Summary:
The city of Garfield Heights, Ohio is home to 8 schools, including 5 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 high schools. The schools in this district face significant challenges, with several standout schools performing well below state averages on key metrics like test scores, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism.
The The Brilliance School, a public charter elementary/middle school, and North Shore High School, a public charter high school, are the lowest-performing schools in the area, ranking in the bottom 5% and 10% of Ohio schools, respectively. These schools have alarmingly high chronic absenteeism rates, low test scores, and dismal graduation rates. In contrast, Garfield Heights High School, the traditional public high school, performs slightly better but still ranks in the bottom 20% of Ohio high schools.
Across the Garfield Heights City Schools district, there are significant disparities in funding and resources, with the highest spending per student at Elmwood Elementary and the lowest at Garfield Heights Middle School. The district as a whole is consistently ranked in the bottom 15% of districts in Ohio, indicating systemic challenges that need to be addressed to improve educational outcomes for the predominantly African American student population.
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