Summary:
Richmond Heights Local (OH) is a small three-school district near Cleveland serving about 786 students across one elementary school (PK–6), one middle school (7–8), and one high school (9–12). The district is rated 648th of 773 Ohio districts—the 16th percentile—with 1 star, and all three schools share that 1-star rating with 2025–26 rank percentiles of 27 for the elementary, 27 for the high school, and 16 for the middle school.
Among the three, Richmond Heights High School shows the strongest individual results: a 95.5% graduation rate, plus above-state proficiency in American Government (76.6% vs. 71.6%) and English II (66.7% vs. 62.7%). Math is its clear weakness—Geometry at 18.9% vs. the state's 43.3%, and Algebra I at 37.0% vs. 61.6%—and it carries the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 37.1%. Richmond Heights Middle School is the smallest (137 students) and posts the lowest rank percentile (16), the highest student-teacher ratio (26.8), and the lowest 2018–19 per-student spending ($10,229).
Richmond Heights Elementary School enrolls 378 students, about 48.1% of the district, and its rank percentile rose from 17 to 21 to 27 over three years. Fourth grade beats the state in math (68.6% vs. 67.3%) and ELA (66.7% vs. 61.8%), but 5th grade math (28.9%), 6th grade math (24.5%), and 6th grade ELA (34.7%) fall far below. Overall, the district has isolated bright spots—high-school graduation and social studies, middle-school Algebra I, and elementary 4th grade—while math proficiency and the middle school are the deepest concerns.
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