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Louisa May Alcott Elementary School

Public Grades K-5
1188th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools
Better than 24% of Ohio elementary schools
Summary

Louisa May Alcott Elementary School is a small K–5 school in Cleveland, OH, serving 159 students within the Cleveland Municipal district. Alcott ranks 1188th of 1560 Ohio schools in 2025–2026 — the 24th percentile with 1 star — which is above its district's overall 11th percentile but still in the bottom quarter statewide. The school sat around the 37th–41st percentile in 2015–2019, reached 30th percentile with 2 stars in 2023–2024, then slipped to 28th percentile/1 star and 24th percentile/1 star in the two years since. Free/reduced-price lunch data for Alcott is suppressed, so poverty comparisons for this school cannot be made reliably.

Academically, Alcott outperforms its district in 6 of 7 tested areas but trails the Ohio average in all 7. Averaged across those tests, about 44.2% of students were proficient, versus roughly 33.3% districtwide and 63.8% statewide. Fifth-grade science is the clearest weakness: 25% proficient, close to the district's 26.7% and far below the state's 62.7%, and down from 53.1% in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism is 41.7%, better than the district's 54.3% but very high next to nearby schools — 8.1% at Roosevelt Elementary School, 11.9% at Harrison Elementary School, 17.1% at Menlo Park Academy and 18.2% at Emerson Elementary School.

The school's effectiveness ranking for its African American students has run 67th–71st percentile over the last three years, well above its overall standing, while rankings for male students and low-income students are lower. Class sizes are small — a 13.2 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 — and 2018–2019 spending was $13,360 per student, the highest among nearby schools, yet results still lag. Within two miles, Clark School (41st percentile, 26.8% absenteeism) and the Lakewood City schools are stronger, while Constellation Schools: Stockyard Community Elementary and Constellation Schools: Madison Community Elementary (4th percentile, about 69% absenteeism) are weaker; Mary Church Terrell and Marion C Seltzer Elementary School trail Alcott. Alcott sits in the middle-lower part of a sharply stratified local landscape.

159
Students ?
13.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,249
Per pupil spending ?
92.5%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
78.6%
Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines (2025-26)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 10308 Baltic Rd
       Cleveland, OH  44102-1631

(216) 838-6500

District: Cleveland Municipal

Racial breakdown:

African American:
57.2%
White:
25.2%
Hispanic:
11.9%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 40th percentile in 2016 → 24th in 2026
Strengths
✓Among the top-ranked schools in Cleveland Municipal
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (44% vs 64% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school44%
District avg33%
Ohio avg64%
1,188th of 1,560
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 16 pts since 2016
From bottom 40% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
12th 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202625.51188 of 156023.8%★☆☆☆☆
202529.61123 of 155827.9%★☆☆☆☆
202432.81104 of 157730.0%★★☆☆☆
202321.81242 of 159622.2%★☆☆☆☆
202231.01134 of 158828.6%★☆☆☆☆
202114.31310 of 161018.6%★☆☆☆☆
201947.31036 of 167638.2%★★☆☆☆
201847.21034 of 163636.8%★★☆☆☆
201753.6979 of 165140.7%★★☆☆☆
201650.01015 of 167839.5%★★☆☆☆
201558.4879 of 168447.8%★★☆☆☆
201454.11018 of 168739.7%★★☆☆☆
201367.2715 of 170158.0%★★★☆☆
201265.6750 of 170956.1%★★★☆☆
201151.61077 of 168636.1%★★☆☆☆
201062.7799 of 166251.9%★★★☆☆
200961.2807 of 161049.9%★★☆☆☆
200867.4588 of 158262.8%★★★☆☆
200774.6385 of 160976.1%★★★★☆
200663.7635 of 150457.8%★★★☆☆
200578.0263 of 150182.5%★★★★☆
200490.318 of 147198.8%★★★★★

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202659.7206 of 63167.4%★★★☆☆
202561.9181 of 61570.6%★★★★☆
202458.7200 of 60366.8%★★★☆☆
202341.1334 of 61045.2%★★☆☆☆
202255.0216 of 60164.1%★★★☆☆
202131.5341 of 53336.0%★★☆☆☆
201965.3159 of 60573.7%★★★★☆
201878.295 of 59884.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202639.6963 of 145233.7%★★☆☆☆
202531.91032 of 145228.9%★☆☆☆☆
202434.01029 of 146629.8%★☆☆☆☆
202328.81083 of 148327.0%★☆☆☆☆
20218.31308 of 146710.8%★☆☆☆☆
201947.9936 of 150237.7%★★☆☆☆
201853.2865 of 151843.0%★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201922.8116 of 1267.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20180.9758 of 7590.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202632.31073 of 146726.9%★☆☆☆☆
202536.8998 of 147332.2%★★☆☆☆
202441.7960 of 148435.3%★★☆☆☆
202328.81078 of 144725.5%★☆☆☆☆
202241.5889 of 141937.4%★★☆☆☆
202117.61129 of 140419.6%★☆☆☆☆
201962.4589 of 146559.8%★★★☆☆
201861.3609 of 146558.4%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202616.11234 of 146715.9%★☆☆☆☆
202523.81140 of 146622.2%★☆☆☆☆
202428.81104 of 148525.7%★☆☆☆☆
202312.81280 of 149814.6%★☆☆☆☆
202230.01091 of 151828.1%★☆☆☆☆
20218.81324 of 149911.7%★☆☆☆☆
201946.0968 of 153536.9%★★☆☆☆
201837.61069 of 153630.4%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202643.5459 of 91449.8%★★★☆☆
202560.0275 of 93570.6%★★★★☆
202435.2563 of 90037.4%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201936.3957 of 127124.7%★☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2026)67th percentile+44 vs school
Special Education (2026)50th percentile+26 vs school
Female (2026)34th percentile+10 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)27th percentile+3 vs school
White (2019)25th percentile-13 vs school
Male (2026)16th percentile-8 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2019)8th percentile-30 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts52%-13 vs state
Mathematics43%-20 vs state
Science25%-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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