Whitney M Young School, Cleveland OH

Original Research by School Decision on Whitney M Young School

Whitney M Young School is closed and has not operated since the data collection point. The school served grades 5 through 8 within the Cleveland Municipal School District in a Cleveland neighborhood on the city's east side.

The most recent academic data available comes from the 2018-19 school year, the final year the school was open. That snapshot shows a middle school with wide variation in student performance across grades and subjects. English language arts was generally stronger: grade 5 students achieved proficiency at a high rate, grade 7 at a notably high rate, and grade 8 at a very high rate. Math performance was more uneven. Grade 5 math proficiency was very low, while grade 6 improved substantially, grade 7 reached a strong level, and grade 8 settled at a moderate rate. Science proficiency in grade 5 and grade 8 both fell in the moderate range. Grade 4 social studies results (from 2016-17) showed solid performance.

Enrollment was small. The tested cohorts in 2018-19 ranged from about 10 students in grade 5 to around 22 in grades 6 and 7, suggesting a total school enrollment of small to modest size for a middle school.

No data on school demographics, free-or-reduced-price lunch participation, special populations, or staffing was available. The school's website was not listed, so current contact information cannot be provided.

The school closed as part of broader consolidation activity within Cleveland Municipal School District. In December 2025, the district board approved a major restructuring plan reducing the district from 88 schools to 59 by the 2026-27 school year, closing buildings and merging many schools. Whitney M Young School's closure is part of this system-wide contraction, which will reassign a substantial population of students across the district and reshape the neighborhood school landscape in Cleveland.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

Not publicly reportedCohort of 1 student · Class of 2021

The federal source does not publish a graduation rate for cohorts this small. The cohort size is shown for context.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

867 schools plotted. 10 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 510%

School 10% · district not reported

▼ 31 pts below state median

Grade 642%

School 42% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 782%

School 82% · district not reported

▲ 64 pts above state median

Grade 867%

School 67% · district not reported

▲ 67 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 580%

School 80% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 665%

School 65% · district not reported

▲ 24 pts above state median

Grade 786%

School 86% · district not reported

▲ 44 pts above state median

Grade 892%

School 92% · district not reported

▲ 62 pts above state median

Science

Grade 560%

School 60% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 858%

School 58% · district not reported

▲ 28 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 485%

School 85% · district not reported

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 659%

School 59% · district not reported

▼ 5 pts below state median

This schoolCleveland Municipal, 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.