Richmond Heights Elementary School

Richmond Heights Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Richmond Heights, Ohio, part of Richmond Heights Local. Current enrollment sits at 378 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 3 schools in Richmond Heights Local (786 students total), Richmond Heights Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Richmond Heights Elementary School lists that nearly all students (85%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Cuyahoga County's rate of about 27%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Richmond Heights Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.4%; actual is 34.5%, a gap of -16.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cuyahoga County) shows that 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. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Richmond Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Richmond Heights Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Richmond Heights Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 61.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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