Barack Obama School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Maple Heights, Ohio, Barack Obama School caters to 445 students from grades 4 through 5, operated by Maple Heights City.

Across the 5 schools in Maple Heights City (3,024 students total), Barack Obama School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Barack Obama School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Barack Obama School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Barack Obama School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, census data for Cuyahoga County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Barack Obama School is one.

The closest other public school is J.F. Kennedy School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Barack Obama School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Barack Obama School has fell 25%, going from 594 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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