University of Cleveland Preparatory School

The University of Cleveland Preparatory School is the only school in this area, operating as its own single-school University of Cleveland Preparatory School district in Cleveland, Ohio, at 1906 E 40th St. It serves 138 students in grades K–8, so it is an elementary school rather than a district with multiple schools to compare against one another. With only one school here, the meaningful comparisons are between grade levels and subjects within the school, and between the school and Ohio state averages.

Across 24 school-level test results in 2024‑25 and 2025‑26, not one reached 50% proficiency and every one fell below its state average. Average proficiency in 2025‑26 was 22.4% versus 60.9% statewide, a gap of about 38.5 points. The strongest results were in the upper grades: 8th grade ELA at 43.5% (state 58.3%) and 8th grade math at 34.8% (state 52.0%). The weakest were 6th grade, at 7.1% in both math and ELA, and 8th grade science at 8.7% against a 61.2% state figure — the largest gap in the data. Improvement is real: the school's average rose from 15.2% to 22.4%, with math up 8.0 points and ELA up 10.4 points, though science slipped 3.1 points. Nine of ten matched grade-and-subject comparisons improved, including 8th grade ELA (up 37.9 points) and 8th grade math (up 23.0 points). Statewide, the school ranks 1,479 of 1,560 — the 5th percentile, with 0 stars — after gaining 20 places in each of the last two years.

Two operating details shape how these numbers should be read. Chronic absenteeism stands at 77.0%, meaning more than three out of four students are chronically absent, and the student–teacher ratio is a favorable 12.5. Per-student spending of $7,832 dates to 2018‑19 and is historical context only, and free/reduced lunch is not reported, so it is simply unknown. With 138 students spread across nine grade levels, each tested grade holds only a small cohort, where a single student changing proficiency status can shift a reported rate by roughly 5–7 points. Parents should treat the year-over-year gains as encouraging but early, and worth tracking for a third year.