Douglas MacArthur

Set in Cleveland, Ohio, Douglas MacArthur is a close-knit primary school, part of Cleveland Municipal. It caters to 281 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 404.

Across the 93 schools in Cleveland Municipal (33,065 students total), Douglas MacArthur accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Douglas MacArthur shows that 33% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% White, 19% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, Cuyahoga County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Douglas MacArthur is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students).

The closest other public school is Clara E Westropp School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 345 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 40% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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