Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School

Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School is an one-room-style elementary school in Rocky River, Ohio, run under Rocky River City. The school serves 80 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School sits 80% below that benchmark.

Rocky River City comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,606 students; Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, 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%. Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students).

The closest other public school is Rocky River Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 27%: 63 students in 2018 compared to 80 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 95% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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