Original Research by School Decision on Horizon Science Academy-denison Middle School
Horizon Science Academy-Denison is a small K-8 charter school district located in Cleveland, Ohio, operating as a single school with enrollment distributed evenly across the elementary and middle grade bands. The school serves a small cohort of students, with the largest concentrations in the early elementary grades and notably smaller enrollment in grade eight.
The student body is predominantly Black, with a substantial share of Hispanic students as well. White students and those identifying as two or more races each make up a smaller but present share of the enrollment. The racial and ethnic composition reflects the broader Cleveland population. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, students with individualized education plans, and English learner populations were not available, so the economic circumstances and support needs of this student body cannot be characterized from the information provided.
State assessment results for the school were not available in the data. The school serves grades K through 8, which means some grade levels fall below the state testing threshold, and the absence of reported proficiency metrics may reflect that reality, the school's overall data reporting, or both. A parent seeking to understand academic performance at this school would need to contact the school directly or review publicly available school report cards from Ohio to get that picture.
The school's chronic absenteeism rate falls below the midpoint among the districts in Cuyahoga County, meaning the rate is lower than the median for the county overall. This suggests that attendance, relative to the broader county baseline, is a strength for this school.
Per-pupil spending at Horizon Science Academy-Denison sits in the middle range among county districts, at the upper edge of that band. This places it neither as lean nor as well-resourced as some of its county counterparts, but in line with typical county spending.
No recent strategic shifts, curriculum changes, or other parent-relevant developments were documented in publicly available sources. The school is managed by Concept Schools, a charter network operator. A family considering enrollment would benefit from visiting the school, reviewing its latest state report card, and speaking directly with staff about curriculum, class sizes, the transition into middle school, and post-eighth-grade pathways, since those details were not available in this data set.
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