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Orchard School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1498th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,558 Ohio Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of Ohio elementary schools
Summary

Orchard School is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in the Cleveland Municipal District in Ohio, with 497 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Ohio elementary schools over the past several years, with a 0 or 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Orchard School faces significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 38.9% to 56.1% over the past few years, which are significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school also struggles academically, with only 11.4% of 5th graders proficient or better in Science in 2024-2025, compared to 27% for the district and 63.4% statewide. Math and English Language Arts proficiency rates are also very low across all grade levels. Additionally, Orchard School ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Ohio schools for all student subgroups, including female, male, African American, Hispanic, white, special education, and low socioeconomic status students.

While Orchard School spends more per student than the nearby Cleveland Municipal District schools analyzed, such as Paul L Dunbar Elementary, Waverly Elementary, and Walton School, this does not translate to better outcomes. The nearby district schools, as well as the local Near West Intergenerational School, Lincoln Park Academy, and Menlo Park Academy charter schools, generally outperform Orchard School across most metrics, suggesting that alternative school models may be more effective in this area.

492
Students ?
16.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,850
Per pupil spending ?
74.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 4200 Bailey Ave
       Cleveland, OH  44113-3821

(216) 838-7350

District: Cleveland Municipal

Racial breakdown:

African American:
51.8%
Hispanic:
23.4%
White:
18.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (23% vs 59% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school23%
District avg29%
Ohio avg59%
Elementary school
1,498th of 1,558
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 7 pts since 2015
From bottom 11% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
799th of 1,036
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 23%▼ down 5 pts since 2015
From bottom 28% (2015) to bottom 23% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Ohio Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
37th of 52Elementary Schools in the Cleveland Municipal
675th of 828Cleveland Municipal among Ohio districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20255.11498 of 15583.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.91495 of 15775.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.31446 of 15969.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.01387 of 158812.7%★☆☆☆☆
202110.31409 of 161012.5%★☆☆☆☆
201921.21348 of 167619.6%★☆☆☆☆
201813.91413 of 163613.6%★☆☆☆☆
201714.71409 of 165114.7%★☆☆☆☆
20165.41601 of 16784.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.21493 of 168411.3%★☆☆☆☆
201418.11430 of 168715.2%★☆☆☆☆
201322.31405 of 170117.4%★☆☆☆☆
201220.01455 of 170914.9%★☆☆☆☆
201133.81286 of 168623.7%★☆☆☆☆
201031.91293 of 166222.2%★☆☆☆☆
200915.21429 of 161011.2%★☆☆☆☆
200819.71358 of 158214.2%★☆☆☆☆
200745.11088 of 160932.4%★★☆☆☆
200625.71253 of 150416.7%★☆☆☆☆
200542.91005 of 150133.0%★★☆☆☆
200435.01103 of 147125.0%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202520.9518 of 61515.8%★☆☆☆☆
202421.5502 of 60316.7%★☆☆☆☆
202322.3489 of 61019.8%★☆☆☆☆
202228.0436 of 60127.5%★☆☆☆☆
202126.0401 of 53324.8%★☆☆☆☆
201944.9321 of 60546.9%★★☆☆☆
201834.3408 of 59831.8%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202216.2773 of 8246.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202120.0690 of 7659.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201964.5255 of 95673.3%★★★★☆
201819.3894 of 102112.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20255.21386 of 14524.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.01342 of 14668.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.61375 of 14837.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.61345 of 14889.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.41360 of 14677.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.61235 of 150217.8%★☆☆☆☆
201811.01368 of 15189.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20256.9253 of 2592.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.8226 of 2343.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.5229 of 2331.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.1193 of 22815.4%★☆☆☆☆
201821.8206 of 23913.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20254.81428 of 14733.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.01415 of 14844.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.51303 of 144710.0%★☆☆☆☆
202213.41239 of 141912.7%★☆☆☆☆
202112.01231 of 140412.3%★☆☆☆☆
201931.41116 of 146523.8%★☆☆☆☆
201818.41273 of 146513.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20252.51445 of 14661.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.31449 of 14852.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.01390 of 14987.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.81365 of 151810.1%★☆☆☆☆
20218.91320 of 149911.9%★☆☆☆☆
201924.31221 of 153520.5%★☆☆☆☆
201813.91332 of 153613.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202512.2915 of 9352.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.1894 of 9000.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.4712 of 85616.8%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20240.11189 of 11900.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.51183 of 12152.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.21157 of 12426.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.31198 of 12715.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.21164 of 130911.1%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202521.2799 of 103622.9%★☆☆☆☆
202411.9901 of 104613.9%★☆☆☆☆
202316.6838 of 104820.0%★☆☆☆☆
202221.0778 of 101723.5%★☆☆☆☆
202112.2875 of 103715.6%★☆☆☆☆
201912.8896 of 105014.7%★☆☆☆☆
201814.8832 of 101017.6%★☆☆☆☆
201722.0784 of 103824.5%★☆☆☆☆
201619.2829 of 105021.0%★☆☆☆☆
201531.9745 of 103528.0%★☆☆☆☆
201429.4783 of 100822.3%★☆☆☆☆
201326.0796 of 100120.5%★☆☆☆☆
201218.4834 of 98915.7%★☆☆☆☆
201149.5630 of 92531.9%★★☆☆☆
201040.0663 of 89525.9%★☆☆☆☆
200933.2664 of 85822.6%★☆☆☆☆
200837.6632 of 83524.3%★☆☆☆☆
200744.7582 of 83730.5%★★☆☆☆
200612.3661 of 7329.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202545.5212 of 44252.0%★★★☆☆
202430.4285 of 42933.6%★★☆☆☆
202335.2259 of 43640.6%★★☆☆☆
202240.6211 of 41348.9%★★☆☆☆
202130.4248 of 38535.6%★★☆☆☆
201928.9294 of 40527.4%★☆☆☆☆
201825.0304 of 38420.8%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201942.0373 of 65843.3%★★☆☆☆
201843.7340 of 64347.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202519.9745 of 93820.6%★☆☆☆☆
20248.9842 of 94210.6%★☆☆☆☆
202313.0797 of 94315.5%★☆☆☆☆
202217.9750 of 92518.9%★☆☆☆☆
20218.5817 of 91010.2%★☆☆☆☆
201911.4807 of 91712.0%★☆☆☆☆
201810.5799 of 89710.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20248.3230 of 2393.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.1235 of 2495.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202225.0191 of 24722.7%★☆☆☆☆
202119.9185 of 22818.9%★☆☆☆☆
201911.9205 of 2227.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.1172 of 19210.4%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202523.5761 of 98322.6%★☆☆☆☆
202411.9864 of 98912.6%★☆☆☆☆
202319.8783 of 97419.6%★☆☆☆☆
202226.3710 of 94725.0%★☆☆☆☆
202112.5806 of 92312.7%★☆☆☆☆
201915.8814 of 94513.9%★☆☆☆☆
201819.3767 of 92417.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202515.2793 of 95416.9%★☆☆☆☆
202410.2846 of 95811.7%★☆☆☆☆
202312.9808 of 96316.1%★☆☆☆☆
202213.9785 of 94617.0%★☆☆☆☆
20218.1842 of 9248.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.1847 of 9339.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.7774 of 91615.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202536.9339 of 57240.7%★★☆☆☆
202416.3549 of 5632.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202327.5463 of 59021.5%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202512.6703 of 7779.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.4737 of 8098.9%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
African American (2025)16th percentile+12 vs school
Disabled (2022)6th percentile-6 vs school
Female (2025)5th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
White (2024)<1st percentile-5 vs school
Middle school
African American (2025)52nd percentile+29 vs school
Disabled (2019)43rd percentile+29 vs school
Special Education (2025)41st percentile+18 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile~ school
Female (2025)21st percentile~ school
Male (2025)17th percentile-6 vs school
White (2025)10th percentile-13 vs school
Hispanic (2024)4th percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?
Science27%-37 vs state
English Language Arts26%-35 vs state
Mathematics18%-38 vs state

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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