS
Median income
$107,860
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,939 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cardinal Local
- Cardinal Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Cardinal Middle SchoolMiddle · 5 students
- Cardinal Huskie Virtual SchoolCombined
Other schools in Middlefield
- Cardinal Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- ACE Community AcademyHigh · 25 students
- Cardinal Middle SchoolMiddle · 5 students
- Cardinal Huskie Virtual SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- ACE Community Academy0.0 mi · 25
- Cardinal Elementary School0.2 mi · 396
- Cardinal Middle School0.2 mi · 5
- Berkshire High School3.8 mi · 437
- Berkshire Elementary3.8 mi · 517
- Berkshire Middle School3.8 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Cardinal Jr/Sr High SchoolHow large is Cardinal Jr/Sr High School?
Cardinal Jr/Sr High School enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Cardinal Jr/Sr High School serve?
Cardinal Jr/Sr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cardinal Jr/Sr High School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Cardinal Jr/Sr High School.
What is the student diversity at Cardinal Jr/Sr High School?
Student demographics at Cardinal Jr/Sr High School are roughly 97% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cardinal Jr/Sr High School in?
Cardinal Jr/Sr High School is part of Cardinal Local.
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