Best Cleveland suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·52 suburbs considered, 10 listed

Bay Village$353k median · 23.5 min commute

Schools ACost of living D+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 70 B−

Aerial view of the harbor and river entrance at Rocky River, Ohio, USA on Lake Erie. The major highway U.S. Route 6 crosses the inlet on a bridge at the top of

Rocky River$349k median · 21.8 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living C−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 72 B−

Beachwood$410k median · 18.0 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living FResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 71 B−

Westlake$368k median · 24.4 min commute

Schools A−Cost of living D+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 70 B−

Solon$393k median · 22.9 min commute

Schools B+Cost of living FResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 69 B−

Avon Lake$368k median · 28.9 min commute

Schools B+Cost of living D+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 68 B−

Jonas Coonrad House, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio

Brecksville$372k median · 25.8 min commute

Schools BCost of living DResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 65 C+

Medina$244k median · 24.3 min commute

Schools BCost of living B−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 63 C+

Broadview Commons Shopping Center in Broadview Heights, Ohio, June 2014

Broadview Heights$317k median · 25.7 min commute

Schools BCost of living D+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 62 C

John Stoughton Strong House, National Historic Register, Strongsville, Ohio. On the north side of the square.

Strongsville$298k median · 25.5 min commute

Schools BCost of living C−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 67 C+

This list's weighting

Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Bay Village (Heather McLaughlin from Cleveland, Ohio, United States · CC BY 2.0); Rocky River (Ken Winters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domain); Beachwood (Nick22aku (talk) · Public domain); Westlake (Kulshrax · Public domain); Solon (Mayor Pez · CC BY-SA 3.0); Avon Lake (Dmsparling · CC BY-SA 4.0); Brecksville (National Park Service · Public domain); Medina (Brenda · CC BY 2.0); Broadview Heights (Highvolt · CC BY-SA 3.0); Strongsville (Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0).