East Cleveland City School District

The East Cleveland City School District in Ohio covers five schools serving roughly 1,107 students across grades K–12: two elementary schools (Caledonia Elementary School for K–2 and Mayfair Elementary School for 3–5), two middle schools (W.H. Kirk Middle School for 6–8 and Superior School for the Performing Arts for 3–8), and one high school (Shaw High School for 9–12). The district ranks 697 out of 773 in Ohio, at the 10th percentile with 0 stars, so most schools here sit near the bottom of state rankings — with one clear exception.

Superior School for the Performing Arts is that exception. It holds the district's only 2-star rating and its highest ranking percentile (33), has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 37.7% — well below the district's 54.2% — and posts the strongest test scores. Its 7th grade English language arts proficiency of 80.0% beats the district (38.1%) and the state (62.7%), and its 3rd grade ELA result of 72.7% also tops the state. Still, averaging across all its tests, Superior is about 19.7 points below the state. Shaw High School is the largest school, with 420 students, and though its American Government proficiency of 60.0% and 87.0% graduation rate stand out, its chronic absenteeism of 68.7% is the district's highest and its Geometry proficiency was 0.0%.

At the other end, W.H. Kirk Middle School is the lowest-performing tested school: 998th of 1,046, 5th percentile, 0 stars, with every reported 2025–26 test below the district average, including 7th grade math at 4.7% and 6th grade ELA at 9.1%. Mayfair Elementary School shows early-grade strengths — 3rd grade ELA at 46.0% and 4th grade ELA at 40.6% — but 5th grade is weak, with math at 6.3%. Caledonia Elementary School has no state test data in this extract because it serves K–2, though its chronic absenteeism of 46.9% is below the district rate. Note that spending figures are from 2018–19, free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, and Superior has no spending value.