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North Royalton High 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 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 North Royalton High School
North Royalton High School operates as a sprawling four-year high school in North Royalton, Ohio, run under North Royalton City. Current enrollment sits at 1,401 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 148% above the state mean of about 565.
North Royalton City runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 4,125 students. North Royalton High School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, North Royalton High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest consists of 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, North Royalton High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.4%; this one delivers 83.5%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cuyahoga County put median household earnings sit near $64,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), North Royalton High School is one campus in the mix.
North Royalton Middle 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 North Royalton High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Royalton High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 84.6%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. North Royalton High School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,502 (now 1,401). The White share of enrollment fell from 87% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
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- North Royalton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,519 students
- North Royalton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,205 students
- North Royalton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,519 students
- North Royalton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,205 students
- North Royalton Middle School0.2 mi · 1,205
- North Royalton Elementary School0.7 mi · 1,519
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