Summary:
SMART Academy is the only school in this listing area — a single elementary school serving grades K–5 in Cleveland, Ohio, with 92 students — so parents should read its results as a one-school case study measured against Ohio state averages rather than as a comparison among local schools.
Academically, results are mixed and uneven by grade and subject. In 2024–2025, several grade-level results were above state averages: Grade 3 ELA 75% vs. 61.3%, Grade 5 math 72.7% vs. 56.7%, and Grade 3 math 66.7% vs. 64.4%. The clearest weak spot that year was Grade 5 science at 0%, compared with 63.4% statewide. In 2025–2026, Grade 3 stayed close to state averages (math 60% vs. 62.1%; ELA 62.5% vs. 63.4%) but declined from the prior year, while Grade 4 math was 33.3% vs. 67.3% — a 34-point gap and the largest current-year shortfall. Across the three 2025–2026 tests reported, the school averages 51.9% vs. 64.3% statewide. Rankings moved from 1257 of 1577 (1 star) in 2023–2024, up to 854 of 1558 (2 stars) in 2024–2025, then down to 1063 of 1560 (2 stars) in 2025–2026; the SMART Academy district tag separately shows 585 of 773, 24th percentile, 1 star.
Important context: 96.74% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025 and chronic absenteeism was 49.9% in 2025–2026, both substantial out-of-school challenges. The student-teacher ratio of 9.2 in 2024–2025 is favorable, and per-student spending was $11,294 in 2018–2019. Because cohorts are small, a one-student change can shift a grade-level percentage by several points, so year-to-year swings — including the 0% science result — should be investigated rather than assumed permanent.
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