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Artemus Ward
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (45).
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.9% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 23.1% |
| 2022-23 | 27.6% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 12.3% |
Where Artemus Ward ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #1,334 of 1,569 ▲ 20 | #114 of 172 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #1,400 of 1,569 ▲ 28 | #122 of 172 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.1pp | #180 of 1,514 | #30 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #515 of 1,808 | #38 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #1,196 of 1,582 | #128 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #68 of 1,590 | #12 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #789 of 992 | #83 of 98 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 487 | 25 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 23 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 23 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 31 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 100% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 81% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 82% (333) |
| 1990-91 | 254 | 12 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (515 to 487); teachers down 19% (31 to 25).
About Artemus Ward
Cleveland, Ohio, is home to Artemus Ward, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 487 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Ohio have about 404 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
Artemus Ward is among 93 schools run by Cleveland Municipal, which serves 33,065 students.
The biggest share of students at Artemus Ward, 36%, is Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 19% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Artemus Ward scores 71%.
The school has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here.
Artemus Ward holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of Ohio public elementary schools.
In Cuyahoga County, median household income comes to about $64,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 352, with about 155,924 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Bard Early College Cleveland, is the closest to Artemus Ward. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Artemus Ward.
The federal government classifies Artemus Ward's location as City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 487, from 460 in 2020-21. The ratio was 17.0:1 in 2020-21 and 19.5:1 in 2024-25.
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