Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44144

ZIP code 44144 covers parts of Brooklyn and Cleveland, Ohio, and contains five schools serving about 2,479 students: two elementary-designated schools, Brooklyn School (K–7) and William Rainey Harper (PK–8), and three high schools, Brooklyn High School (8–12), Rhodes College and Career Academy (9–12), and Rhodes School of Environmental Studies (9–12). Although no school is labeled a middle school, middle grades are taught inside the K–7, PK–8 and 8–12 spans. The schools sit in two districts: Brooklyn City, which enrolls 1,138 students (45.9%), and Cleveland Municipal, which enrolls 1,341 (54.1%).

Among the high schools, Brooklyn High School stands out: it ranks 391 of 795 (51st percentile, 3 stars), has a 96.8% graduation rate, the lowest student/teacher ratio at 14.0, and chronic absenteeism of 34.8% — far below the other two high schools. Its End-of-Course average of 67.5% is above the state's 63.2%, with American Government at 85.7% vs. the state's 71.6%, though 8th-grade math is weak at 32.4% vs. the state's 52%. William Rainey Harper is the brightest spot in Cleveland Municipal, outperforming its district on all 14 reported 2025–26 tests and improving from the 32nd to the 47th percentile over three years; its 4th-grade math reaches 83.3% vs. the state's 67.3%, while science lags (5th-grade science 37.8% vs. 62.7%). Brooklyn School posts the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 23.4%, with strong 3rd-grade ELA at 70.9% but math generally well below state.

Two contrasts stand out for families. Rhodes College and Career Academy has the ZIP's highest graduation rate at 99.1% alongside 73.2% chronic absenteeism, and Rhodes School of Environmental Studies has the lowest graduation rate at 80.0% with the highest absenteeism at 76.5% — both report very low test scores relative to state. Also, Cleveland Municipal schools generally spend more per student in the 2018–19 data, yet Brooklyn High achieves stronger results with lower spending and a lower student/teacher ratio than Rhodes College's 23.5 — a reminder that resources alone do not determine outcomes.