Sheffield Academy

Sheffield Academy is a modestly sized elementary school in Sheffield Village, Ohio, run under Sheffield Academy. The school educates 188 students in grades K through 7. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Sheffield Academy sits 53% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Sheffield Academy answers to Sheffield Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sheffield Academy lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 26% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Lorain County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,347 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Sheffield Academy is one of 92 public schools in Lorain County (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students).

Brookside Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sheffield Academy.

The campus sits in a low-density setting. As a public charter, Sheffield Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.