The top reported proficiency rate is 88% in Math. The lowest is 83% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Muraski Elementary School
Muraski Elementary School is a kindergarten through fifth-grade school in the Strongsville City School District, serving a mid-sized Cleveland suburb in southwestern Cuyahoga County. The school sits in a car-oriented, residential neighborhood setting roughly five miles from the district's administrative hub, on Royalton Road. Muraski is one of five neighborhood elementary schools in the district and enrolls roughly five hundred students.
The school's academic performance is a clear strength. On Ohio's State Tests, students in grades three through five score in the upper range across all tested subjects: math and ELA proficiency both run in the mid-to-upper range, and science proficiency sits slightly lower but still solidly at or above district-typical levels. The school achieves full participation in state testing, meaning all eligible students sat for the assessments. When compared to elementary schools across Cuyahoga County, Muraski's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile, a meaningful position that reflects consistent classroom performance in reading, writing, and math.
The student body at Muraski is predominantly white, with meaningful Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial populations also present. About one in six students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of economic need that is notably lower than many districts in the region. The school does not serve students with severe developmental or cognitive disabilities; special-populations enrollment and English learner enrollment data were not available in the reporting.
A family considering Muraski should be aware of district-level realities that directly affect what the school can offer. Strongsville voters have rejected three consecutive operating levies since 2023, most recently an Issue 53 in November 2024. This has triggered mandatory budget cuts beginning with a substantial reduction for the 2025-26 school year and doubling annually thereafter. The district has publicly stated that these cuts will mean larger class sizes, fewer course electives, reduced extracurricular options, and higher participation fees. Additionally, in May 2026, voters rejected a bond measure that would have funded three new K-5 elementary buildings and renovations to aging elementary facilities. Some of Strongsville's elementary schools, including structures from the 1960s, currently house mobile or trailer classrooms as overflow learning spaces. Muraski's building age and condition status relative to others in the district is not specified in available data; a parent may want to look into that directly with the school.
The Strongsville housing market shows stable single-family neighborhoods with modest home values and a healthy share of owner-occupied homes. The area has largely avoided rapid gentrification or decline, though growth in the city overall is slow by regional standards.
The combination of strong test performance and an academically capable peer group makes Muraski an educationally solid choice. However, the district's repeated levy failures and ongoing facility constraints mean that families should have realistic expectations about class sizes, program breadth, and the condition of aging school buildings over the next several years.
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