• Our Students

    students  
    • Enrollment: 38,949
     

    Student Ethnicity

    • Black, Non-Hispanic: 64.5%
    • Hispanic: 15.8%
    • White, Non-Hispanic: 15.7%
    • Multiracial: 2.6%
    • Asian or Pacific Islander: 1.3%
    • American Indian or Alaskan Native: 0.2%
     

    Student Gender:

    • Female: 48.2%
    • Male: 51.8%
     

    School Progress:

    • Increased enrollment to 4,818 in High-Quality Preschool
    • Third Grade Reading Guarantee - 83.9% promotion to 4th grade this year
    • K-3 Literacy Improvement - Ranked higher than 113 Ohio districts
    • 91% Attendance Rate
    • 22% fewer students missing more than 10 days in a school year over the last 3 years
    • Report Card Gains - Increased on 19 0f 21 test score indicators
    • Active Parent Engagement - 86.6% of parents met with their children's teachers last year
     

    High School Graduation Rate:

    • Class of 2018 graduation rate: 74.6%
    • Improvement from Class of 2010: +22.4%
     

    Students receiving specialized services:

    • Students with disabilities: 21.8%
    • Limited English Proficiency: 9.2%
    • Free/Reduced Price Lunch: 100.0%
    • Gifted Education services: 6.4%
    • Homeless services: 3.6%
     

    Transportation

     
    • Transport 8,449 students on yellow buses daily.
    • Transport 6,368 students on RTA daily.
    • Transport 488 students on cabs/vans daily(special needs to mainly alternative schools, ie, PEP schools)
    • The average mileage per day for fleet is 17,000.
    • The estimated mileage per year for fleet is 3,060,000.

    Food Service

     
    • Number of meals served per day – 41,500
    • Breakfast – 15,500
    • Lunch – 26,000
    • Number of meals served per year – 7.5 million
     
     

    Our Schools

     
    Number of Schools: 105 
    • 68    K-8 schools
    • 39    High schools
    • International Newcomers Academy and Whitney Young Leadership Academy are K-12 and 2-12 respectively.
     

    Program offerings include:

    • Advanced Placement
    • Alternative Education
    • Bilingual Education
    • Career/Technical
    • Dual Language (English/Spanish)
    • Early College
    • Gifted and Talented
    • International Baccalaureate (certification in progress)
    • Montessori
    • New Tech Network (problem/project and mastery based)
    • Performing and Visual Arts
    • Post-secondary/Dual degree
    • Pre-school
    • Single Gender
    • Special Education
    • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
     

    Our District

     
    The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is the second largest school district in the State of Ohio. The district is 82 square miles and serves Cleveland, Bratenahl, Linndale, Newburgh Heights, and parts of Brook Park and Garfield Heights.