The top reported proficiency rate is 89% in English language arts. The lowest is 86% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Richfield Elementary School
Richfield Elementary School serves pre-kindergarten through second grade in Revere Local, a public school district serving the small affluent village of Richfield and surrounding Bath Township in northwestern Summit County, between Akron and Cleveland. The school is housed at a site on Revere Road in a building that was formerly called Hillcrest School and underwent renovation as part of the district's major capital project.
The school's enrollment is small, typical for an early-elementary building in a suburb of this size. Most families come from the village's residential neighborhoods: the student body is predominantly white, with smaller populations of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. About one in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a generally affluent enrollment base consistent with Richfield's median household income well above state averages and housing values reflecting a prosperous commuter suburb.
State testing data from the most recent year available shows strong academic performance. In third-grade mathematics, the school's proficiency rate sits in the top quartile among all tested schools in the county, as does its performance in third-grade English language arts. These results reflect solid foundational literacy and numeracy work in the primary grades. Participation in state testing was nearly complete, indicating reliable assessment administration. The school has no graduation rate because it does not serve secondary grades, and chronic absenteeism data was not available.
The broader district context has recently shifted. Revere Local completed a major building project that reconfigured how elementary grades are organized: Richfield Elementary now serves only PK-2, whereas the district opened a separate Bath Elementary serving grades 3-5 as an intermediate building. This means every elementary family in the area sends their children to both buildings in sequence during their primary and intermediate years, rather than attending a single neighborhood K-5 school. The new Bath Elementary was specifically designed with movable walls and open collaborative learning spaces. This restructuring is now in place and materially changes the continuity and physical environment of the early-elementary experience compared to a traditional single-building model.
The new high school, also completed under the same bond program, means the district's facilities are modern and well-maintained throughout the system. No new operating levy or building referendum is pending, so families are not inheriting an imminent capital ask from the district.
Richfield village itself is a small, predominantly residential place with a quiet character, big lots, and parks including access to Cuyahoga Valley National Park on its eastern edge. The village center is compact and historic, anchored by a library and municipal building at Broadview and Streetsboro Roads. The village has been actively planning development through recent comprehensive plans and is seeing measured residential growth. Highway access to Cleveland and Akron is quick via I-77, I-80, and the Ohio Turnpike, which cuts through the area.
Academic proficiency data for earlier grades (K-2) is not reported by the state, as Ohio's formal assessments begin in grade three. So the school's day-to-day instruction in the youngest grades is not independently measured by state tests. A parent may want to ask the school directly about literacy and numeracy approaches, assessment practices in PK-2, and how learning is documented before children move to the intermediate building at Bath Elementary.
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