Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School

Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in Cleveland, Ohio, run under Cleveland Municipal, with 281 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Across the 93 schools in Cleveland Municipal (33,065 students total), Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School logs that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 2% Hispanic, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household earnings sit near $64,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lakeshore Intergenerational School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 281). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.