Cuyahoga Scoreboard
Government Performance & the Local Economy
Cuyahoga Co. Public School Proficiency Test Results
Overall Proficiency Results for 2023-24 School Year Were Not Encouraging
The 2023-24 proficiency test results for the 31 public school districts in Cuyahoga County didn't support community aspirations for a well-trained workforce.
About 56% of the county's 128,000 public school students in 3rd grade to high school were estimated to be proficient while 44% scored below 60. Twelve of the county's 31 districts averaged below 60 on the tests.
For more information, read the PDF. It summarizes results for 31 districts and 309 school buildings.
Can Metro Cleveland Capitalize on Surge in Private Businesses?
Cleveland Magazine/Community Leader Feb 2025
Since 2018, there’s been a significant, but largely unnoticed, growth in the number of private business established in Metro Cleveland.
Despite the Covid pandemic, private businesses grew from 53,800 businesses to 58,900 businesses in five years, an increase of 10%. Unfortunately, employment did not grow as well.
A better understanding of these entrepreneurial dynamics could arguably lead not only to the overall growth of new businesses, but to an increase in the segment that has the potential to grow and create jobs beyond the owner/proprietor model.
For more information, read the PDF.
Metro Cleveland Needs a Local Crime Monitor
Cleveland Magazine/Community Leader (Feb. 2024)
Comparative crime statistics for Cleveland continually rank Cleveland among the top tier of crime cities in America. Compiling and interpreting local crime data is not easy. The FBI and the State of Ohio compile local data on violent crime (homicides, rape, robberies, and aggravated assaults) and property crime (burglaries, larceny-thefts, and motor vehicles thefts). Unfortunately, it is not mandatory for police to provide the data. The lack of data from some communities makes it difficult to see overall area crime levels or to determine trends.
Despite these limitations, it is possible to develop a picture of major crime in the area’s core county. When the FBI data is combined with police data obtained by Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to local police departments, a troubling picture on crime in Cuyahoga County emerges. Over the four-year period, Cuyahoga County averaged about 33,800 total crimes, including 7,700 violent crimes and 26,100 property crimes.
For more information, read the PDF.
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