Summary:
Parma, Ohio is served by 14 schools — eight elementary, two middle, two high, and two alternative — enrolling about 8,327 students in grades K–12. The largest provider is Parma City, with 10 schools and 6,584 students (roughly 79% of enrollment); the rest are charter or alternative operators, including Global Village Academy, Constellation Schools: Parma Community, and Summit Academy Community School - Parma.
Among traditional public elementaries, Dentzler Elementary School is the strongest, with math and ELA proficiency well above state levels in most tested grades and chronic absenteeism of 12.5%, far below the district's 24.4%. Pleasant Valley Elementary School is also consistently solid. The middle schools show a striking split: Greenbriar Middle School (94.4%) and Shiloh Middle School (91.4%) post exceptional Algebra I results versus a state rate of 61.6%, even though both rank lower overall and have absenteeism above 30%, suggesting a selected advanced-math group rather than broad mastery.
At the high school level, Normandy High School graduates 97.3% of students, and Parma Virtual Learning Academy reports 100% in a very small cohort of 54 students; math is the clearest weakness citywide. The sharpest contrast is in absenteeism: Global Village Academy has the lowest rate at 4.6% and strong proficiency despite a 76.6% free/reduced lunch rate and the highest student–teacher ratio (22.9), while Summit (61.3%) and Constellation (48.9%) have the highest absenteeism and the largest proficiency gaps.
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