Summary:
ZIP code 44135, on Cleveland's west side, is served by exactly one middle school: Constellation Schools: Puritas Community Middle. It serves grades 5 through 8 with 97 students and operates as its own standalone charter district, Constellation Schools: Puritas Community Middle. Because there are no other middle schools in the ZIP to compare against, the most useful benchmark is Ohio's state average. The school ranked 654th of 773 districts statewide — 15th percentile, 1 star — and its school-level percentile slipped from 30 to 22 in the most recent year.
Academically, math is the clear weak point: every math measure across two years falls between 4.2% and 27.3% proficient, and in 2025-2026 all four grade levels sit more than 40 points below the state, including 7th grade math at 4.2% against a 48.6% state average. ELA is comparatively stronger, averaging about 44% proficient versus a state average near 62%, and 7th grade ELA reached 58.3% — just 4.4 points below the state and a 16-point jump from the year before. Science is inconsistent: 8th grade hit 59.1%, within 3.9 points of state, in 2024-2025, then fell to 38.9%.
Overall, the school's average gap to the state widened from about 23 points to about 31 points in one year, as its own results declined in 7 of 10 measures while state averages edged up. Two structural facts help explain this: chronic absenteeism is 53.3%, meaning more than half of students miss enough school to be classified chronically absent, and the student–teacher ratio is 19.4, roughly 5 teachers for 97 students. The only per-pupil spending figure on record is $5,776 from 2018-2019, too dated to describe current resources. Free or reduced lunch data is not reported, so no economic-disadvantage rate can be cited. With roughly 24 students per grade, one student moves a proficiency rate about 4 points, so treat every percentage as volatile.
Thank you for your feedback!