North Royalton Middle School

Located at 14709 Ridge Rd, in North Royalton, Ohio, North Royalton Middle School is a well-populated 6-8 campus that enrolls 1,205 students (grades 5 through 8), part of North Royalton City. That puts it 150% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

North Royalton Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by North Royalton City, a district that instructs 4,125 students overall.

On the student-mix side, North Royalton Middle School logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, North Royalton Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.9%; this one delivers 80.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household earnings sit near $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Royalton Middle School is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students).

North Royalton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Royalton Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 85.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Royalton Middle School has decreased 4%, going from 1,260 students in 2018 to 1,205 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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