Cleveland Metropolitan School District, formerly the Cleveland Municipal School District, is a public school district in the U.S. state of Ohio that serves almost all of the city of Cleveland. The district covers 79 square miles. The Cleveland district is the third largest PreK-12 district in the state, with a 2017–2018 enrollment of about 38,949. CMSD is the only district in Ohio that is under direct control of the mayor, who appoints a school board. The former chairman of the Board of Education, Robert M. Heard Sr., was appointed July 1, 2007 by Mayor Frank G. Jackson, and CEO's appointed included Barbara Byrd Bennett and Eugene Sanders. In response to declining enrollment over more than a decade and the corresponding growth in charter schools in the city, the District took several steps to improve academic performance and increase graduation rates. In the 2007–08 school year, the District changed its name to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to attract students throughout the region.
The district has seen the graduation rate improve 22.4 percent since 2010. The 5-year graduation rate for students who entered the 9th grade in 2013 and graduated by 2017 was 79.6 percent. The purpose of the Cleveland Plan was to remove legislative barriers to school reform in Cleveland and to implement a portfolio strategy to: Grow the number of high-performing CMSD and charter schools in Cleveland and close and replace failing schools; Focus CMSD's central office on key support and governance roles and transfer authority and resources to schools; Invest and phase in high-leverage system reforms across all schools from preschool to college and career; and Create the Cleveland Transformation Alliance to ensure accountability for all public schools in the city. This included major changes in the District's contract with the Cleveland Teachers Union. House Bill 525 was then created and passed with a bipartisan vote of 27-4, to support the districts most aggressive reform strategies in history. Working closely with Mayor Frank G. Jackson and a coalition of concerned citizens throughout the city, Link and Gordon additionally led the district to passage of CMSD's first operating levy, Issue 107, in 16 years in November, 2012. The District moved its central office in 2013 to its current location at 1111 Superior Ave. E, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
In 2013, Board Chair Denise L. Link won the Green-Garner "Top Urban Educator" Award, the highest honor given by the Council of the Great City Schools for significant contributions to urban schools and students. CEO Eric Gordon was a national finalist for the same award in 2012. In 2016, Eric Gordon won the "Urban Educator of the Year Award from the Council of Great City Schools.
History
Central High School opened in 1846. West High School serving Ohio City followed.
After World War II, middle-class jobs and families migrated to the suburbs leaving behind predominantly low-income student enrollment in the Cleveland Public School system. Cleveland Public Schools financially struggled with a declining tax base due to regional industrial decline and depopulation of the metropolitan and urban areas in favor of the suburbs. against the Cleveland Board of Education in Cleveland's United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to racially integrate Cleveland Public Schools, claiming that the public schools were at least partly at fault for Cleveland's housing segregation into ethnic neighborhoods. Between August 31, 1976 In 1991, Ohio had a new proficiency test for 9th grade students, which the majority of Cleveland Public Schools students did not pass. the subsequent federal court settlement agreement(s) left the 9th grade secondary school graduation requirement intact and unchanged in 1994 and subsequently. Cleveland was again rated the poorest major city in the U.S. in 2006, with a poverty rate of 32.4%.
Schools
Elementary & K-8 schools
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| Douglas MacArthur Girls Leadership Academy
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 3
|Growth
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| Valley View Boys Leadership Academy
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 3
|Growth
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| Warner-Girls Leadership Academy
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 3
|Growth
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| Dike School of the Arts
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Adlai Stevenson
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Andrew J. Rickoff
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Anton Grdina
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Bolton
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Case
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Carl & Louis Stokes, Central Academy
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Charles W. Eliot
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Clara E. Westropp
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Daniel E. Morgan
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt Academy
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| H. Barbara Booker
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Hannah Gibbons-Nottingham
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Harvey Rice
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Iowa-Maple
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Joseph M. Gallagher
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Marion-Sterling
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Mary M. Bethune
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Memorial
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Miles
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Miles Park
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
| Monitor Closely
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| Newton D. Baker
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Oliver H. Perry
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Orchard
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Patrick Henry
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Paul L. Dunbar
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Paul Revere
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Robert H. Jamison
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Tremont Montessori
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Wade Park
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Waverly
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
| Monitor Closely
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| Wilbur Wright
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Almira
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Benjamin Franklin
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Buckeye-Woodland
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Buhrer
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Charles Dickens
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Charles A. Mooney
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Clark
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Denison
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| East Clark
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Fullerton
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| George W. Carver
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Joseph F. Landis
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Close
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| Louis Agassiz
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Louisa May Alcott
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Luis Muñoz Marín
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Marion C. Seltzer
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Mary B. Martin
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| McKinley
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Michael R. White
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Mound
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Repurpose
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| Nathan Hale
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Robinson G. Jones
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Riverside
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Scranton
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Sunbeam
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Refocus
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| Walton
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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| Watterson-Lake
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| William C. Bryant
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Growth
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| Willow
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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|Artemus Ward
| Kindergarten
| 8
|Monitor Closely
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High schools
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| Thomas Jefferson Campus
-International Newcomers Academy
-Ninth Grade Academy
| Pre-Kindergarten
| 9
|Principal varies in each academy
Rhonda A. Saegert
Danielle T. Simmons
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|Whitney M. Young Gifted & Talented Leadership Academy
| 2
| 12
| Karen M. Byron-Johnson
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|Bard High School Early College Cleveland
| 9
| 12
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|Cleveland School of the Arts
| 7
| 12
| Andrew J. Koonce
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| Carl F. Shuler Ninth Grade Academy
| 9
| 9
| Lisa Williams-Locklear
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| Collinwood High School Campus
-College Board Academy
-Interior Design & Fashion Merchandising
-Teaching Professions Academy
| 9
| 12
|Principal varies in each academy
Kevin L. Payton
Crystal Maclin
Marnisha Brown
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| East Technical High School Campus
-Ninth Grade Academy
-Community Wrap Around Academy
-Engineering & Science Tech Academy
-New Tech
| 9
| 12
|Principal varies in each academy
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| Garrett Morgan School of Science
-New Tech
| 9
| 12
|LaVerne Hooks
Erin Frew
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| Ginn Academy
| 9
| 12
|Clifford Hayes Jr.
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| Glenville High School Campus
-Health Exercise Sports & Recreation Academy
-Programming & Software Development Academy
-Ninth Grade Academy
| 9
| 12
|Principal varies in each academy
Doris Redic
Teresa Conley
David Reimen
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| James Ford Rhodes High School
| 9
| 12
|Diane Rollins
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| Jane Addams Business Careers Center
-Design Lab Early College
| 9
| 12
|Annie McGhee
Raymon L. Spottsville
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| John Adams High School Campus
-College Board Academy
-Financial Services Academy
-Ninth Grade Academy
| 9
| 12
|Principal varies in each academy
Donald J. Jolly
Brenda E. Washington
Damon L. Holmes
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| John F. Kennedy Academic Campus
-Entertainment Marketing Academy
-Interactive Media Academy
-Ninth Grade Academy
| 9
| 12
|Principal varies in each academy
Samuel J. Maul
Maryum Spencer-Sims
Jason L. Tidmore
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| John Hay High School Campus
-Cleveland School of Science and Medicine
-Cleveland School of Architecture and Design
-Cleveland Early College School
| 9
| 12
|Principal varies in each academy
Edward Weber
Tianna Maxey
Carol Lockhart
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| John Marshall High School
| 9
| 12
|Luther E. Johnson Jr.
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| Lincoln-West High School Campus
-Community Wrap Around Academy
-International Studies Academy
-Programming & Software Development Academy
| 9
| 12
|Principal varies in each academy
Maria Carlson
Dr. Irene G. Javier
Perry W. Myles Sr.
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. Career Campus
-Health Careers Center
-Law & Municipal Careers
| 9
| 12
|Marilyn Cargile
Cynthia Hanish
William Davis
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| Max S. Hayes High School
| 9
| 12
|Alex R. Murphy
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| MC2STEM High School
| 9
| 12
|Jeffrey D. McClellan
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| SuccessTech Academy
| 9
| 12
|Sara Kidner
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| Washington Park Environmental Studies Academy
| 9
| 12
|Alisa Lawson-McKinnie
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| High Tech Academy
| 10
| 12
|Stacy M. Hutchinson
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| High Achievement Academy
-Whitney Young students only
| 11
| 12
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"Growth schools," the highest-rated group, will stay as is while gaining some extra freedom in management. "Refocus schools," are improving and will get added attention—for example, leadership training—to help continue their progress.
"Repurpose schools," which face staff changes or conversion to charters to give them a jolt. The remaining schools will close, with students transferred to neighboring facilities unless they take advantage of citywide open enrollment. "Monitor closely schools," are those schools that will not be placed in a group until the 2011–2012 school year.
Prior to 1998 the school board was elected. Since that time the board has been appointed by the Mayor.
Gifted, honors and advanced placement schools
In October 1921, the Cleveland Public School System began its first program for gifted children at Denison Elementary School. Children in grades four, five, and six participated. This program was supported by the Women's City Club of Cleveland.
From 1921 to 1927, fourteen elementary and two junior high schools were established as centers for gifted children. In the decades of the 1940s and 1950s, the Cleveland Public Schools developed and articulated a program for gifted pupils from the primary grades through high school.
Thus, from a modest beginning, the program, which at one time was called the "greatest experiment in education," has grown and developed into a program that currently provides enriching educational experiences for over 2,500 children with high intellectual and/or academic ability.
Funding
Total district revenues for the 2011–2012 school year amounted to $630,981,000, with 27% of revenues coming from local funding, 58% from state funding, and 15% derived from federal funding. This total revenue amounted to $15,464 per pupil. The Ohio Department of Education reports the average teacher salary for the 2012–2013 school year was $69,314, with a median teacher salary of $72,940.
Grades 2–6 Gifted Courses, Grades 7–8 Honors Courses
- Benjamin Franklin—2–8
- Garfield—2–8
- O. H. Perry—2–8
- Riverside—2–8
- Wade Park—2–8
- Whitney Young—2–8
Grades 9–12 courses
Gifted coded students feed into these high schools unless they apply to another special program or thematic school:
- Collinwood
- East Tech
- Glenville
- James F. Rhodes
- John Marshall
- Whitney Young
Advanced Placement program
Courses vary from school to school:
- Carl Shuler
- Cleveland School of Arts
- Cleveland School of Architecture and Design, John Hay Campus
- Cleveland School of Science and Medicine, John Hay Campus
- Collinwood
- Early College, John Hay Campus
- East Tech
- Garrett Morgan School of Science
- Ginn Academy
- Glenville
- James F. Rhodes
- John Marshall
- Lincoln West
- South
- Whitney Young
- Note Whitney Young has grades 2–12
Graduation requirements
In early 2009, Ohio Department of Education announced its new high school graduation requirements that would take effect starting with students entering ninth grade in 2010 (Class of 2014). Under these requirements, students must take an additional year of mathematics, more business/ career tech class and fewer electives.
See also
- List of school districts in Ohio
References
External links
- Early History of the Cleveland Public Schools – Digitized book. From description at the site: "Published by order of the Board of Education in 1876. The author established the first free high school in Ohio in 1846, which became Central High School. This work is a continuous narrative without chapter divisions. It includes information on individual schools and a list of school board members from 1836–1866."
- Central High School Yearbooks - digitized yearbooks dating to the early to mid-1900s (various years)
- Central High School newsletters and annuals - digitized periodicals from the early 1900s