Cloverleaf Middle School

Cloverleaf Middle School in Seville, Ohio is a 588-student school serving grades 6–8 in the Cloverleaf Local district in Medina County. It has held a 4-star rating in every year of its ten-year history and currently ranks 143rd of 1,046 Ohio middle schools (86th percentile) — its best recorded position. Progress has been steady, from the 76th percentile in 2015–16 to 84th–86th over the last four years. The school outranks its own district (77th percentile of 773), suggesting grades 6–8 are a relative strength within Cloverleaf Local.

In 2025–26, state test proficiency ran roughly 19 points above the state average, with math leading: grade 8 math reached 80.4% (28.4 points above the state) and grade 7 math 69.2%. Reading was strong as well at 71–76% across grades 6–8, though its gaps to the state (+13 to +15 points) were narrower. Algebra I and Geometry results reached 100%, but these come from a small, selective accelerated group, not the full eighth-grade class. Among ten nearby middle schools, Cloverleaf ranks second of nine, behind only A. I. Root Middle School, and it has been steadier than any peer — Northwestern, Green, Buckeye and Black River each shifted between 3 and 5 stars in three years, while Cloverleaf never left 4.

Equity is its most distinctive strength. Low-income students rank in the top 2% of Ohio schools (5 stars), up from the 89th percentile two years earlier, and special education students climbed from 3 stars to 4 — subgroups that outrank the school's own overall standing relative to state peers. Cloverleaf also serves a higher-poverty population than A. I. Root, Claggett Middle School and both Buckeye schools. The clearest soft spot is attendance: chronic absenteeism was 15.1%, above the district's 12.7% and most neighbors, though down from 19.8% two years ago. Boys trail girls (80th vs 92nd percentile), and grade 8 science (83.2%) is strong but mid-pack among nearby schools.