Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44124

ZIP code 44124 — covering Lyndhurst, Pepper Pike, and the Cleveland–Mayfield area — has 8 public schools serving 5,236 students across three districts and three levels (three elementary, three middle, two high schools), with no alternative schools. Orange City runs its three schools — Moreland Hills Elementary School, Ballard Brady Middle School, and Orange High School — on one shared campus in Pepper Pike, while Mayfield City and South Euclid-Lyndhurst City operate separate sites.

The most important thing for parents to know is that this ZIP is really three different school markets. The Orange City schools rank among the best in Ohio: Ballard Brady is 26th of 1,046 middle schools with the area's lowest chronic absenteeism at 4.6%; Moreland Hills is 90th of 1,560 elementary schools; Orange High is 51st of 795 with a 96.6% graduation rate. Mayfield sits in the middle, with Mayfield Middle School steady at the 79th percentile while Lander Elementary slipped from the 72nd to the 59th percentile and now trails its own district in most subjects. South Euclid-Lyndhurst schools rank lowest: Memorial Junior High School is 782nd of 1,046 with 30.2% chronic absenteeism, and Brush High School is 590th of 795 with 50.5% of students chronically absent — the highest rate in the area and 17 points above its district average.

Patterns line up consistently. The lowest-absenteeism schools are the highest-ranked, and the highest-absenteeism schools rank lowest. Where poverty data is reported, it tracks the same way: Moreland Hills (11.87% free/reduced lunch) and Ballard Brady (14.53%) rank near the top, while Lander (49.41%) ranks lower. Spending and class size follow too — Orange City schools spend $18,529–$22,749 per student with classes of 12.7–16.6 students per teacher, while Brush High has the area's largest classes at 21.1 students per teacher. Note that spending figures are from 2018-2019, several schools have no poverty data reported, and Sunview Elementary School has no current ranking, so treat it as under-measured rather than as a standout or a concern.