Enrollment
92
Elementary
STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMART ACADEMY·NCES 390160005964
SMART Academy
4351 E 131st St, Garfield Heights, OH 44105 · (216) 714-3801 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
9.2:1
10 FTE teachers
STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
89 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 | 21 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 75% larger than its 5th grade class (12).
Student demographics
20%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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +38.5pp since 2021
Math
69.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +62.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 39 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 62 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 8.2% | 8.2% |
| 2021-22 | 30.8% | 7.7% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 SMART Academy
SMART Academy's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMART Academy this school | 92 | 96.7% | 45.3% |
| Legacy Academy of Excellence Mansfield Mansfield | 100 | 97.0% | N/A |
| Solon Academy Solon | 76 | 71.1% | N/A |
| Richmond Heights Elementary School Richmond Heights | 378 | 99.2% | 34.5% |
| T.C.P. World Academy Cincinnati | 312 | 80.4% | 58.8% |
| Hamilton Cnty Math & Science Cincinnati | 622 | 89.2% | 51.0% |
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 SMART Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 92 | #1,750 of 1,808 | #184 of 193 |
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
92
-34 (-27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 92 | 10 | 9.2:1 | 97% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 83 | 9 | 9.2:1 | 96% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 99 | 8 | 12.4:1 | 97% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 126 | 7 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SMART Academy.
About SMART Academy
SMART Academy is a very small elementary school located in Garfield Heights, Ohio. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 92 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Ohio enroll about 404 students on average.
SMART Academy is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
A large majority of enrollment at SMART Academy is Black, at 89%. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 29%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SMART Academy scores 20%.
There are 10 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 9.2:1. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is 8.7 students per teacher. On the income side, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 27% average for public schools in Cuyahoga County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, SMART Academy lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.3%. SMART Academy scores 45.3%.
In Cuyahoga County, home to about 1,245,873 people, median household income comes to about $64,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 352 public schools in the county, enrolling about 155,924, SMART Academy among them.
Miles School is about 0.5 miles from SMART Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
In the federal locale system, SMART Academy is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. SMART Academy operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
The school's enrollment fell 27% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.0:1 to 9.2:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield Heights
- Garfield Heights High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Garfield Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- William Foster Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- North Shore High SchoolHigh · 368 students
- Maple Leaf Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Miles School0.5 mi · 248
- Harvard Avenue Performance Academy0.6 mi · 370
- Robert H Jamison School0.7 mi · 376
- John F Kennedy High School0.8 mi · 652
- Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy0.9 mi · 65
- Citizens Academy Southeast1.0 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About SMART AcademyHow large is SMART Academy?
SMART Academy enrolls approximately 92 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SMART Academy serve?
SMART Academy serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SMART Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SMART Academy is approximately 9.2:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SMART Academy?
Student demographics at SMART Academy are roughly 2% White, 5% Hispanic, 89% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is SMART Academy in?
SMART Academy is part of SMART Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.