Garfield Heights Middle School

Garfield Heights Middle School, a reasonably sized intermediate school in Garfield Heights, Ohio, overseen by Garfield Heights City Schools, instructs 541 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Garfield Heights City Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,581 students. Garfield Heights Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Garfield Heights Middle School logs that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 9% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Garfield Heights Middle School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household earnings sit near $64,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Garfield Heights Middle School is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students).

Maple Leaf Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Garfield Heights Middle School.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Garfield Heights Middle School's enrollment has declined 32% since 2018, when it stood at 800 (now 541). The White share of enrollment declined from 15% to 4% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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