The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in English language arts. The lowest is 23% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Constellation Schools: Stockyard Community Middle
Constellation Schools: Stockyard Community Middle is a small charter school serving grades seven and eight in Cleveland's industrial West Side. The school enrolls roughly three dozen students split evenly between the two grades. Its student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial white population and smaller shares of Black and Asian students.
The school's academic results show uneven performance across subjects. In language arts, about half of tested students met proficiency. In science, roughly one-third did. Mathematics presents a softer picture, with less than one-quarter of students proficient. When these results are positioned against the wider set of districts in Cuyahoga County, the school's overall proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile. A parent may want to look into what academic supports the school offers students who are struggling with core content, especially in mathematics, and what the school's approach is to helping seventh and eighth graders catch up or accelerate.
Eighth-grade participation in state testing was nearly universal in language arts. Science testing covered fewer students, which is typical when elective or specialized science courses are available or when scheduling constraints limit who takes the assessment. No data was available on students with disabilities or English learners, nor on the free-or-reduced-price-lunch count, so it is unclear what share of enrollment falls into those categories or what economic pressures are present in the household base.
The school sits in the Stockyard neighborhood on Cleveland's West Side, an industrial area with a mixed-income character. Housing in the nearby area is modest in price relative to state and national benchmarks and has declined slightly year-over-year. Rents have risen modestly. Cleveland itself has concentrated growth in Downtown, University Circle and Ohio City, with pockets of investment in neighborhoods like Tremont and Ohio City, but the West Side has not been a focal point of recent residential or commercial revival.
As a charter school, Constellation operates independently from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, governed by its own board and management rather than subject to district-wide policies. The school is part of a larger charter network, though recent parent-relevant strategic changes at this specific campus were not documented. Information about program offerings, staffing, attendance patterns and discipline practices was not available, leaving gaps in the picture of daily school life and school culture.
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