Summary:
Innovation Academy West is the only school in the Innovation Academy West district — a single K–8 elementary building on Cleveland's west side serving 131 students, with a student–teacher ratio of 10.4 to 1 and a per-student spending figure of $11,225 (2018–19, the most recent available). Because there is just one school, there is no peer comparison within the area; the meaningful story is in how this school compares to Ohio as a whole and how it is changing over time.
The trend is clearly upward. Statewide, the school moved from 1 star and the 25th percentile in 2023–24 to 2 stars and the 40th percentile in 2025–26 — a climb of 237 places in two years. On the same set of tests in both years, proficiency rose about 7.6 points while the state moved less than a point, meaning it is closing roughly half its gap to the state average. Its strongest results are in the early grades: 4th grade math at 81.3% proficient (state: 67.3%), 3rd grade ELA at 69.2% (state: 63.4%) and 5th grade ELA at 73.3% (state: 70.4%). Seven of nine comparable grade-level results improved year over year.
The weak spots are concentrated in the upper grades and in science. Fifth grade science sits at 26.7% proficient versus a 62.7% state average — the largest gap in the data — and it fell from 41.2% the year before. Sixth and seventh grade ELA and seventh grade math also trail the state. Chronic absenteeism stands at 24.5%, about one in four students. Parents should also note that with roughly 15 students per grade, single-year swings can reflect only a few students. Free/reduced lunch data is blank, no 8th grade results are reported, and spending figures are seven years old.
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