Charles A Mooney School

Charles A Mooney School is a tight-knit elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio, part of Cleveland Municipal. The school enrolls 305 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Within Cleveland Municipal, which oversees 93 schools and 33,065 students, Charles A Mooney School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Charles A Mooney School records that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Charles A Mooney School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cuyahoga County) reports that median household income runs about $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Charles A Mooney School is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students).

Facing History High School@Charles Mooney is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 33%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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