Summary:
Constellation Schools: Old Brooklyn Community Middle is the single school in the Constellation Schools: Old Brooklyn Community Middle district — a charter middle school serving grades 5 through 8 at 4430 State Rd in Cleveland, with about 265 students, or roughly 66 per grade. Because the charter operator reports as its own district, there are no peer schools to compare against here; the useful comparisons are to Ohio state averages and to the school's own prior years. Its student–teacher ratio is 14.3, and it has held a 1-star state rating for three consecutive years.
The most encouraging story is unusually broad improvement. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school raised scores on 9 of its 10 grade-and-subject tests. Its average across those 10 tests rose from 17.4% to 25.7% — a gain of 8.3 points — while the state average moved only 1.5 points, narrowing the typical gap to the state from about 39.8 points to about 33 points. Eighth grade ELA is the standout: 40.4% proficient, a 17.2-point jump, and the closest the school comes to the state (17.9 points below Ohio's 58.3%). Seventh grade math rose 14.3 points, and math overall gained more than reading or science, though it remains the lowest-scoring subject.
Two cautions matter for families. First, each grade is a different group of students, so strong year-over-year numbers may reflect a stronger incoming class as much as improved teaching; the breadth of the improvement is the more reliable signal. Second, weaknesses persist: fifth grade is the lowest-performing grade, with fifth grade ELA 44.3 points below the state average and fifth grade math at 15.9%, while science trails the state by an average of 37.5 points. Chronic absenteeism stands at 60.4% — roughly 160 of 265 students — a significant headwind with no comparison year available. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank and spending figures date to 2018–2019, so economic context can't be assessed from this data.
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