Rocky River Middle School

Rocky River Middle School is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in Rocky River, Ohio, overseen by Rocky River City, teacheing 573 students in grades 6 through 8.

Rocky River Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Rocky River City, a district that hosts 2,606 students overall.

Demographically, Rocky River Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at Rocky River Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Cuyahoga County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rocky River Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 82.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 90.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Rocky River Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky River Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 85.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rocky River Middle School has declined 17%, going from 690 students in 2018 to 573 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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