Constellation Schools: Westpark Community Elementary

Constellation Schools: Westpark Community Elementary is a K–4 charter elementary school serving 211 students — roughly 40 per grade — on Cleveland's West Side at 16210 Lorain Ave (44111), part of the Constellation Schools network.

By the numbers, Westpark sits at the 34th percentile of Ohio schools (rank 1,029 of 1,560, 2 stars), a steep fall from 2018–19, when it was a 5-star, 92nd-percentile school. It still ranks ahead of most nearby Cleveland Municipal schools, which as a district sits in the 11th percentile, but well behind the neighborhood's best. The school's test results split sharply in two. Fourth grade math is a genuine strength: 80.9% proficient versus 67.3% statewide, and it has beaten the state every year on record. Third grade math is the weak link at 35.7% against 62.1% statewide — a 26-point gap. ELA, which beat the state in both grades as recently as 2022–23, has slipped to roughly 10 points below state in both grades.

Attendance is the other big story: 50.6% of students were chronically absent in 2025–26, up from 39.1% two years earlier. That's slightly better than the Cleveland Municipal average (54.3%) but worse than most individual neighbors. Notably, Robinson G Jones Elementary School reports nearly identical absenteeism (48.3%) yet ranks in the 58th percentile, and Hayes Elementary School in Lakewood City — 1.34 miles away — posts 11.6% absenteeism and ranks 79th percentile. Westpark is clearly the stronger of its network's two K–4 campuses; Constellation Schools: Puritas Community Elementary ranks in the 5th percentile. Westpark spends less per student ($8,862 in 2018–19, the latest reported) than nearly every nearby school, though its student-to-teacher ratio improved to 17.5 in 2024–25 from 27.7 in 2022–23. With about 40 students per grade, one student shifts a grade's percentage by roughly 2.4 points, so treat year-to-year changes as directional.