East Academy

Set in Cleveland, Ohio, East Academy is a small primary school, one of the schools within East Academy. It teaches 192 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 52% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

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

Looking at the student body, East Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, East Academy records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cuyahoga County put 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. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), East Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Collinwood High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

East Academy operates from a city-core location. East Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Academy has declined 32%, going from 282 students in 2018 to 192 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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