Schools in Zip Code 44115

ZIP code 44115 in Cleveland contains six schools — three elementary schools serving PK–8/K–8, two high schools serving grades 9–12, and one alternative school serving grades K–11 — enrolling 1,165 students combined, with no standalone middle school.

The academic picture varies sharply by school. Ginn-Thompson School for Girls, an alternative school of just 42 students, posts the highest proficiency in the area: 95.8% in Algebra I and 90.9% in Geometry, far above state rates. But it is unranked and has 81.3% chronic absenteeism, so those results come from very small cohorts. Among elementary schools, Stepstone Academy has the best latest rank percentile at 22 (1 star), with 3rd grade ELA at 72.4% versus the state's 63.4%, though 5th grade math falls to 0% and 5th grade science to 5.3%. The two high schools combine very low test proficiency — an average of about 21.8% on End-of-Course exams versus a state average of about 62.0% — with very high absenteeism. Invictus High School, the largest school at 333 students, graduates 62.0% of students, compared with 33.7% at C.A.S.T.L.E High School, yet Invictus also records the highest chronic absenteeism at 98.7%.

Chronic absenteeism is high everywhere, ranging from 53.7% at Marion-Sterling Elementary School to 98.7% at Invictus, and averaging 74.5%. Student-to-teacher ratios run from 8.4 at Ginn-Thompson to 24.7 at Phoenix Village Academy Primary 2 dba Wings Academy 1. Spending data exist for only three schools, all from 2018–2019: Stepstone at $16,494, Marion-Sterling at $12,252, and Phoenix at $7,587 per student. Most ranked schools sit near the bottom of state rankings — none holds more than 1 star, and the highest latest rank percentile is 22. Lower absenteeism did not guarantee better rankings: Marion-Sterling has the lowest absenteeism but the lowest rank percentile at 5, against a district-average comparison from Cleveland Municipal.