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Enrollment
446
Middle
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEWOOD CITY·NCES 390441905364
Harding Middle School
16601 Madison Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107 · (216) 529-4261 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Ohio public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
154 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 6 | 147 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 35% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Harding Middle School→Lakewood High School
Based on grade levels within Lakewood City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.6pp since 2021
Math
86.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.6% | 86.4% |
| 2023-24 | 83.3% | 82.6% |
| 2022-23 | 83.1% | 83.5% |
| 2021-22 | 83.0% | 85.7% |
% 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
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Harding Middle School
Harding Middle School's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harding Middle School this school | 446 | 34.5% | 81.9% |
| Ontario Middle School Mansfield | 471 | 36.1% | 78.0% |
| Eastern Elementary School Lexington | 504 | 33.5% | 81.9% |
| Field Middle School Mogadore | 442 | 41.2% | 72.3% |
| Briar Middle School Sandusky | 413 | 31.5% | 64.6% |
| Taylor Middle School Cleves | 599 | 33.4% | 72.7% |
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 Harding Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #64 of 316 | #12 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #56 of 637 ▲ 37 | #10 of 41 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #63 of 637 ▼ 10 | #12 of 41 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #404 of 629 | #28 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #318 of 654 | #29 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #290 of 577 | #28 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #242 of 579 | #21 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #186 of 319 | #5 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #123 of 410 | #9 of 24 |
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
446
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 35% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 36% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 35% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 38% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 46% (298) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harding Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (531 to 446); teachers down 16% (32 to 27).
About Harding Middle School
Harding Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Ohio, located in Lakewood. Total enrollment is 446 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
The 13 schools in Lakewood City enroll 4,369 students altogether, Harding Middle School among them.
More than half of the students at Harding Middle School are White (80%). The next largest groups are 12% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. In Cuyahoga County overall, about 58% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 35%.
Harding Middle School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. The average for middle schools in Ohio is about 17.0:1. The school has 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 27% average for public schools in Cuyahoga County is 8 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Harding Middle School lands at A, ahead of 90% of Ohio public middle schools.
Harding Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (81.9%) and its predicted rate (75.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
In Cuyahoga County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $64,468 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Cuyahoga County number 352, with about 155,924 students.
Hayes Elementary School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Harding Middle School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 71 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.2:1 to 16.5:1 over the same years.
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Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakewood City
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,372 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,372 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other Harding Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Harding Middle. Harding Middle School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Harding Middle SchoolSteubenville, OH · 793 students
- Harding Middle SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 710 students
- Harding Middle SchoolDes Moines, IA · 603 students
Nearby schools
- Hayes Elementary School0.5 mi · 292
- Grant Elementary School0.7 mi · 323
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.0 mi · 269
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.0 mi · 233
- Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 270
- Lakewood High School1.2 mi · 1,372
Frequently asked questions
About Harding Middle SchoolHow many students attend Harding Middle School?
Harding Middle School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Harding Middle School serve?
Harding Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Harding Middle School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Harding Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Harding Middle School?
Student demographics at Harding Middle School are roughly 80% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Harding Middle School in?
Harding Middle School is part of Lakewood City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.