Schools in Zip Code 44103

Schools in ZIP code 44103 (Cleveland, OH) include seven schools serving 1,838 students across PK–12, with five elementary, one high school, and one alternative school on the city's near-east side; the area has both Cleveland Municipal district schools and independent charters, and free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all seven.

The clear standout is Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School, the only school above the 15th percentile: it ranks 1,175 of 1,560 (25th percentile), posts about 43% average proficiency, and is the only ZIP school with grade results at or above state—8th-grade Science 64% vs. 61.2% and 5th-grade Math 59.3% vs. 59.1%. It also improved sharply and has the lowest spending ($7,483) and a 12.8:1 ratio. Among Cleveland Municipal schools, George Washington Carver has the best rank trajectory (1,473/1,560, 6th percentile), the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 47.1%, and the highest per-pupil spending ($14,384), while Wade Park is the cautionary case: three straight years at the 3rd percentile, roughly 13% average proficiency, 19.9:1 classes, and 66.0% chronic absenteeism.

Other schools vary widely. University of Cleveland Preparatory School and East Preparatory Academy sit at 4th–5th percentile, with 77.0% and 57.5% chronic absenteeism, and both have 0-star ratings. Mary B Martin School has the highest district-run absenteeism at 72.4% but some stronger single-grade results. The only high school, Horizon Science Academy Cleveland, serves 308 students in grades 8–12 but has no current test scores, absenteeism, or rank since 2018–2019—a major information gap. Across 79 reported 2025-2026 test cells, only two met or exceeded state proficiency, both at Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School; reported 0% cells are real, not suppressed. Absenteeism is the most consistent companion of low achievement, and improvement has been nearly absent at the very bottom.