Middle Schools in Parma City

Parma City has three middle schools—Greenbriar Middle School, Shiloh Middle School, and Hillside Middle School—serving grades 5–8, with 2,510 students total; the district ranks 464 of 773 (40th percentile, 2 stars). Enrollment is concentrated at Greenbriar Middle School (1,064 students, about 42%), while Shiloh Middle School (729) and Hillside Middle School (717) are similar in size. Hillside Middle School is the academic standout: 60th percentile and 3 stars, above the district in all 11 2025–2026 test areas and above the state in 9 of 11, with the lowest chronic absenteeism (23.1%) and highest per-pupil spending ($10,897) and student/teacher ratio (18.8). Its rank slipped from 69th to 60th percentile, but it remains first.

Greenbriar Middle School is mixed: 43rd percentile and 2 stars, with strengths in 8th Grade Math (65.4%), 8th Grade ELA (60.9%), and Algebra I EOC (94.4%), but 7th Grade Math is just 28.2%, chronic absenteeism is 30.9%, and it was above the district in only 5 of 11 tests. Shiloh Middle School ranks lowest: 31st percentile and 2 stars, above the district in only 1 of 11 tests—Algebra I EOC at 91.4%—and below district and state in most grade-level subjects, including 7th Grade Math 22.4%, 8th Grade Math 31.0%, 8th Grade ELA 42.5%, and 8th Grade Science 40.4%. It also has the highest chronic absenteeism (34.0%) and the lowest per-pupil spending ($9,474) and student/teacher ratio (16.4).

District-wide, Algebra I EOC is a bright spot: Greenbriar 94.4%, Shiloh 91.4%, and Hillside 96.9%, versus the district 58.5% and state 61.6%, though this test likely reflects a selected group. The shared weaknesses are 7th Grade Math and 8th Grade Science: the district’s 7th Grade Math average is 33.3%, below the state’s 48.6%, and only Hillside (56.1%) exceeds the state; in 8th Grade Science, all three are below the state’s 61.2% (Hillside 51.2%, Greenbriar 50.4%, Shiloh 40.4%). Absenteeism aligns inversely with performance—Shiloh 34.0%, Greenbriar 30.9%, Hillside 23.1%—while spending and ratio data come from different years. Overall, Hillside leads, Greenbriar is mixed, and Shiloh faces the broadest challenges.