Citizens Leadership Academy East

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Cleveland, Ohio, Citizens Leadership Academy East enrolls 489 students from grades K through 8, run under Citizens Leadership Academy East. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Citizens Leadership Academy East sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Citizens Leadership Academy East sits inside Citizens Leadership Academy East, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Citizens Leadership Academy East lists that nearly all students (98%) are Black. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Citizens Leadership Academy East shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, Cuyahoga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Citizens Leadership Academy East is one campus in the mix.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, Citizens Leadership Academy East runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Citizens Leadership Academy East has climbed 743%, going from 58 students in 2018 to 489 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.