Berea City School District

The Berea City School District is located in Berea, Ohio that serves Berea, Brook Park, and Middleburg Heights, as well as a portion of Olmsted Falls.

The district consists of one high school, one middle school, and three elementary schools.

Berea–Midpark High School
  • Berea-Midpark High School, which houses grades 9–12, was founded in 2013 as a result of the merger between Berea High School, founded in 1882, and Midpark High School, founded in 1959. The oldest part of the current structure, which originally housed Berea High School, was built in 1928, with several later additions.[1] The old Berea High School was razed, and a new Berea-Midpark High School school was built on the same ground and opened in 2020.[2] The Berea-Midpark High School athletic teams go by the nickname Titans and compete in the Southwestern Conference.

Berea–Midpark Middle School

Berea–Midpark Middle School was established in 2013 as part of the district's consolidation plan and houses students in grades five through eight. It is located in the building that was originally built in 1959 as Midpark High School. From 2013 to 2018, it was known as Middleburg Heights Junior High School for grades seven through nine.[3]

Elementary schools
  • Brook Park Elementary
  • Big Creek
  • Grindstone

Closed buildings
  • Eastpark (closed 1984?)
  • Fairwood (demolished 2009)
  • Smith (closed in 2011)[4]
  • Parknoll (demolished 2011)[4]
  • Riveredge (closed in 2011)[4]
  • Roehm Middle School (demolished in 2013)
  • Ford Intermediate (demolished 2018)
  • Brookview (closed in 2020)
  • Brook Park Memorial (closed in 2020)

Consolidations

Berea City Schools closed Parknoll, Smith, and Riveredge Elementary schools in 2011. Fairwood Elementary was demolished in 2009 to make way for a new elementary school, Grindstone Elementary. Fairwood's 850 students were transferred to Smith Elementary until the new 'combined' elementary school opened in 2011. Berea High School and Midpark High School were consolidated into one high school called Berea–Midpark High School for the 2013–2014 school year. The former Midpark High School was renamed the Middleburg Heights Junior High and housed the district's seventh to ninth graders until 2018. Ford Intermediate School, formerly Ford Middle School, included fifth and sixth graders until 2018. Roehm Middle School in Berea closed at the end of the 2012–2013 school year and was demolished. The property was converted to the district's athletic complex.[5]

Music Education

As of 2012, the Berea City School District has been ranked as one of the "Best Communities for Music Education" in the United States 12 consecutive times.[6]

References
  1. "Berea City School District" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  2. Mlady, Beth; clevel, Special to; .com (2020-08-14). "2 new Berea City Schools buildings nearing completion". cleveland. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  3. Mlady, Beth (May 1, 2018). "Berea district transitions from junior high to middle school concept for fall". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  4. Grindstone Elementary, Berea's first new school in 50 years, welcomes students
  5. Berea school board approves names for consolidated buildings
  6. "Berea schools receive music honor -- again". Retrieved 14 August 2012.


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