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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: 2B: 4C: 3D: 18F: 3
20% of the 30 ranked high schools in Cleveland, OH earn an A or B (2 A grades, 4 B, 3 C, 18 D, 3 F), against 48% of high schools nationwide. 22 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (73% here, 75% nationally), and 12 exceed it. On average 25% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 24% (national averages: 42% actual, 40% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Cleveland School Of Science And Medicine (77% against 35%, A), Lake Erie International High School (50% against 26%, B), Cleveland Early College High (50% against 37%, B).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Cleveland Municipal (7).
The largest ranked high schools: Mayfield High School (1,598 students, A-, #2), Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy (584 students, F, #30), Rhodes College And Career Academy (558 students, D+, #14).
Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 6 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in Cleveland, OH that are not ranked
5 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.
Very small schools (1)
Schools with fewer than 30 students have grades that swing on a handful of test results.
- B- George Voinovich Contemporary Career High School, Cleveland
Closed schools (1)
NCES lists these schools as closed or inactive since their last graded year.
- D- Design Lab At Health Careers, Cleveland
Not yet graded (3)
Too little test data to grade.
- Cleveland Metro Remote School K 12, Cleveland
- Promise Academy, Cleveland
- Regent High School, 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?
Cleveland School Of Science And Medicine in Cleveland ranks first among the 30 ranked high schools in Cleveland, OH with a SchoolGrade of A, 77% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 35%.
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 35 public high schools in Cleveland, OH; 30 are ranked here and 5 are listed as not ranked.