Brecksville-Broadview Heights Elementary School leads area in U.S. News rankings

Brecksville-Broadview Heights Elementary School earned the highest local finish in the 2027 U.S. News Best Elementary Schools rankings, placing No. 105 out of 1,019 ranked schools in Ohio with an overall score of 89.78 out of 100.

North Royalton Elementary School and Strongsville's Muraski Elementary School also landed in the top 200 statewide. All three schools scored well above Ohio averages in math and reading proficiency on state assessments from the 2023-2024 school year.

How the local schools stacked up

At Brecksville-Broadview Heights Elementary, 88% of students scored at or above the proficient level in math and 87% did so in reading, according to the school's U.S. News profile. The school serves 1,715 students in grades PK-5 and has a 20-to-1 student-teacher ratio. U.S. News rated its math performance as "well above expectations" and its reading performance as "somewhat above expectations."

The school serves families in both Brecksville and Broadview Heights as part of the Brecksville-Broadview Heights City school district.

North Royalton Elementary School ranked No. 143 statewide with an overall score of 86.05 out of 100. Its students posted 89% math proficiency and 85% reading proficiency. The PK-4 school enrolls 1,519 students and has a 22-to-1 student-teacher ratio. U.S. News rated its math performance as "well above expectations."

North Royalton Elementary outperformed its own district averages. The North Royalton City district averaged 81% proficiency in both math and reading.

Muraski Elementary School in Strongsville placed No. 162 with a score of 84.18 out of 100. The K-5 school has 522 students and a 19-to-1 student-teacher ratio. Students there scored 83% proficient in math and 84% in reading, both above the Strongsville City district averages of 81% in each subject.

Strongsville City Schools has five ranked elementary schools and nine total schools across all grade levels, according to U.S. News.

How the rankings work

U.S. News analyzed 107,223 schools nationwide for its 2027 rankings, according to its methodology page published Oct. 19. Half the formula measured students' math and reading proficiency on state tests. The other half factored in those results alongside socioeconomic characteristics. Student-teacher ratios served as a tiebreaker.

The school profile data comes from the Common Core of Data (2025) and Civil Rights Data Collection (2023-2024). State assessment data is from the 2023-2024 school year.