Founded in 1963 as Cleveland's only independent school on the West Side, Lake Ridge Academy's K-12 co-ed campus is located on 88 acres in North Ridgeville, Ohio. Unique to Lake Ridge is a progressive academic curriculum coupled with a comfortable and individualized learning environment, which promotes confident young people of integrity who think critically and creatively while embracing the joy of lifelong learning. Lake Ridge students represent 8 Ohio counties and 40 communities and enjoy a 25% diversity mix in our student body, one of the highest in our region.

Curricularly unique is that French, Spanish and drama are taught in Kindergarten, and beyond our 13 AP courses, upper school students may take college credit courses in a partnership with Oberlin College. Lake Ridge students enjoy SAT scores typically 300 points above the national average and the Class of 2007, consisting of 40 seniors received college acceptances to 137 top national institutions receiving $1.1 million in first year academic scholarships.

Beyond the classroom, 100% of LRA students participate in community service activities and initiatives, and our annual Diversity Forum in 2004 hosted former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright as our keynote speaker. 70% of upper school students participate in athletics, and student extracurricular activities include Humanitarian Aid Society, Mock Trial, Model UN, Amnesty International, student publications (newspaper and yearbook), along with dramatic and musical performance groups.

Alexa Hansen
Director of Admissions
(440) 327-1175 ext. 103
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