Summer Reading Blog!

CA Summer Reading Blog!

Our students are blogging this summer! CLICK HERE to read what they have to say about their summer reading.

CA earns "Effective"

Citizens' Academy Featured on NPRWhile many of our region's schools continue to struggle, WCPN's 90.3 suggests there is a bright spot: Citizens' Academy. Read and listen to the NPR story here.

CA praised on FOX 8

Citizens' Academy Featured on FOX 8 News for its effective home visit program and Citizens' Academy was recently praised on FOX 8 News for its effective home visit program and "no-excuses culture." Watch the full story here.

Boys to Boys Reading

WKYC Features Citizens' Academy and University SchoolCitizens' Academy and University School team up through their "Boys to Boys Reading" program, featured on WKYC Channel 3. Watch the story here.
Welcome to Citizens' Academy
Citizens’ Academy of Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the top-performing urban schools in the state, and since 1999 has developed a national reputation for its commitment to academic excellence and responsible citizenship. Citizens’ has recently been recognized as a “Cleveland School of Excellence” by The Cleveland and Gund Foundations (2008), selected as a “School of Promise” by the Ohio Department of Education (2007), and was one of nine schools chosen nationally for the Charter School Growth Fund’s Business Planning Cohort, eligible for a major expansion grant. Our school currently serves nearly 400 students at the K-5 level, and plans to add both a preschool and a middle school in the near future. Ninety-seven percent of Citizens’ Academy’s students are African-American and 80% are economically disadvantaged.

Citizens’ Academy has built its success by demanding excellence from its students, teachers, and leaders. The school’s students have thrived in our no-excuses, highly structured college preparatory environment, which emphasizes high academic and personal standards, continuity and uniformity of expectations, a focus on core skills, and high marks on the State’s achievement tests. Rigor and high expectations are combined with warmth and compassion to create a place where students can excel, academically and personally.