Strongsville Middle School

Strongsville Middle School is a heavily attended intermediate school in Strongsville, Ohio, part of Strongsville City. The school serves 1,327 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 175% above typical.

Strongsville Middle School is one of 9 schools operated by Strongsville City, a district that caters to 5,757 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Strongsville Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Strongsville Middle School has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Strongsville Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Strongsville Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.3%; this one delivers 79.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate median household income runs about $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Strongsville Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Muraski Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Strongsville Middle School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Strongsville Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 83.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,354 students in 2018 compared to 1,327 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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