Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy

Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy operates as a very small four-year high school in Cleveland, Ohio, part of Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy. Current enrollment sits at 65 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 88% smaller than typical.

Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy is the operating authority for Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy logs that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 8% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy is one of 352 public schools in Cuyahoga County (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students).

Nearest neighbor: Charles Dickens School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy.

Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy operates from a city-core location. Southern Cleveland Drop Back Indba Innovative Career Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 77 students in 2018 compared to 65 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 83% to 77%. Class-load math has tightened: from 36.1:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.