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Joseph M Gallagher School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1332nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools
Better than 15% of Ohio elementary schools
Summary

Joseph M Gallagher School is a PK–8 elementary school at 6601 Franklin Blvd in Cleveland, Ohio, serving 591 students as part of Cleveland Municipal. In 2025–26 it ranked 1332nd of 1560 Ohio elementary schools — the 15th percentile, with 1 star — while the district ranks 689th of 773. That is progress from the late 2010s, when it sat at 0 stars and the 6th–9th percentile; it has held 1 star since 2021–22, peaking at 21st percentile in 2024–25 before slipping back. Its average proficiency across 14 reported 2025–26 tests is about 35.9%, above the district's roughly 30.7% but far below Ohio's 60.1%.

Results vary widely by grade. Eighth grade is the bright spot — math 50%, science 40.5%, ELA 47% — all above district averages, though science and ELA still trail the state. Fourth grade ELA is the weakest area at 21.3%, below the district's 34.9%, and fifth and sixth grade ELA also lag district averages. Chronic absenteeism is 40.5%, better than the district's 54.3% but up from 30.1% in 2023–24, meaning about two in five students miss too much school. Subgroup results differ sharply: special education students rank at the 5th percentile with 0 stars, while African American students rank at the 35th percentile with 2 stars.

Nearby comparisons place Gallagher mid-pack. Clark School (41st percentile, 2 stars) and Paul L Dunbar Elementary School (30th percentile, 2 stars) beat it in most subjects, even though Dunbar's absenteeism is 57.8%. Tremont Montessori School is closest in rank (14th percentile, 1 star), and Menlo Park Academy (81st percentile, 17.1% absenteeism) shows what high achievement looks like nearby. Gallagher outperforms Luis Munoz Marin School, Orchard School, and Constellation Schools: Stockyard Community Elementary. Its classes are relatively small at 14.7 students per teacher, but outcomes still trail Clark and Dunbar. Near West Intergenerational School, 0.11 miles away, has no current data.

591
Students ?
14.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,551
Per pupil spending ?
92.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6601 Franklin Blvd
       Cleveland, OH  44102-2913

(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 — 7th percentile in 2016 → 15th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (36% vs 60% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)
!Science scores 28 pts below the Ohio average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school36%
District avg31%
Ohio avg60%
Elementary school
1,332nd of 1,560
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 15%▲ up 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 7% (2016) to bottom 15% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
756th of 1,046
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 28%▲ up 24 pts since 2016
From bottom 4% (2016) to bottom 28% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Ohio Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
18th of 50Elementary Schools in the Cleveland Municipal
689th of 773Cleveland 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
202614.61332 of 156014.6%★☆☆☆☆
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
202635.6407 of 63135.5%★★☆☆☆
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
202631.2225 of 31829.2%★☆☆☆☆
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
202610.91301 of 145210.4%★☆☆☆☆
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
202625.5247 of 31521.6%★☆☆☆☆
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
202617.31247 of 146715.0%★☆☆☆☆
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
202615.51246 of 146715.1%★☆☆☆☆
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
202614.6865 of 9145.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202524.1764 of 93518.3%★☆☆☆☆
202419.1799 of 90011.2%★☆☆☆☆
202325.7676 of 85621.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20263.11157 of 11812.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20240.71177 of 11901.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.11229 of 12491.6%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202628.9756 of 104627.7%★☆☆☆☆
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
202657.6165 of 45563.7%★★★☆☆
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
202658.954 of 17268.6%★★★☆☆
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
202624.6734 of 94722.5%★☆☆☆☆
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
202638.2173 of 27035.9%★★☆☆☆
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
202633.6705 of 99629.2%★☆☆☆☆
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
202623.2737 of 95522.8%★☆☆☆☆
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
202625.5464 of 57919.9%★☆☆☆☆
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 (2026)35th percentile+21 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)29th percentile+15 vs school
Disabled (2022)24th percentile+11 vs school
Hispanic (2026)22nd percentile+7 vs school
Male (2026)15th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)15th percentile~ school
Female (2026)10th percentile-4 vs school
Special Education (2026)5th percentile-9 vs school
White (2026)2nd percentile-13 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2026)69th percentile+41 vs school
African American (2026)64th percentile+36 vs school
Hispanic (2026)36th percentile+8 vs school
Disabled (2022)35th percentile+20 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)29th percentile~ school
Male (2026)23rd percentile-5 vs school
Asian (2019)23rd percentile+9 vs school
Female (2026)22nd percentile-5 vs school
Special Education (2026)20th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts38%-24 vs state
Mathematics35%-23 vs state
Science34%-28 vs state

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2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 15, 2026
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