Summary:
Zip code 44113 includes 6 elementary schools enrolling about 2,399 students: five—Scranton School, Orchard School, Luis Munoz Marin School, Paul L Dunbar Elementary School, and Tremont Montessori School—serve PK–8 within Cleveland Municipal, which is rated 1 star and ranked 689 of 773 districts (11th percentile). The sixth, Near West Intergenerational School, is its own K–8 district. Enrollment runs from 215 at Near West to 495 at Scranton.
Paul L Dunbar Elementary School is the academic standout: its 2025-2026 average proficiency is 57.1%, close to the state average of 60.1% and far above the district average of 30.7%. It is the only school here with a 2-star rating, gained 11.4 percentage points year over year, and excels in math (64.8% average, with 7th-grade math at 85.7% and 8th-grade math at 84.2%). Its caveat is the highest chronic absenteeism in the group at 57.8%. Tremont Montessori School has the best attendance (43.2% chronic absenteeism) and smallest classes (12.2 student-teacher ratio) with 33.6% proficiency and a +6.1-point gain. Scranton School ranks second among district schools at 39.4%, with balanced math, ELA, and science results despite the largest classes (20.6).
Orchard School (23.4% proficiency, 5th percentile, 0 stars) and Luis Munoz Marin School (11.0%, 1st percentile, 0 stars; 8th-grade math at 2.6%) fall below the district average. Near West Intergenerational School is a current data blind spot—no test or attendance data here, though its older 2018-2019 rank was 42nd percentile. Overall, attendance, class size, and spending each show inconsistent relationships with achievement.
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