Best High Schools in Cleveland, OH (2025-26)
Every ranked high school in Cleveland, OH, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Cleveland, OH rankings: High Schools · Elementary Schools
Cleveland, OH high schools ranked
How Cleveland, OH's high schools compare
A: 1B: 7C: 3D: 14F: 8
24% of the 33 ranked high schools in Cleveland, OH earn an A or B (1 A grades, 7 B, 3 C, 14 D, 8 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 25 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (76% here, 74% nationally), and 17 exceed it. On average 31% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 22% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Cleveland High School For The Digital Arts (48% against 16%, D+), Davis Aerospace And Maritime High School (47% against 16%, D+), Garrett Morgan School Of Engineering And Innovation (43% against 16%, B+), Rhodes College And Career Academy (43% against 18%, B+), Rhodes School Of Environmental Studies (40% against 15%, D).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Cleveland Municipal (9).
The largest ranked high schools: Mayfield High School (1,598 students, A-, #1), Max S Hayes High School (622 students, D+, #16), John F Kennedy High School (585 students, D+, #15).
High schools in Cleveland, OH that are not ranked
9 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Fully online schools (1)
Statewide virtual schools draw students from everywhere, so a place ranking is not a fair comparison.
- D Cleveland Metro Remote School K 12, Cleveland
Not yet graded (8)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Cleveland School Of Architecture And Design, Cleveland
- Design Lab At Health Careers, Cleveland
- George Voinovich Contemporary Career High School, Cleveland
- Horizon Science Acad Cleveland, Cleveland
- Lake Erie International High School, Cleveland
- Northeast Ohio College Preparatory School, Cleveland
- Promise Academy, Cleveland
- The School Of One, Cleveland
About this ranking
- Scope: public high schools in Cleveland, OH, as grouped on its schools page; the Ohio ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in Cleveland, OH
What is the best high school in Cleveland, OH?
Mayfield High School in Cleveland ranks first among the 33 ranked high schools in Cleveland, OH with a SchoolGrade of A-, 73% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 65%.
How are high schools in Cleveland, OH ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does Cleveland, OH have?
SchoolGrade grades 42 public high schools in Cleveland, OH; 33 are ranked here and 9 are listed as not ranked.