Bella Academy of Excellence

Bella Academy of Excellence is a very small elementary-level community in Cleveland, Ohio, overseen by Bella Academy of Excellence. The school hosts 155 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Bella Academy of Excellence sits 62% below that benchmark.

Bella Academy of Excellence sits inside Bella Academy of Excellence, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Bella Academy of Excellence reports that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest looks like 6% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Bella Academy of Excellence higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cuyahoga County put the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Bella Academy of Excellence is one.

The closest other public school is Noble Academy-Cleveland, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bella Academy of Excellence.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, Bella Academy of Excellence runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Bella Academy of Excellence's enrollment has contracted 51% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 155). Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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