Learwood Middle School

Learwood Middle School is a middle school of average-sized scale in Avon Lake, Ohio, one of the schools within Avon Lake City, instructing 557 students in grades 7 through 8.

Avon Lake City comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,434 students; Learwood Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Learwood Middle School reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lorain County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Learwood Middle School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Learwood Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lorain County (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Learwood Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.2%; this one delivers 83.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lorain County put median household income runs about $73,347, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lorain County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), of which Learwood Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Eastview Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Learwood Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 86.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 650 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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