Quality Schools for All Cleveland Kids

Find the Best-Fit School for Your Child

Every child deserves an excellent education. It forms the path they will take to their future successes, in school and in life. And the school you choose to commit to can be the place you and your child can grow, together with your community.

In Cleveland, you have choices—from established models to new approaches in learning. Schools that draw from every corner of the city, and schools rooted in their neighborhood or focused on their unique learners. Cleveland has it, in free public district and charter schools.

Explore Your Options

Quality Schools in All Cleveland Neighborhoods

How is your school doing?

This guide provides the most accessible and complete picture of public school opportunities in Cleveland.

You can learn about our city’s educational landscape, and find ways to support our scholars whether you are a parent, an educator and/or concerned citizen. You can help ensure every family has the information they need to explore their options and commit to their best-fit public school.

Check in On School Performance

Support for Every Age & Stage

Pregnancy & Infancy

Parents are a child’s first and most influential teacher. Even before baby’s birth, you can learn about choices you can make to give baby the healthiest start you can give them.

Help Me Grow and Bright Beginnings support pregnant people, caregivers with new babies, and families with young children, and with children who have developmental delays and disabilities.

Early Childhood

Starting Point connects families to child care, education, and out-of-school time programming that best meets their individual needs.

Starting Point helps families find high-quality child care, and financial assistance to make it affordable; enroll in high-quality, free out-of-school time programs; and explore the role of foster parenting, and get support along the journey.

Preschool Power

Did you know? By the age of five, a child’s brain is already 90% developed. Research shows that 3- or 4-year-olds in high-quality PreK programs are more likely to have better language ans social skills when they get to kindergarten; reach high school graduation; and pursue college or vocational training programs that set them on a path towards successful careers as adults.

Pre4Cle is your partner to learn about, choose and enroll in high quality Preschool.

Elementary Essentials

The nine years your child spends in elementary school take them from recognizing letters and writing their name for the first time to composing and polishing essays that develop their critical thinking skills. They find their place in a school community, and leave with a sense of their power and place in Cleveland’s future. Say Yes! Cleveland offers support services to families to ensure their success through these formative years.

Secondary Success

Beginning in middle school, Cleveland scholars participate in planning and career exploration to help them think through their strengths and interests. With their family, they can consider and choose the program and pathway in high school that meets their needs and excites their curiosity. Say Yes Cleveland offers support services through high school, and partners with College Now to provide tuition scholarships and support for Cleveland graduates. But you must be enrolled in a Cleveland public high school, and live in City of Cleveland or within the Cleveland MSD from day one of high school.