Schools · Cleveland
Cleveland, OH schools
Cleveland’s public schools score well below Ohio’s averages: 20% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 76% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend one of 64 schools through grade 12, then one of 63 high schools and one of 30 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Cleveland’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Cleveland’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 78% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresDGraduation
Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 22%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (318)Better than 2%
High confidence. Built on 14,292 tested students and a graduating class of 2,646; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Cleveland kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Cleveland Municipal)20%
State average 57.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Cleveland Municipal)9%
State average 49.7%
Graduation · class of 2020
76% graduate on time
Graduation rate
76%
OH: 85.3%
Graduating class
2,646
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #869 of 895 OH towns →
Districts
The district serving Cleveland
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 172 schools in Cleveland
Showing 1–30 of 172 schools
Campus International SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 690 students
CPublicVillage Preparatory School CliffsElementary · Grades K–8 · 674 students
C-CharterCitizens Academy SoutheastElementary · Grades K–8 · 667 students
C-CharterVillage Preparatory School Woodland HillsElementary · Grades K–8 · 620 students
DCharterJoseph M Gallagher SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 591 students
D-PublicGarfield Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 536 students
C-PublicWilbur Wright SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 521 students
DPublicAlmiraElementary · Grades PK–8 · 500 students
D-PublicScranton SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 495 students
DPublicRiverside SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 493 students
CPublicOrchard SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 492 students
DPublicCitizens Leadership Academy EastElementary · Grades K–8 · 489 students
C-CharterArtemus WardElementary · Grades PK–8 · 487 students
DPublicBroadway AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 475 students
C-CharterVillage Preparatory School WillardElementary · Grades K–8 · 473 students
CCharterSunbeamElementary · Grades PK–8 · 450 students
D-PublicRobinson G Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 445 students
DPublicBuhrerElementary · Grades PK–8 · 424 students
C-PublicWilliam Rainey HarperElementary · Grades PK–8 · 423 students
CPublicClara E Westropp SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 415 students
C-PublicHalleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 410 students
D-PublicAndrew J RickoffElementary · Grades PK–8 · 391 students
D-PublicCleveland Arts and Social Sciences AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 388 students
DCharterPaul L Dunbar Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 384 students
DPublicOrchard Park AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 383 students
DCharterRobert H Jamison SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 376 students
D-PublicMemorial SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 375 students
DPublicStonebrook-White MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–8 · 373 students
DPublicHarvard Avenue Performance AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 370 students
DCharterBenjamin FranklinElementary · Grades PK–8 · 364 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.