John Adams High School
3817 Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Cleveland OH, 44105, Cuyahoga County
Phone: 216-491-5700
Ranking: 
(771 out of 821, bottom 6%)*
(771 out of 821, bottom 6%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Cleveland Municipal School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 45 | 64 | 69 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 69 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,036 | 1,109 | 1,238 | 1,083 | 1,069 | 1,255 | 1,351 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 338 | 32.6% | 357 | 32.2% | 485 | 39.2% | 322 | 29.7% | 329 | 30.8% | 373 | 29.7% | 503 | 37.2% |
| Grade 10: | 250 | 24.1% | 366 | 33.0% | 268 | 21.6% | 244 | 22.5% | 247 | 23.1% | 325 | 25.9% | 394 | 29.2% |
| Grade 11: | 247 | 23.8% | 200 | 18.0% | 215 | 17.4% | 237 | 21.9% | 239 | 22.4% | 265 | 21.1% | 270 | 20.0% |
| Grade 12: | 201 | 19.4% | 186 | 16.8% | 270 | 21.8% | 280 | 25.9% | 254 | 23.8% | 292 | 23.3% | 184 | 13.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 555 | 53.6% | 580 | 52.3% | 657 | 53.1% | 579 | 53.5% | 551 | 51.5% | 634 | 50.5% | 687 | 50.9% |
| Female: | 481 | 46.4% | 529 | 47.7% | 581 | 46.9% | 504 | 46.5% | 505 | 47.2% | 611 | 48.7% | 658 | 48.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 5 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% |
| Black: | 1,016 | 98.1% | 1,085 | 97.8% | 1,196 | 96.6% | 1,056 | 97.5% | 1,061 | 99.3% | 1,247 | 99.4% | 1,346 | 99.6% |
| White: | 12 | 1.2% | 13 | 1.2% | 23 | 1.9% | 17 | 1.6% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.4% | 9 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,033 | 99.7% | NA | NA | 967 | 78.1% | 967 | 89.3% | 734 | 68.7% | 734 | 58.5% | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | 18 | 1.5% | 18 | 1.7% | 24 | 2.2% | 24 | 1.9% | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 23.02 | 17.33 | 17.94 | 16.92 | 15.96 | 17.90 | 19.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| OGT | ||||||
| 2009 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 56.9% | 81.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 58.2% | 80.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 58.7% | 82.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 55.5% | 82.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 40.1% | 56.2% | 83.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 64.5% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 63.8% | 83% |
| 2011 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 49.7% | 67.6% | 87.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 63.1% | 86% |
| 2013 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 67.3% | 87.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 44% | 76% |
| 2010 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 23.2% | 44.4% | 73% |
| 2011 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 22.7% | 44.3% | 74.7% |
| 2012 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 25.1% | 44.4% | 81.6% |
| 2013 | Science | 10th Grade | % met std | 25.5% | 41.6% | 77.2% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 10th Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 54.2% | 81.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 10th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 54.8% | 79.6% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 10th Grade | % met std | 29.4% | 50.5% | 80.1% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 10th Grade | % met std | 34.1% | 51.0% | 76.7% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 10th Grade | % met std | 33.5% | 48.2% | 81.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 79.3% | 89.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 67.2% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 76.4% | 89.5% |
| 2012 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 68.4% | 87.1% |
| 2013 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 63.1% | 84.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 76.4% | 88.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 78.1% | 89.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 73.6% | 89.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.0% | 72.8% | 89.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 69.1% | 88.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 89.2% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 86.8% | 91.6% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 81% | 92.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 80.9% | 92.6% |
| 2013 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 79.9% | 92.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 63.9% | 84.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 68% | 85.1% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 62.1% | 84.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 43.0% | 61.6% | 87.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 59.3% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 76.1% | 88.6% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 76.4% | 88.7% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 71.4% | 88% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 66.8% | 85.6% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 56.0% | 67.6% | 88.2% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 91% | 93.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 92.2% | 0% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 84% | 93.4% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 83.1% | 93% |
| 2013 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.0% | 78.3% | 92.1% |
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* John Adams High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.