Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School

Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School is one of the compact elementary schools in Cleveland, Ohio, one of the schools within Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School, with 302 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Operationally, Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School answers to Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Denison, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School.

The school occupies a downtown site. Horizon Science Academy-Denison Middle School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 11%: 272 students in 2018 compared to 302 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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