Washington Park Community School

Located at 4000 Washington Park Blvd, in Newburgh Heights, Ohio, Washington Park Community School is a cozy elementary campus that hosts 162 students (grades K through 8), operated by Washington Park Community School. That puts it 60% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Washington Park Community School is the operating authority for Washington Park Community School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Washington Park Community School logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 31% Black, 12% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Washington Park Community School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cuyahoga County) reports that median household earnings sit near $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), Washington Park Community School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cleveland College Preparatory School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site. As a public charter, Washington Park Community School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Park Community School has edged down 25%, going from 215 students in 2018 to 162 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 68% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 30.7:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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