STEAM Academy of Warrensville Heights

STEAM Academy of Warrensville Heights is an independent charter school serving 339 students in grades K–8 at 4700 Richmond Rd in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, an inner-ring Cleveland suburb where it operates as its own single-school district.

The school's defining story is a decade-long climb. It ranked in the bottom tenth of Ohio schools as recently as 2017–18 and was still a 0- or 1-star building in 2022–23; its latest annual ranking places it 716th of 1,560 Ohio schools — 3 stars, 54th percentile, the top half of the state. That is roughly a 45-percentile-point gain in ten years, with the sharpest movement in the last three. The listing page shows an older 2-star, 39th-percentile figure, likely a multi-year composite. The school's strongest marks come from subgroup rankings: it sits in the 90th percentile for African American students and the 72nd percentile for low-income students, both well above its own overall standing and both rising every year. Female students rank at the 59th percentile, male students at the 46th.

Two practical issues shape the picture. Chronic absenteeism runs at 59.8% — roughly six in ten students — far above the 4–12% seen in nearby affluent districts, though it has fallen 15.5 points from its 2022–23 peak. Achievement is also split by grade. Grades 3–4 average about 78% in math and 85% in ELA, above state averages; 4th grade matches Moreland Hills Elementary School in the Orange City district and beats Mercer Elementary School in the Shaker Heights City district, though not Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School in Solon City. Grades 5–8 average about 44% in math and 47% in ELA, below state. Fifth-grade science (78.1%) is a bright spot; 8th-grade science (33.3%) is not. The school spends $7,057 per student, the lowest of any comparison school, and it outperforms Green Inspiration Academy — its closest and most similar peer, 0.4 miles away — in every tested grade and subject.