Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Central High School opened in 1846. West High School serving Ohio City followed. After World War II, middle-class jobs and families migrated to the suburbs leaving behind predominantly low-income student enrollment in the Cleveland Public School system. Cleveland Public Schools financially struggled with a declining tax base due to regional industrial decline and depopulation of the metropolitan and urban areas in favor of the suburbs. against the Cleveland Board of Education in Cleveland's United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to racially integrate Cleveland Public Schools, claiming that the public schools were at least partly at fault for Cleveland's housing segregation into ethnic neighborhoods. Between August 31, 1976 In 1991, Ohio had a new proficiency test for 9th grade students, which the majority of Cleveland Public Schools students did not pass. the subsequent federal court settlement agreement(s) left the 9th grade secondary school graduation requirement intact and unchanged in 1994 and subsequently. Cleveland was again rated the poorest major city in the U.S. in 2006, with a poverty rate of 32.4%. ==Schools==

Elementary & K-8 schools High schools "Growth schools," the highest-rated group, will stay as is while gaining some extra freedom in management. "Refocus schools," are improving and will get added attention—for example, leadership training—to help continue their progress. "Repurpose schools," which face staff changes or conversion to charters to give them a jolt. The remaining schools will close, with students transferred to neighboring facilities unless they take advantage of citywide open enrollment. "Monitor closely schools," are those schools that will not be placed in a group until the 2011–2012 school year. Prior to 1998 the school board was elected. Since that time the board has been appointed by the Mayor. ==Gifted, honors and advanced placement schools==

In October 1921, the Cleveland Public School System began its first program for gifted children at Denison Elementary School. Children in grades four, five, and six participated. This program was supported by the Women's City Club of Cleveland. From 1921 to 1927, fourteen elementary and two junior high schools were established as centers for gifted children. In the decades of the 1940s and 1950s, the Cleveland Public Schools developed and articulated a program for gifted pupils from the primary grades through high school. Thus, from a modest beginning, the program, which at one time was called the "greatest experiment in education," has grown and developed into a program that currently provides enriching educational experiences for over 2,500 children with high intellectual and/or academic ability. ==Funding==

Total district revenues for the 2011–2012 school year amounted to $630,981,000, with 27% of revenues coming from local funding, 58% from state funding, and 15% derived from federal funding. This total revenue amounted to $15,464 per pupil. The Ohio Department of Education reports the average teacher salary for the 2012–2013 school year was $69,314, with a median teacher salary of $72,940. ==Gifted education==

The Gifted Education Program in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District consists of the 'Major Work' Program, currently in grades 2–8, and the Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) Programs in grades 9–12. There are seven PreK-8 Schools, one Grades 2–12 School, and five Grades 9–12 Schools that service gifted identified children. The AP courses vary amongst high schools. Entrance into the 'Major Work' Program is based upon a 95 percentile score in the National Range in a major subject area on the Stanford 10 Group Test or the Woodcock-Johnson-III Individual Test. A Full Scale IQ score of 125 or above on the Otis-Lennon Group Test or the WISC-IV Individual Test also qualifies a child for the program. ==Grades 2–6 Gifted Courses, Grades 7–8 Honors Courses==

• Benjamin Franklin—2–8 • Garfield—2–8 • O. H. Perry—2–8 • Riverside—2–8 • Wade Park—2–8 • Whitney Young—2–8 ==Grades 9–12 courses==

Gifted coded students feed into these high schools unless they apply to another special program or thematic school: • Collinwood • East Tech • Glenville • James F. Rhodes • John Marshall • Whitney Young Advanced Placement program Courses vary from school to school: • Carl Shuler • Cleveland School of Arts • Cleveland School of Architecture and Design, John Hay Campus • Cleveland School of Science and Medicine, John Hay Campus • Collinwood • Early College, John Hay Campus • East Tech • Garrett Morgan School of Science • Ginn Academy • Glenville • James F. Rhodes • John Marshall • Lincoln West • South • Whitney Young • Note Whitney Young has grades 2–12 ==Graduation requirements==

In early 2009, Ohio Department of Education announced its new high school graduation requirements that would take effect starting with students entering ninth grade in 2010 (Class of 2014). Under these requirements, students must take an additional year of mathematics, more business/ career tech class and fewer electives. ==See also==