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Nordonia Middle School
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat 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 are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Nordonia Middle School
Nordonia Middle School operates as a medium-sized junior high in Northfield, Ohio, overseen by Nordonia Hills City. Current enrollment sits at 524 students spanning grades 7 through 8.
Nordonia Hills City comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,405 students; Nordonia Middle School is among them.
Demographically, Nordonia Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Summit County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Summit County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Nordonia Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.3%.
In the area at large, Summit County reports that median household income runs about $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which Nordonia Middle School is one.
Northfield 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 Nordonia Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nordonia Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 82.7%.
Nordonia Middle School operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 555 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.
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Summit County at a glance
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