Enrollment
279
Elementary
STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOBAL AMBASSADORS LANGUAGE ACADEMY·NCES 390158805878
Global Ambassadors Language Academy
13442 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, OH 44111 · (216) 315-7942 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Ohio public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
29 FTE teachers
STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
198 students
STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 139% larger than its 8th grade class (18).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +8.0pp since 2021
Math
41.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -9.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.5% | 46.3% |
| 2021-22 | 49.9% | 51.6% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Global Ambassadors Language Academy
Global Ambassadors Language Academy's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Ambassadors Language Academy this school | 279 | 71.0% | 51.7% |
| Glendale Elementary School Cincinnati | 267 | 76.4% | 57.9% |
| Prairie Norton Elementary School Columbus | 510 | 76.7% | 51.2% |
| Stiles Elementary School Columbus | 511 | 88.6% | 32.4% |
| Prairie Lincoln Elementary School Columbus | 515 | 78.8% | 42.4% |
| Fairfield Central Elementary School Fairfield | 756 | 81.0% | 61.0% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Global Ambassadors Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #647 of 673 | #37 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #1,184 of 1,569 ▼ 123 | #85 of 172 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #963 of 1,569 no change | #64 of 172 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #390 of 1,514 | #32 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #1,356 of 1,808 | #126 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #7 of 1,582 | #1 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #163 of 1,590 | #21 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #61 of 767 | #3 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
279
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 21.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 279 | 29 | 9.6:1 | 71% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 46% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 15.5 | 19.1:1 | 44% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 13 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 124 | 9 | 13.8:1 | 64% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Global Ambassadors Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 125% (124 to 279); teachers up 222% (9 to 29).
About Global Ambassadors Language Academy
Students in Cleveland, Ohio, attend Global Ambassadors Language Academy, a small elementary school. The school serves 279 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Ohio is roughly 404 students; this school is 31% smaller than that.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Enrollment at Global Ambassadors Language Academy is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Black, 16% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Cuyahoga County overall, about 7% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Global Ambassadors Language Academy comes in at 68%.
Teachers at Global Ambassadors Language Academy total 29 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.6:1. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 198 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 71%. That is 44 points above the 27% average for public schools in Cuyahoga County.
Measured against Ohio public elementary schools, Global Ambassadors Language Academy receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Global Ambassadors Language Academy's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 62.0%. Global Ambassadors Language Academy scores 51.7%, 10.3 points below that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cuyahoga County, median household income is about $64,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Global Ambassadors Language Academy is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County, which together enroll about 155,924 students.
The shortest distance from Global Ambassadors Language Academy to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to The School of One. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. Global Ambassadors Language Academy is a publicly funded charter school.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (277) to 2024-25 (279). The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.3:1 to 9.6:1 over the same years.
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Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Global Ambassadors Language AcademyHow large is Global Ambassadors Language Academy?
Global Ambassadors Language Academy enrolls approximately 279 students in grades KG-08.
Is Global Ambassadors Language Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Global Ambassadors Language Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Global Ambassadors Language Academy?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Global Ambassadors Language Academy.
How diverse is Global Ambassadors Language Academy?
Global Ambassadors Language Academy reports a student body of 16% White, 46% Hispanic, 29% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Global Ambassadors Language Academy in?
Global Ambassadors Language Academy is part of Global Ambassadors Language Academy.
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