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Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 749 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLON CITY·NCES 390466000173
Solon Middle School
6835 Som Center Rd, Solon, OH 44139 · (440) 349-3848 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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
17.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
145 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 7 | 367 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 400 | 52% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Solon City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
94.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.5pp since 2021
Math
94.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 94 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.2% | 94.4% |
| 2023-24 | 89.7% | 89.2% |
| 2022-23 | 94.9% | 92.3% |
| 2021-22 | 90.8% | 92.1% |
% 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
91.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Solon Middle School
Solon Middle School's state test result (91.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solon Middle School this school | 768 | 18.9% | 91.8% |
| Orchard Middle School Solon | 730 | 18.5% | 95.3% |
| Olentangy Shanahan Middle School Lewis Center | 1,029 | 13.9% | 86.8% |
| Olentangy Berlin Middle School Delaware | 886 | 11.6% | 86.3% |
| Olentangy Orange Middle School Lewis Center | 1,056 | 23.0% | 80.2% |
| Hyatts Middle School Powell | 835 | 9.9% | 85.3% |
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 Solon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.8% | #7 of 316 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.4% | #5 of 637 ▲ 24 | #3 of 41 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.2% | #2 of 637 ▲ 8 | #2 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #294 of 629 | #22 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #91 of 654 | #10 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #370 of 577 | #31 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #45 of 579 | #3 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #271 of 319 | #14 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #160 of 169 | #12 of 12 |
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
768
+88 (+13%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 803
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 768 | 43.1 | 17.8:1 | 19% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 41.5 | 18.4:1 | 18% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 758 | 40.5 | 18.7:1 | 12% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 41 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 47.5 | 16.0:1 | 10% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 790 | 42 | 18.8:1 | 9% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 837 | 42 | 19.9:1 | 11% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 803 | 55 | 14.6:1 | 2% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Solon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (761 to 768); teachers down 9% (47.5 to 43.1).
About Solon Middle School
Solon Middle School is a large middle school in Solon, Ohio, one of the schools in Solon City. The school had 768 students in grades 7 through 9 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Ohio) has about 482 students.
Solon Middle School is part of Solon City, where 7 schools serve 4,594 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Solon Middle School, at 47%. Enrollment also includes 25% Asian, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among people living in Cuyahoga County, the White share is about 58%. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 43.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.8:1. On average, middle schools in Ohio have 17.0:1, compared with 17.8:1 here. Around 19% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Solon Middle School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of Ohio public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Solon Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 91.8%; the prediction is 81.7%.
Census estimates describe Cuyahoga County this way: the median household income is $64,468, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Solon Middle School, Cuyahoga County has 351 other public schools.
The closest public school to Solon Middle School is Parkside Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Solon Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Solon Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Solon Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Solon Middle School's enrollment climbed from 680 in 2020-21 to 768 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.6:1 to 17.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Solon Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Solon City
- Solon High SchoolHigh · 1,519 students
- Orchard Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Dorothy E Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning CenterElementary · 76 students
Other schools in Solon
- Solon High SchoolHigh · 1,519 students
- Orchard Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Dorothy E Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning CenterElementary · 76 students
Other Solon Middle schools
One other US public school is named Solon Middle. Solon Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Solon Middle SchoolSolon, IA · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Parkside Elementary School0.1 mi · 502
- Orchard Middle School0.3 mi · 730
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary School0.4 mi · 487
- Solon High School0.4 mi · 1,519
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning Center0.5 mi · 76
- Solon Academy1.2 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Solon Middle SchoolHow large is Solon Middle School?
Solon Middle School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Solon Middle School serve?
Solon Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many teachers does Solon Middle School have?
Solon Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Solon Middle School?
Student demographics at Solon Middle School are roughly 47% White, 4% Hispanic, 17% Black, 25% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Solon Middle School in?
Solon Middle School is part of Solon City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.