The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in Science. The lowest is 8% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Miles School
Miles School is a small public elementary and middle school in Cleveland serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The school sits on Miles Avenue on the city's south side, in a neighborhood that is overwhelmingly African American. About nine in ten students are Black, with small shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and other students.
The school enrolls roughly a couple of hundred students spread across ten grades, with the largest groups in the earliest grades—pre-K and sixth grade—and smaller cohorts in the middle grades. Free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility data were not available, and information about special education enrollment and English learner populations was also missing. The school's website was not located in the available data.
State testing results from the most recent available year show proficiency rates well below the middle of the distribution for districts in Cuyahoga County. In math and English language arts for grades 3–8, proficiency ran at roughly one in twelve and one in eight students respectively. Science results for tested grades were somewhat higher at around one in five. An older snapshot of social studies results from several years back showed similarly low performance. These figures reflect the school's placement in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency across tested subjects among county districts. The school's participation rate in state testing was strong, suggesting that low proficiency reflects actual performance rather than incomplete testing data.
The broader context matters for understanding this result. Miles School is part of Cleveland Municipal School District, which has faced decades of enrollment decline and structural challenges. In December 2025 the board approved a major consolidation plan that will shrink the district from 88 schools to 59 by the 2026-27 school year, merging forty schools and closing eighteen buildings, with roughly twenty thousand students reassigned to new schools. Whether Miles School is among those affected or merged was not specified in the available data; a parent may want to check directly with the district about this school's status under that plan.
The district has also made recent operational changes. Students are now cellphone-free during the school day, and the district rolled out PowerSchool, an online grade book that gives parents direct access to their child's current grades. In November 2024, Cleveland voters approved Issue 49, a combined operating levy and bond extension that increases property taxes on district households by roughly an annual amount proportional to home value, raising tens of millions of dollars per year for operations, teacher compensation, and facilities.
Housing values in the 44105 zip code where Miles School is located are relatively modest compared to national benchmarks, with the median home value well below both the state and national averages. Rental costs are moderate. The market has seen a slight downturn in value year over year, though listing activity in Cuyahoga County overall remains steady.
Miles School represents an elementary and middle campus serving a concentrated African American student body in a neighborhood where proficiency results are currently very low. Families considering this school would be choosing a small, neighborhood-based setting with limited recent academic performance data showing substantial academic gaps. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school and district about instructional programs, staff stability, and how the consolidation plan affects this building's future operations.
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