Summary:
ZIP code 44130 — covering Parma, Parma Heights and Middleburg Heights, Ohio — contains eight schools serving about 5,817 students from preschool through 12th grade, operated by Parma City (four schools, 3,491 students), Berea City (two schools, 2,077 students), and two charters, Huber Heights Preparatory Academy dba Parma Academy and Summit Academy Community School - Parma (249 students combined). The ZIP has two parallel middle-school options, two high schools plus a virtual academy, and three elementary programs with different grade spans.
Big Creek Elementary School stands out as the area's leader: the highest rank (70th percentile, 4 stars) and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 8.5%, far below its district's 23.1%, with 4th grade math at 84.0% and ELA at 77.8%. Berea-Midpark Middle School, the largest school here at 1,522 students, reports 100% proficiency in Algebra I and Geometry, though those reflect an accelerated group of test-takers rather than all students. Parma Virtual Learning Academy graduates 100.0% of its students with 11.4% absenteeism, and Greenbriar Middle School pairs 94.4% Algebra I proficiency with a weaker 28.2% in 7th grade math.
At the other end, Summit Academy Community School - Parma reports the highest absenteeism at 61.3%, while Valley Forge High School has declined three years running to the 33rd percentile, with American Government (84.9%) as its clear strength. Seventh grade math is the most consistent gap across the ZIP, and every school with a published 2025–2026 rank lost ground. Three schools enroll under 165 students, making their percentages volatile, and no free/reduced-lunch data is available for any school.
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