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Joseph M Gallagher School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1225th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,558 Ohio Elementary Schools
Better than 21% of Ohio elementary schools
Summary

Joseph M Gallagher School is an elementary school located in Cleveland, Ohio, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 632 students. The school is part of the Cleveland Municipal school district, which is ranked 675 out of 828 districts in Ohio and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Joseph M Gallagher School has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Ohio elementary schools over the past several years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance varies significantly across different student groups, with African American and English Language Learner students performing relatively better, ranking in the top 50% of Ohio schools in those categories. However, the school struggles with its overall student population, as well as White, Low Socioeconomic Status, and Special Education students, who rank in the bottom 25% of Ohio schools. Additionally, Joseph M Gallagher School has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 36.9% to 56.1% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to other nearby schools in the Cleveland Municipal district, such as Menlo Park Academy, a public charter school located about 0.83 miles away, Joseph M Gallagher School generally performs worse across most metrics, including statewide ranking, academic proficiency, and chronic absenteeism. While the school's spending per student ($10,475 in 2018-2019) is slightly higher than the district average, this does not seem to translate into improved academic outcomes. The school's relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 13.9 to 14.6 over the past few years, also does not appear to be a significant factor in the school's performance.

591
Students ?
14.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,551
Per pupil spending ?
92.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 4016 Woodbine Ave
       Cleveland, OH  44113-2913

(216) 838-6400

District: Cleveland Municipal

Racial breakdown:

African American:
41.8%
Hispanic:
38.2%
White:
13.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 14th percentile in 2015 → 21st in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2015
Among the top-ranked schools in Cleveland Municipal
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (40% vs 59% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school40%
District avg29%
Ohio avg59%
Elementary school
1,225th of 1,558
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 21%▲ up 7 pts since 2015
From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Ohio Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
710th of 1,036
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 31%▲ up 20 pts since 2015
From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Ohio Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
12th 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
202522.31225 of 155821.4%★☆☆☆☆
202416.61301 of 157717.5%★☆☆☆☆
202311.41387 of 159613.1%★☆☆☆☆
202211.21383 of 158812.9%★☆☆☆☆
20217.31500 of 16106.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.01572 of 16766.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.61495 of 16368.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20176.31550 of 16516.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.21567 of 16786.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201516.01441 of 168414.4%★☆☆☆☆
201410.11524 of 16879.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201310.71541 of 17019.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20125.81607 of 17096.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20115.91591 of 16865.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20102.11628 of 16622.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20092.71565 of 16102.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20083.41531 of 15823.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.81511 of 16096.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20062.31465 of 15042.6%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202556.1220 of 61564.2%★★★☆☆
202447.7271 of 60355.1%★★★☆☆
202325.8459 of 61024.8%★☆☆☆☆
202229.7421 of 60130.0%★★☆☆☆
202116.5504 of 5335.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.9544 of 60510.1%★☆☆☆☆
201821.8514 of 59814.0%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202227.9630 of 82423.5%★☆☆☆☆
202127.8583 of 76523.8%★☆☆☆☆
201929.7703 of 95626.5%★☆☆☆☆
201826.7808 of 102120.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202541.3167 of 28140.6%★★☆☆☆
202426.8197 of 25823.6%★☆☆☆☆
202319.0211 of 23911.7%★☆☆☆☆
202221.4175 of 21317.8%★☆☆☆☆
202113.1168 of 1838.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.2160 of 1695.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.5136 of 17421.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202515.51241 of 145214.5%★☆☆☆☆
202411.11287 of 146612.2%★☆☆☆☆
20237.01364 of 14838.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.61363 of 14888.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.41389 of 14675.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.41447 of 15023.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.51390 of 15188.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202530.2186 of 25928.2%★☆☆☆☆
202418.9199 of 23415.0%★☆☆☆☆
202318.0200 of 23314.2%★☆☆☆☆
202219.2182 of 21615.7%★☆☆☆☆
202113.1174 of 1897.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.5218 of 2284.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.9217 of 2399.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202527.11135 of 147322.9%★☆☆☆☆
202420.01211 of 148418.4%★☆☆☆☆
202313.51255 of 144713.3%★☆☆☆☆
202213.41238 of 141912.8%★☆☆☆☆
20217.81322 of 14045.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.71380 of 14655.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.51349 of 14657.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202524.51133 of 146622.7%★☆☆☆☆
202417.01238 of 148516.6%★☆☆☆☆
202310.21321 of 149811.8%★☆☆☆☆
20229.71338 of 151811.9%★☆☆☆☆
20216.11406 of 14996.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.31448 of 15355.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.71430 of 15366.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202524.1764 of 93518.3%★☆☆☆☆
202419.1799 of 90011.2%★☆☆☆☆
202325.7676 of 85621.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20240.71177 of 11901.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.11229 of 12491.6%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202532.9710 of 103631.5%★★☆☆☆
202425.0763 of 104627.1%★☆☆☆☆
202322.7796 of 104824.0%★☆☆☆☆
202211.8868 of 101714.7%★☆☆☆☆
20219.1939 of 10379.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.0902 of 105014.1%★☆☆☆☆
201812.8858 of 101015.0%★☆☆☆☆
20176.0978 of 10385.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.31007 of 10504.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201510.7915 of 103511.6%★☆☆☆☆
20142.1980 of 10082.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20132.8964 of 10013.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20122.3956 of 9893.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20114.5879 of 9255.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20106.0843 of 8955.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20093.2827 of 8583.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20082.2812 of 8352.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20077.0775 of 8377.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20063.7698 of 7324.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20055.4664 of 6924.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202569.5100 of 44277.4%★★★★☆
202440.5226 of 42947.3%★★☆☆☆
202332.8276 of 43636.7%★★☆☆☆
202224.4311 of 41324.7%★☆☆☆☆
202118.6355 of 3857.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.6327 of 40519.3%★☆☆☆☆
201820.8329 of 38414.3%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201930.651 of 6622.7%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202234.8368 of 56534.9%★★☆☆☆
201953.2259 of 65860.6%★★★☆☆
201852.4254 of 64360.5%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202562.839 of 14272.5%★★★★☆
202442.472 of 12341.5%★★☆☆☆
202341.462 of 11345.1%★★☆☆☆
202219.398 of 11010.9%★☆☆☆☆
202111.8131 of 1342.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.2111 of 12712.6%★☆☆☆☆
201824.882 of 10723.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202526.6704 of 93824.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.2733 of 94222.2%★☆☆☆☆
202313.6791 of 94316.1%★☆☆☆☆
20227.1852 of 9257.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.3893 of 9101.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.8819 of 91710.7%★☆☆☆☆
201818.0734 of 89718.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202537.2171 of 26234.7%★★☆☆☆
202434.7154 of 23935.6%★★☆☆☆
202326.7188 of 24924.5%★☆☆☆☆
202211.3230 of 2476.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.3226 of 2280.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.2203 of 2228.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.7183 of 1924.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202538.6642 of 98334.7%★★☆☆☆
202429.8708 of 98928.4%★☆☆☆☆
202327.8721 of 97426.0%★☆☆☆☆
202212.9823 of 94713.1%★☆☆☆☆
20219.1855 of 9237.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.2823 of 94512.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.8797 of 92413.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202529.0695 of 95427.1%★☆☆☆☆
202420.2752 of 95821.5%★☆☆☆☆
202323.3736 of 96323.6%★☆☆☆☆
202210.3827 of 94612.6%★☆☆☆☆
20217.2861 of 9246.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.5832 of 93310.8%★☆☆☆☆
20187.6853 of 9166.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202528.0441 of 57222.9%★☆☆☆☆
202437.0332 of 56341.0%★★☆☆☆
202329.4439 of 59025.6%★☆☆☆☆
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)64th percentile+43 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)41st percentile+19 vs school
Hispanic (2025)28th percentile+7 vs school
Disabled (2022)24th percentile+11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)18th percentile-3 vs school
Female (2025)15th percentile-7 vs school
White (2024)1st percentile-16 vs school
Middle school
African American (2025)77th percentile+46 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)73rd percentile+41 vs school
Disabled (2022)35th percentile+20 vs school
Hispanic (2025)35th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)27th percentile-4 vs school
Female (2025)25th percentile-7 vs school
Special Education (2025)23rd percentile-9 vs school
Asian (2019)23rd percentile+9 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?
Science43%-20 vs state
English Language Arts41%-20 vs state
Mathematics38%-19 vs state

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