Summary:
ZIP code 44144, on Cleveland's west side, is home to three high schools — Rhodes College and Career Academy (grades 9–12, 588 students), Brooklyn High School (grades 8–12, 470 students), and Rhodes School of Environmental Studies (grades 9–12, 330 students) — together enrolling 1,388 students. The two Rhodes campuses belong to the Cleveland Municipal district and share a building at 5100 Biddulph Ave; Brooklyn High School sits at 9200 Biddulph Rd in the Brooklyn City district.
Brooklyn High School is the academic standout. It ranks 391 of 795 schools statewide (51st percentile, 3 stars) and averages about 67.5% proficiency across six End-of-Course exams, above the roughly 63.2% state average. Its chronic absenteeism of 34.8% is less than half the Rhodes rates, and its student-teacher ratio of 14.0 is the lowest of the three. Both Rhodes campuses rank near the 13th percentile with 1 star and average about 39% proficiency — roughly 24 points below the state. Rhodes College and Career Academy's 23.5 student-teacher ratio is the highest in the group. Brooklyn's 8th-grade math, science, and ELA scores remain below state levels, but all three improved from the prior year.
Graduation and test results tell different stories here. Rhodes College and Career Academy posts the highest graduation rate at 99.1%, yet only 9.8% of students were proficient in Geometry and 23.9% in Biology, with 73.2% chronically absent. Rhodes School of Environmental Studies has the lowest graduation rate at 80.0% and the highest absenteeism at 76.5%, though its Algebra I proficiency of 53.0% is a relative bright spot. Brooklyn's graduation rate is 96.8%. Across most subjects, Brooklyn performs near or above state levels while both Rhodes schools trail well behind, and only Brooklyn consistently outperforms the state in End-of-Course testing.
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