Orchard School

Orchard School is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Cleveland, Ohio, overseen by Cleveland Municipal, caters to 492 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

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

Demographically, Orchard School lists that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 19% White, 5% 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, On paper, Orchard School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Orchard School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cuyahoga County) shows that median household income runs about $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Orchard School is one campus in the mix.

Menlo Park Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orchard School.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orchard School has held roughly steady, going from 482 students in 2018 to 492 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 46% to 52% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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