Summary
Wade Park is a PK–8 school at 7600 Wade Park Ave in Cleveland’s Hough/Glenville area, serving 339 students as part of Cleveland Municipal. It has finished in the bottom 2–7% of ranked Ohio schools for ten straight years, always with 0 stars; in 2025-26 it ranked 1,519th of 1,560 (3rd percentile), and even its best year of the decade was still only the 7th percentile.
For parents, the most important academic picture is that overall proficiency averages about 13%, less than half the district’s ~31% and roughly one-fifth of Ohio’s ~60%. Reading is weak but closer to district levels, while math and science are much further behind: math is 13–24 points below the district in every grade, and 6th and 7th grade math both reported 0% proficient. Chronic absenteeism is also a major concern at 66.0%, up 20 percentage points from 46.0% in 2023-24, when the school was actually doing better than the district. That rise has flipped the school from an attendance advantage to an 11.7-point deficit.
Compared with nearby schools, Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School spends $7,483 per student, has 12.8 students per teacher, and posts roughly 43% proficiency with 48.0% chronic absenteeism, while Wade Park spends $12,861 per student, has 19.9 students per teacher, and posts about 13% proficiency with 66.0% chronic absenteeism. Stonebrook-White Montessori also has lower absenteeism (40.9%) and higher proficiency (~26%). The clearest bright spots are recent reading gains: 5th grade ELA rose to 33.3%, 4th grade ELA to 28.1%, and 8th grade ELA to 18.6%, with 8th grade math at 15.9%. Still, 5th grade math and science have been near zero for four years, and 7th grade dropped sharply. The most actionable targets are attendance recovery and sustained math/science help in grades 4–8.
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