Boulevard Elementary School, Cleveland Heights OH

Original Research by School Decision on Boulevard Elementary School

Boulevard Elementary is a small school in Cleveland Heights serving kindergarten through fifth grade with just over 250 students. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller populations of white and multiracial students, and very few Asian or Hispanic students. The school's enrollment is stable across grade levels.

The school sits in a historic inner-ring suburb of Cleveland that is fully built out and now focused on infill redevelopment. Cleveland Heights is known for its tree-lined streets, walkable commercial districts like Coventry Village and Cedar Lee, and a resident base with notably high educational attainment. Most families live in owner-occupied homes, and the housing market has recently absorbed significant property tax increases following the 2024 Cuyahoga County reappraisal; home values and rents in the area have risen modestly in recent months. The neighborhood anchors include Cain Park with its outdoor amphitheater, Forest Hill Park (a former Rockefeller estate), and a four-branch library system. Public transit connects the city to downtown Cleveland and University Circle, where major employers like Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University draw many local workers.

On state tests, Boulevard's performance sits below the midpoint among tested schools in Cuyahoga County. In grades three through five, about half of students met proficiency in English language arts and math, while proficiency in science was notably lower, around four in ten. The school participated at full rates on all assessments. The only older comparative data available, from 2017, showed stronger results in social studies. Without free-or-reduced-price-lunch rates, special education enrollment, or English learner data in the available records, a parent may want to ask the school directly about student support services and how many students qualify for meal assistance, as these often inform what resources are available in classrooms.

The district adopted a new K-12 math curriculum in the 2024-2025 school year, placing high-quality instructional materials into every classroom. In November 2020, voters narrowly passed an operating levy that has shaped the district's budget and operating capacity since; the 2024 property reappraisal has now raised residential values substantially, which affects the property tax burden families face moving forward. The school does not have program or staffing data in the available records, so questions about class sizes, specialist staff, or particular offerings beyond core instruction would be worth asking directly.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grades 3-857%

School 57% · District 43% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-857%

School 57% · District 53% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-840%

School 40% · District 47% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 471%

School 71% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolCleveland Heights-University Heights City, 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.