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Cleveland, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 80/100 ranks Horizon Science Acad Cleveland #24 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,052 per pupil, Horizon Science Acad Cleveland ranks #432 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
290
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$14,052
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Horizon Science Acad Cleveland operates 1 public schools serving 290 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Cuyahoga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,052 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 6.4% local, 64.3% state, and 29.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 80/100, ranked #24 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 154:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 65.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.9% African American, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% White across the district's schools.
Horizon Science Acad Cleveland accounts for 100.0% of all Horizon Science Acad Cleveland student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Horizon Science Acad Cleveland a distant remainder — means Horizon Science Acad Cleveland-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Horizon Science Acad Cleveland has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Horizon Science Acad Cleveland student-counselor ratio is 154:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Horizon Science Acad Cleveland chronic absenteeism rate is 65.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Horizon Science Acad Cleveland's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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