East Cleveland
11 Ohio Districts Have Lost Students Every Year Since 2015
East Cleveland City School District enrolled 2,491 students in 2014-15. Eleven years later, it enrolls 1,157. There has not been a single year in between when enrollment rose. Not one.
Ohio Lost 19,611 Students in 2025, the Biggest Non-COVID Drop
In 2024-25, 96 Ohio districts sat at their lowest enrollment on record. One year later, the number is 391.
Cleveland's Collapse: 29 Schools Closing as Enrollment Hits Bottom
Cleveland Municipal enrolled 32,369 students in 2025-26, the lowest figure in the district's modern records. That number is 6,474 fewer than in 2014-15, a 16.7% decline. By the district's own accounti...