Lakeshore Intergenerational School, Cleveland OH

Original Research by School Decision on Lakeshore Intergenerational School

Lakeshore Intergenerational School is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood. The school is small, with enrollment distributed across nine grades, and draws a student body that is predominantly Black, with smaller numbers of white, Hispanic, and multiracial students. The school was operationally merged into The Intergenerational Schools network in July 2024, a structural change that means Lakeshore no longer operates as a standalone district. The merger followed a turbulent 2022 when the board removed the school's principal after teachers staged a sickout and parents protested; publicly available reporting indicated that fewer than half the teachers returned to the school that year, signaling substantial institutional disruption.

Academically, Lakeshore's state testing results in math and English language arts for the 2023-24 school year fall well below state proficiency benchmarks. In mathematics, proficiency is very low across grades three through seven, with only one or two students scoring at proficient levels in most grade cohorts. Grade eight math proficiency is modestly higher but still limited. English language arts shows somewhat more strength: fourth-grade proficiency reaches a moderate level, seventh and eighth grades show meaningful gains, and eighth-grade reading proficiency reaches a substantial proportion of students. Science testing data is sparse, reflecting the state's assessment schedule for these grades; in the one year reported at fifth grade, no students reached proficiency, while eighth-grade science proficiency was moderate. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Cuyahoga County.

The school's design centers on an intergenerational model, bringing students of different ages together for mentoring and peer learning, which shapes daily life and community in ways different from traditional age-segregated classrooms. The school website was not available in the data provided, so specific program details, enrichment offerings, and extracurricular activities could not be reviewed.

Information on free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, English learner status, attendance rates, teacher staffing levels, and detailed discipline data was not available, leaving gaps in understanding the school's support systems and broader student environment. Graduation rate data do not apply, as the school serves only through grade eight.

Housing values in the Collinwood zip code where the school sits are modest, and rents have risen significantly in the past year. The broader Cleveland context includes modest population recovery in the urban core after decades of decline, with growth concentrated in downtown, University Circle, and neighborhood commercial strips like Ohio City and Tremont. Most new housing regionally is being built in outer suburbs.

For families considering this school, the academic results warrant direct conversation with leadership about intervention strategies, curriculum approaches, and the school's response to the 2024 merger. The intergenerational model appeals to some families; others may want to understand how it is implemented in practice and how it coexists with grade-level academic standards. The recent merger and prior principal removal are facts worth discussing with school staff to understand current stability and direction.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 62 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 410%

School 10% · district not reported

▼ 55 pts below state median

Grade 50%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 41 pts below state median

Grade 67%

School 7% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 76%

School 6% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 814%

School 14% · district not reported

▲ 14 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 39%

School 9% · district not reported

▼ 49 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · district not reported

▼ 28 pts below state median

Grade 521%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 44 pts below state median

Grade 614%

School 14% · district not reported

▼ 27 pts below state median

Grade 729%

School 29% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 843%

School 43% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 62 pts below state median · ▼ 50 pts below county median

Grade 829%

School 29% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 464%

School 64% · district not reported

▼ 18 pts below state median · even with county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.