Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City

Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City is a five-school Ohio district serving about 1,455 students, made up of three elementary schools (Forestlawn Early Learning Center for PK–K, Knollwood Elementary School for grades 1–2, and Brookside Intermediate School for grades 3–6), one middle school for grades 7–8, and one high school for grades 9–12. The district ranks 377 of 773 schools, placing it at the 51st percentile with 3 stars.

Brookside High School is the strongest upward story, improving from 49th percentile / 2 stars to 55th percentile / 3 stars, graduating 98.2% of students, and beating the state in most 2025–2026 End-of-Course tests, led by American Government at 84.9% versus the state's 71.6%. Its weak spot is Algebra I at 55.7%, below the state's 61.6%. Brookside Intermediate School shows a sharp split: all four tested math grades beat the state (4th grade math 76.4%), while all four ELA grades fell below it (6th grade ELA 47.3%). Brookside Middle School posts strong math — Math 7 at 58.6% versus 48.6%, Math 8 at 59.8% versus 52% — and reports 100% Algebra I proficiency, likely reflecting a small advanced cohort, yet its rank slid from 82nd percentile / 4 stars to 56th percentile / 3 stars. Knollwood Elementary School stands out for attendance, with chronic absenteeism of 10.4%, far below the district's 24.1%, while Forestlawn Early Learning Center has the highest per-student spending ($12,399) and lowest student-teacher ratio (13.1) but absenteeism of 28.9%.

Overall, math is a relative district strength in grades 3–8 while ELA is weaker, and attendance varies widely — Brookside High School has the highest chronic absenteeism at 29.5%, Brookside Middle School is above district at 26.4%, and Brookside Intermediate School is below it at 22.1%. Note that spending figures come from 2018–2019 and should be treated cautiously as a current resource measure.