Whitney M Young

Whitney M Young, a close-knit elementary campus in Cleveland, Ohio, run under Cleveland Municipal, caters to 273 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.

Cleveland Municipal runs 93 schools in total, collectively educating 33,065 students. Whitney M Young is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Whitney M Young lists that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cuyahoga County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $64,468 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Whitney M Young is one.

The closest other public school is Adlai Stevenson School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitney M Young.

Whitney M Young operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Whitney M Young's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 273). Class-load math has grew: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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