Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 44128

ZIP code 44128 is served by a single middle school, Warrensville Heights Middle School, which educates 403 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Warrensville Heights City district. It is located at 4270 Northfield Rd in Warrensville Heights. Because it is the only middle school in this ZIP code, there are no local comparison points within the data set; families should instead weigh its results against district and state averages.

The school's academic profile is unusually split. Its strongest result by far is Algebra I: 94.1% of students were proficient in 2025–26, well above the district's 51.6% and the state's 61.6%, following 100% proficiency in 2024–25. That said, Algebra I is an end-of-course exam and may reflect a smaller or selective group of students, so it should not be read as overall math performance. Grade-level results tell a different story. In 2025–26, every grade-level subject tested below the state average, from 11.9 points below in 7th grade ELA to 33.3 points below in 8th grade math. Math was the weaker area overall, averaging roughly 26.7% across grades 6–8 versus about 40.2% in ELA. There were real year-over-year gains, though: 8th grade ELA rose 13.9 points, 7th grade math 12.5 points, 7th grade ELA 11.1 points, and 6th grade math 10.3 points, while 8th grade science and math slipped slightly.

The school's state rank has improved over three years, moving from 851 of 1,046 to 793 of 1,046, with its percentile rising from 19 to 24 — a positive direction, but still within the bottom quartile and carrying a 1-star rating. Chronic absenteeism stands at 32.5%, slightly below the district's 35.9% but still meaning roughly one in three students. The student-teacher ratio of 11.1 is relatively low, though the per-student spending figure of $11,957 dates to 2018–19 and free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so poverty context cannot be assessed here. Overall, families should see a school making gradual gains in some subjects while still trailing the state in nearly all general grade-level measures.