Summary
Clearview High School is a 9–12 public high school in Lorain, Ohio, serving about 333 students as part of the Clearview Local district — smaller than most nearby comprehensive high schools. In 2025–2026 it ranked 610 out of 795 Ohio high schools, placing it in the 23rd percentile with a 1-star rating, while Clearview Local ranked 634 out of 773 districts at the 18th percentile with 1 star. The trend has been downward: the school was at the 44th percentile in 2015–2016, the 33rd in 2023–2024, and the 23rd in 2025–2026.
Academically, American History is the clearest bright spot: 73.7% of students were proficient, slightly above the state's 73.2% and competitive with Brookside High School and Oberlin High School. Math is the defining weakness. Algebra I proficiency is 21.7%, nearly 40 percentage points below the state's 61.6%, and Geometry is 29.1% versus 43.3% statewide. American Government (56.3%), Biology (61.8%), and English II (58.9%) also trail state averages. Compared with neighbors, Clearview generally outperforms Lorain High School, Success Academy, Lorain Preparatory High School, and Black River Career Prep High School, but trails Avon High School, North Ridgeville High School, Marion L Steele High School, Brookside, and Oberlin.
Attendance is the biggest warning sign. Chronic absenteeism rose from 40.1% in 2021–2022 to 57.5% in 2025–2026 — well above the district's 41.4% and most nearby traditional public schools, though better than Lorain High (73.1%). Graduation remains solid at 92.6%, above Elyria High School (90.2%) and Lorain High (85.4%) but below Avon, Amherst, Oberlin, and Brookside. Class sizes are relatively small at 13.5 students per teacher, and 2018–2019 per-student spending was $7,697 — the lowest among nearby schools. Subgroup outcomes are uneven: Hispanic students rank in the 43rd percentile and African American students in the 38th, while Special Education and Gifted and Talented results have swung widely from year to year.
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