The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private schools based on one of two criteria:
1. Schools whose students, regardless of backgrounds, are high performing. These are schools ranked among the state's highest performing schools as measured by their performance on state assessments or in the case of private schools, that score at the highest performance level on tests referenced by national norms in at least the most recent year tested; and
2. Schools with at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that improve student performance to high levels as measured by the school's performance on state assessments or nationally-normed tests.
The Northeast Ohio schools recognized by the Department of Education:
Bay High School (Bay Village)
Chagrin Falls Middle School
Communion of Saints Catholic School (Cleveland Hts)
Royal View Elementary School (North Royalton)
Saint Anselm School (Chesterland)
Saint Christopher School (Rocky River)
Saint Raphael Catholic School (Bay Village)
Solon Middle School
Whittier Elementary School (Massillon)
