Summary:
Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School is the only school in this data set for the area, serving grades K–8 in Cleveland, Ohio, with 295 students, though the area summary counts it as one elementary school and no middle, high, or alternative schools. It operates as its own same-named district, Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School, and is rated 611 of 773 districts (21st percentile, 1 star), while the school itself ranks 1175 of 1560 (25th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026, up from 14th percentile in 2024–2025 but still bottom-quartile overall.
Because there is only one school here, the most useful comparisons are between grade levels and against Ohio averages. Two results stand out: 8th Grade Science at 64% proficient versus Ohio’s 61.2% (+2.8 points), and 5th Grade Mathematics at 59.3% versus 59.1% (+0.2 points). 5th Grade Math also posted the largest year-over-year jump, from 14.3% to 59.3% (+45.0 points). 8th Grade ELA (52% vs. 58.3%) and 4th Grade ELA (54.2% vs. 61.8%) remain below state but improved sharply, by +29.1 and +27.3 points. The biggest concerns are 6th Grade Math (20.7% vs. 56.2%, a 35.5-point gap), 4th Grade Math (37.5% vs. 67.3%), 5th Grade ELA (40.7% vs. 70.4%), and 3rd Grade ELA (38.2% vs. 63.4%), one of only two areas that declined. 5th Grade Science also slipped, from 60.7% to 55.6%, now 7.1 points below state.
Across the 14 listed grade-subject tests, 12 improved, lifting the school’s unweighted average from 25.8% to 43.4% (+17.7 points) while state averages held near 59–60%. Math gained the most (+22.3 points) but remains the weakest subject at 36.7% versus Ohio’s 57.6%; ELA rose to 44.7% versus 62.1%; Science came closest at 59.8% versus 62.0%. Chronic absenteeism is a serious flag at 48.0%. Free/reduced lunch is not reported, so poverty context is unknown, per-student spending data is from 2018–2019 ($7,483), and the 12.8:1 student-teacher ratio has no benchmark. The K–8 school being classified as elementary also affects peer comparisons.
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