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Cleveland, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School #154 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,825 per pupil, Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School ranks #334 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School operates 1 public schools serving 227 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $14,825 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 0.2% local, 60.6% state, and 39.1% 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 63/100, ranked #154 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.
a 295:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 45.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.8% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White across the district's schools.
Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School accounts for 100.0% of all Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School a distant remainder — means Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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 Academy-Cleveland Middle School student-counselor ratio is 295:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School is typically wider than the Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School-aggregate figure suggests.
Horizon Science Academy-Cleveland Middle School chronic absenteeism rate is 45.4% — 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 Academy-Cleveland Middle School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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