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Enrollment
1,327
Middle
DISTRICT 668 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STRONGSVILLE CITY·NCES 390448401722
Strongsville Middle School
13200 Pearl Rd, Strongsville, OH 44136 · (440) 572-7090 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,327 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
14.9:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
369 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 445 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 437 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 445 | 34% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Strongsville Middle School→Strongsville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Strongsville City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.7pp since 2021
Math
82.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.4% | 82.4% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 82.8% |
| 2022-23 | 80.9% | 76.8% |
| 2021-22 | 77.7% | 83.2% |
% 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Strongsville Middle School
Strongsville Middle School's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strongsville Middle School this school | 1,327 | 27.8% | 79.4% |
| North Royalton Middle School North Royalton | 1,205 | 34.2% | 80.1% |
| Jacob Coy Middle School Xenia | 1,058 | 19.8% | 80.7% |
| Columbia Intermediate School Kings Mills | 809 | 22.6% | 82.6% |
| Kings Junior High School Kings Mills | 730 | 24.2% | 79.0% |
| Hadley E Watts Middle School Dayton | 777 | 26.3% | 74.3% |
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 Strongsville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #91 of 316 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #100 of 637 ▼ 9 | #14 of 41 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #117 of 637 ▼ 15 | #15 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #183 of 629 | #9 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,327 | #7 of 654 | #2 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #173 of 577 | #18 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #200 of 579 | #16 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #223 of 319 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #377 of 410 | #21 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
1,327
+138 (+12%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,327 | 88.9 | 14.9:1 | 28% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 1,297 | 83.8 | 15.5:1 | 18% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 1,270 | 80.8 | 15.7:1 | 20% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 1,189 | 80 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,354 | 81.2 | 16.7:1 | 22% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 4% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 35 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Strongsville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,354 to 1,327); teachers up 9% (81.2 to 88.9).
About Strongsville Middle School
Strongsville Middle School serves students in Strongsville, Ohio, as a large middle school. Enrolled students number 1,327 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Ohio average about 482 students each.
Strongsville City is the local district for Strongsville Middle School. It runs 9 schools with 5,757 students.
White students make up a majority at Strongsville Middle School, at 75%. The next largest groups are 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. In Cuyahoga County overall, about 58% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Strongsville Middle School total 88.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.9:1. That is 2.1 students per teacher below the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 28%. For comparison, public schools in Cuyahoga County average 27%.
allk12 grades Strongsville Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Ohio, Strongsville Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 79.4% actual against a predicted 78.3%.
Cuyahoga County has about 1,245,873 residents, and 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%. In all, Cuyahoga County has 352 public schools and roughly 155,924 students.
The nearest public school is Muraski Elementary School, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 83.1% proficiency; Strongsville Middle School posts 79.4%.
Strongsville Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is up 12% from 2020-21, when Strongsville Middle School had 1,189 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,327.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Strongsville City
- Strongsville High SchoolHigh · 1,842 students
- Kinsner Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Muraski Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Whitney Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Surrarrer Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Strongsville
- Strongsville High SchoolHigh · 1,842 students
- Kinsner Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Muraski Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Whitney Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Surrarrer Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Muraski Elementary School0.6 mi · 522
- Strongsville Online Learning Opportunity Academy0.8 mi · 9
- Early Learning Preschool0.9 mi · 143
- Strongsville High School1.1 mi · 1,842
- Albert Einstein Academy for Letters Arts and Sciences-Ohio1.3 mi · 297
- Strongsville Academy2.2 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About Strongsville Middle SchoolHow large is Strongsville Middle School?
Strongsville Middle School enrolls approximately 1,327 students in grades 06-08.
Is Strongsville Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Strongsville Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Strongsville Middle School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Strongsville Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Strongsville Middle School?
Student demographics at Strongsville Middle School are roughly 75% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Strongsville Middle School?
Strongsville Middle School is overseen by Strongsville City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.