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Enrollment
573
Middle
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKY RIVER CITY·NCES 390447001576
Rocky River Middle School
1631 Lakeview Ave, Rocky River, OH 44116 · (440) 356-6870 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Ohio public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
90 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 203 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 31% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Rocky River Middle School→Rocky River High School
Based on grade levels within Rocky River City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
91.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.6pp since 2021
Math
94.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 94.3% |
| 2023-24 | 88.7% | 90.1% |
| 2022-23 | 90.3% | 89.4% |
| 2021-22 | 87.4% | 87.1% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
90.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rocky River Middle School
Rocky River Middle School's state test result (90.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky River Middle School this school | 573 | 15.7% | 90.7% |
| Springboro Intermediate School Springboro | 502 | 12.9% | 81.7% |
| Learwood Middle School Avon Lake | 557 | 14.7% | 83.8% |
| Tippecanoe Middle School Tipp City | 564 | 17.7% | 78.9% |
| Fallen Timbers Middle School Whitehouse | 707 | 15.4% | 93.2% |
| A. I. Root Middle School Medina | 690 | 19.3% | 81.4% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rocky River Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.7% | #9 of 316 | #5 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.3% | #6 of 637 ▲ 17 | #4 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #11 of 637 ▲ 1 | #6 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.4pp | #181 of 629 | #8 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #216 of 654 | #20 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #65 of 577 | #10 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #365 of 579 | #30 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #284 of 319 | #17 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #108 of 410 | #7 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
573
-65 (-10%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 573 | 43.2 | 13.3:1 | 16% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 43.1 | 12.8:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 40.5 | 14.2:1 | 10% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 42 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 15% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 34 | 18.7:1 | 14% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 7% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky River Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (690 to 573); teachers unchanged (43 to 43.2).
About Rocky River Middle School
Located in Rocky River, Ohio, Rocky River Middle School is a medium-sized middle school. The student body numbers 573 students, from grades 6 through 8.
In Rocky River City, 5 schools enroll a combined 2,606 students.
Rocky River Middle School enrolls a student body that is 87% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. In Cuyahoga County overall, about 58% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Rocky River Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
The school reported 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 16%. Compared with the 27% average for public schools in Cuyahoga County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Rocky River Middle School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rocky River Middle School scores 90.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 82.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cuyahoga County, median household income is about $64,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The public schools of Cuyahoga County number 352 and enroll about 155,924.
Nearby, Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 85.3%; Rocky River Middle School's is 90.7%, ranking 3rd of 7.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Rocky River Middle School had 638 students in 2020-21 and 573 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. The ratio was 15.2:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rocky River City
- Rocky River High SchoolHigh · 792 students
- Kensington Intermediate Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Goldwood Primary Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach SchoolElementary · 80 students
Other schools in Rocky River
- Rocky River High SchoolHigh · 792 students
- Kensington Intermediate Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Goldwood Primary Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach SchoolElementary · 80 students
Nearby schools
- Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach School0.3 mi · 80
- Rocky River High School0.5 mi · 792
- Kensington Intermediate Elementary School0.6 mi · 586
- Goldwood Primary Elementary School1.4 mi · 575
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.4 mi · 269
- Harding Middle School1.5 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky River Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rocky River Middle School?
Rocky River Middle School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rocky River Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rocky River Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Rocky River Middle School have?
Rocky River Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rocky River Middle School?
At Rocky River Middle School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Rocky River Middle School?
Rocky River Middle School is overseen by Rocky River City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.