Summary:
ZIP code 44109 contains 15 schools — 7 elementary, 1 middle, 5 high schools and 2 alternative programs — serving about 4,633 students in Cleveland's Old Brooklyn area. Most are part of Cleveland Municipal, which ranks 689 of 773 districts statewide with 1 star and an 11th-percentile rank. The ZIP splits into two very different worlds: elementary schools with some above-state grade-level results, and high schools that are almost uniformly below state proficiency with very high chronic absenteeism.
Buhrer is the clearest bright spot: chronic absenteeism of 27.1%, the lowest in the ZIP and far below the Cleveland Municipal rate of 54.3%, plus 8th-grade math at 80% versus 52% statewide. Denison also earns 2 stars with above-state 3rd-grade math (66.7% vs. 62.1%) and 4th-grade ELA (70.4% vs. 61.8%). Lincoln Park Academy improved from the 18th to the 31st percentile and posted 88.2% in 8th-grade math, while Cleveland Preparatory Academy rose to the 31st percentile with 4th-grade math at 81.8%. Facing History High School@Charles Mooney has the best graduation rate in the ZIP at 82.4%.
High schools are the biggest concern. All five average 80% chronic absenteeism, and Frederick Douglass and Old Brook sit at 97.8% and 97.9% with graduation rates of 43.7% and 53.8%. Geometry is below 7% proficient at every high school and Algebra I below 28%, far under state rates near 43%. Spending varies widely — from $6,333 at Constellation Middle to $15,339 at Lincoln West School of Science & Health — but high spending does not guarantee results. Charles A Mooney has declined from the 26th to the 12th percentile, while Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle stays near the 13th.
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