Richmond Heights High School

Set in Richmond Heights, Ohio, Richmond Heights High School is a low-enrollment high school, part of Richmond Heights Local. It teaches 271 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Richmond Heights High School sits 52% leaner than that benchmark.

Richmond Heights Local comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 786 students; Richmond Heights High School is among them.

Demographically, Richmond Heights High School logs that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Richmond Heights High School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Richmond Heights High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cuyahoga County (around 27%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Richmond Heights High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.0%; this one comes in at 51.8%, -12.2 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household income runs about $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Richmond Heights High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Richmond Heights Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Richmond Heights High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richmond Heights High School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 256 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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