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Promise Academy

Q: How many students attend Promise Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 101 students attended Promise Academy.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Promise Academy?

Students at Promise Academy are 95% African American, 3% Two or more races.

Public, Charter Grades 9-12

Summary

Promise Academy is a public charter high school in Cleveland, OH, serving 111 students in grades 9-12. With a predominantly African American student body (92.79%), the school is part of the Promise Academy District, which is ranked 838 out of 839 districts in Ohio and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Promise Academy has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing high schools in Ohio, placing in the bottom 0.3% statewide. The school has struggled with extremely low four-year graduation rates, ranging from 0% to 19.4%, and faces a persistent problem with chronic absenteeism, with rates as high as 99.8%. Academically, Promise Academy's performance is alarmingly low, with 0% proficiency in core subjects like Biology, English II, and Algebra I, compared to state averages of over 50%.

In contrast, the nearby Horizon Science Academy Cleveland has a more racially diverse student population and a much lower student-teacher ratio of 10.2, compared to Promise Academy's 27.7. Both schools serve predominantly low-income communities, with 79.31% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which likely contributes to the academic and attendance challenges faced by Promise Academy.

101

Students ?

25.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,342

Per pupil spending ?

Free/discounted lunch ?

1701 E 13th St
Cleveland, OH 44114-3227

(216) 443-0500

District: Promise Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

95.0%

Two or more races:

3.0%

White:

1.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 7th percentile in 2009 → <1st in 2024

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (0% vs 62% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2009

!Biology scores 63 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2023-2024) ?

This school0%

Ohio avg62%

Not ranked this year

Promise Academy did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	0.6	864 of 864	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.3	866 of 867	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	0.8	832 of 836	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	2.5	796 of 832	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	2.4	786 of 818	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	5.1	775 of 819	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	7.3	738 of 791	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2023	3.7	322 of 323	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.3	301 of 303	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2019	0.1	780 of 781	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2019	0.2	776 of 779	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2019)<1st percentile~ school

African American (2023)<1st percentile~ school

Female (2019)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Ohio (2023-2024) ?

Biology0%-63 vs state

English II0%-61 vs state

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Schools Near Promise Academy

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests American Government (2025)	Ohio State Tests American History (2025)	Ohio State Tests Biology (2025)	Ohio State Tests English II (2025)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2025)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests English II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Promise Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1701 E 13th St	Cleveland	44114	Cuyahoga County	Promise Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 443-0500	101	4	25.2		1 (1.0%)	96 (95.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)								(n/a)							$10,342
Cleveland High School for the Digital Arts	Public	9-12	1440 Lakeside Ave E	Cleveland	44114	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-0000	311	19	16.3		27 (8.7%)	227 (73.0%)	43 (13.8%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.3%)	44.8	517^th of 855 public high schools	39.5%		30.1	616^th of 864 public high schools	28.7%	99	81.3	78.5	61.3	45.5	12.7	67.2	$13,152
Davis Aerospace & Maritime High School	Public	9-12	1440 Lakeside Ave E	Cleveland	44114	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-2500	257	17	15.1		34 (13.2%)	152 (59.1%)	65 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	49.4	475^th of 855 public high schools	44.4%		33.3	602^nd of 864 public high schools	30.3%	127	82.9	79.5	67.4	50.8	33.3	54.8	$17,324
MC^2 STEM High School	Public	9-12	601 Erieside Ave	Cleveland	44114	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-8500	215	15	14.3		17 (7.9%)	180 (83.7%)	15 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	19.7	671^st of 855 public high schools	21.5%		7.6	764^th of 864 public high schools	11.6%	93	54.5	61.1	43.1	47.5	10.3	15.4	$19,759
Campus International High School	Public	9-12	3100 Chester Ave	Cleveland	44114	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-8100	227	17	13.3		14 (6.2%)	180 (79.3%)	26 (11.5%)	4 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	10.6	729^th of 855 public high schools	14.7%		6.8	775^th of 864 public high schools	10.3%	46	50.0	50.0		28.2	5.3	19.0	$18,055
Invictus High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3122 Euclid Ave	Cleveland	44115	Cuyahoga County	Invictus High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 539-7200	333	15	22.2		12 (3.6%)	309 (92.8%)	9 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6.7	778^th of 855 public high schools	9.0%		2.9	848^th of 864 public high schools	1.9%	70	23.1	28.6	22.2	14.0	20.0	33.3	$12,955
Cleveland Academy for Scholarship Technology and Leadership	Public, Charter	9-12	3950 Prospect Ave E	Cleveland	44115	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Academy for Scholarship Technology and Leadership	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 583-5210	269	19	14.1		78 (29.0%)	149 (55.4%)	24 (8.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.3%)	5.3	801^st of 855 public high schools	6.3%		5.3	796^th of 864 public high schools	7.9%	5	26.2	29.4	10.0	11.4	19.5	24.4	$11,342
East Technical High School	Public	9-12	2439 E 55th St	Cleveland	44104	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-1000	487	24	20.2		23 (4.7%)	436 (89.5%)	22 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	7.3	772^nd of 855 public high schools	9.7%		3.9	828^th of 864 public high schools	4.2%	56	38.1	40.8	35.8	21.8	10.2	8.7	$19,004
Garrett Morgan School of Engineering & Innovation	Public	9-12	4600 Detroit Ave	Cleveland	44102	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-8450	425	24	17.7		49 (11.5%)	227 (53.4%)	128 (30.1%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	27.5	640^th of 855 public high schools	25.1%		23.2	651^st of 864 public high schools	24.7%	11	70.1	53.8	53.2	48.5	19.1	34.0	$15,767
Garrett Morgan School of Leadership and Innovation	Public	9-12	4600 Detroit Ave	Cleveland	44102	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Municipal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 838-0000	440	28	15.7		34 (7.7%)	268 (60.9%)	121 (27.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	13.2	714^th of 855 public high schools	16.5%		14.1	703^rd of 864 public high schools	18.6%	11	54.4	42.6	36.7	31.3	9.8	37.6	$14,300

Frequently Asked Questions about Promise Academy

What is the racial makeup of Promise Academy?

Students at Promise Academy are 95% African American, 3% Two or more races.

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How many students attend Promise Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 101 students attended Promise Academy.

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