Best Schools for Black Students in Ohio (2026)

These are the Ohio public schools where black students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested black students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	East Garfield Elementary School Steubenville	95%	95%	54	A+
2	Parkside Elementary School Solon	95%	95%	34	A+
3	Oak Creek Elementary School Lewis Center	90%	90%	28	A+
4	Blue Ash Elementary Cincinnati	90%	90%	21	A+
5	Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School Solon	90%	90%	23	A+
6	Hamilton Elementary School Columbus	90%	90%	25	A
7	C O Harrison Elementary School Cincinnati	90%	90%	24	B
8	Robinwood Lane Elementary School Youngstown	90%	90%	25	A
9	Toll Gate Elementary Pickerington	85%	95%	34	A+
10	Grace L Roxbury Elementary School Solon	75%	95%	36	A+
11	Alcott Elementary School Westerville	85%	85%	52	B+
12	Hanby Building Elementary School Westerville	70%	90%	28	C+
13	Heritage Elementary School Pickerington	70%	90%	20	C+
14	Constellation Schools: Westpark Community Elementary Cleveland	70%	90%	21	A+
15	Olentangy Meadows Elementary School Lewis	75%	85%	37	A+
16	Violet Elementary School Pickerington	75%	85%	45	B+
17	Sycamore Creek Elementary School Pickerington	85%	75%	52	A+
18	New Albany Primary School New Albany	75%	85%	33	A+
19	Springdale Elementary School Cincinnati	77%	82%	94	A+
20	Woodlawn Elementary School Cincinnati	77%	77%	71	B+
21	Hilltop Elementary School Beachwood	77%	77%	63	A+
22	Evendale Elementary School Cincinnati	75%	75%	35	A+
23	Adrian Elementary School South Euclid	75%	75%	60	B+
24	Fairfield West Elementary School Fairfield	75%	75%	51	C
25	Fairfield Elementary School Pickerington	77%	72%	71	B+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Mansfield Spanish Immersion School Mansfield	90%	90%	26	A+
2	Girard Intermediate Middle School Girard	90%	90%	21	C+
3	Menlo Park Academy Cleveland	90%	90%	26	B
4	Jackson Memorial Middle School Massillon	90%	90%	22	A
5	Orchard Middle School Solon	87%	92%	101	A+
6	Clark School Cleveland	75%	95%	59	B
7	Olentangy Shanahan Middle School Lewis Center	85%	85%	31	B+
8	Evanston Academy Cincinnati	82%	82%	150	D
9	Solon Middle School Solon	82%	82%	125	A+
10	Olmsted Falls Middle School Olmsted Falls	70%	90%	20	C
11	United Preparatory Academy Columbus	77%	82%	87	D
12	Independence Elementary School Liberty Township	75%	85%	53	A+
13	Hyatts Middle School Powell	85%	75%	31	A
14	New Albany Intermediate School New Albany	72%	82%	98	A+
15	Harding Middle School Steubenville	67%	87%	164	C+
16	Mason Intermediate Elementary School Mason	67%	87%	113	A+
17	Beachwood Middle School Beachwood	77%	77%	79	A+
18	Mason Middle School Mason	77%	72%	74	A+
19	Toll Gate Middle School Pickerington	72%	77%	78	A+
20	Union Elementary School West Chester	67%	77%	66	C+
21	Green Intermediate Elementary School Uniontown	70%	70%	28	A+
22	Monroe Elementary School Monroe	70%	70%	27	A
23	Brecksville-Broadview Heights Middle School Broadview Heights	70%	70%	22	A+
24	Douglas MacArthur Cleveland	72%	67%	67	B+
25	North Ridgeville Academic Center North Ridgeville	75%	65%	40	C+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Columbus Preparatory Academy Columbus	95%	95%	54	A+
2	Walnut Hills High School Cincinnati	89%	85%	390	A+
3	Cleveland Early College High Cleveland	95%	75%	59	A+
4	Akron Early College High School Akron	95%	75%	42	A+
5	Wyoming High School Wyoming	70%	90%	21	A+
6	Steubenville High School Steubenville	85%	75%	42	A+
7	Toledo Early College High School Toledo	82%	75%	62	A+
8	Solon High School Solon	77%	77%	77	A+
9	Spencer Center for Gifted and Exceptional Students Cincinnati	82%	62%	108	A+
10	Cincinnati Technology Academy Cincinnati	82%	62%	71	B
11	Cornerstone Academy Community School Westerville	67%	72%	250	B+
12	Dayton Regional STEM School Kettering	85%	55%	38	A+
13	Cleveland School of Architecture & Design Cleveland	82%	52%	69	A
14	Dayton Early College Academy Inc Dayton	87%	47%	84	A
15	Nordonia High School Macedonia	65%	65%	41	A+
16	Orange High School Lewis	75%	55%	46	A+
17	Cleveland School of Science & Medicine Cleveland	92%	37%	72	A
18	Pickerington High School Central Pickerington	72%	52%	153	B+
19	Arts & College Preparatory Academy Columbus	90%	30%	28	A+
20	Youngstown Rayen Early College High School Youngstown	65%	55%	45	B+
21	Toledo Technology Academy High School Toledo	70%	50%	23	A+
22	Columbus Alternative High School Columbus	77%	42%	104	A+
23	Pickerington High School North Pickerington	67%	52%	87	A
24	Hamilton Township High School Columbus	70%	50%	28	C+
25	Dublin Coffman High School Dublin	70%	50%	25	A+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

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