John Adams College & Career Academy

Set in Cleveland, Ohio, John Adams College & Career Academy is a compact high school, part of Cleveland Municipal. It teaches 437 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Cleveland Municipal comprises 93 schools with combined enrollment of 33,065 students; John Adams College & Career Academy is among them.

Demographically, John Adams College & Career Academy logs that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 3% White, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

Across the wider county, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household earnings sit near $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), John Adams College & Career Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cleveland Metro Remote School K-12, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

John Adams College & Career Academy operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Adams College & Career Academy has rose 351%, going from 97 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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