Summary:
ZIP code 44133 covers North Royalton, Ohio, and contains exactly one middle school: North Royalton Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 1,205 students. It belongs to the North Royalton City district, which ranks 81st of 773 Ohio districts (90th percentile, 4 stars). With only one school in this ZIP, there is no school-to-school comparison to make — the useful benchmarks are Ohio statewide results and the school's own history.
Academically, the school is a consistently strong performer. It ranked 138th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools in 2025‑2026 (87th percentile, 4 stars) and has held a top 13–14% position with 4 stars for three straight years. In 2025‑2026 every one of its twelve reported measures beat the state: 5th grade Science 80 vs. 62.7, 7th grade Math 70 vs. 48.6, and 8th grade Math 74.5 vs. 52, among others. Across the ten grade-level tests, the school averaged 76.8% proficient against Ohio's 58.7%. Its End-of-Course results are the standout — Geometry 96.2% and Algebra I 100%, versus state rates of 43.3% and 61.6%.
Overall performance held roughly flat year over year, but the movement underneath is uneven. 7th grade Math climbed 7.4 points to 70 while the state slipped, and 6th grade ELA rose 5.3 points to 75.7. The largest drop was 8th grade Math, down 8.9 points to 74.5; because the strongest math students are tested through Algebra I and Geometry instead, that figure likely reflects a different group of students rather than a broad math weakness. Science slipped at both grades but remains the school's highest subject average at 81.5. The one metric where the school trails its own district is chronic absenteeism — 18.3% versus 16.6% — making attendance the clearest area to watch, especially since about one in three students (34.19%) qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
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