Menlo Park Academy

Menlo Park Academy is a school for gifted children in grades K-8, in Cleveland, Ohio.
History.
Menlo Park Academy was founded on September 23, 2008 with 38 students, and today enrolls nearly 700. The school has occupied three different buildings, currently situated in the Joseph and Feiss factory. The factory, which was previously abandoned, was renovated into the school it is today. Before the academy settled into its current building, the school was located at 14440 Triskett Road, next to St. Mel's.
Test Scores and Academics.
Menlo Park Academy has high test scores, however, the students there generally have little growth from year to year. Academically, the school offers High School Courses for foreign languages, mathematics, English, History, and Biology. In eighth grade, students may be recommended for these courses. In English, eighth graders can take 9th grade E.L.A., in Science, they may take biology, in History, they might be recommended for World History, and in Math, highschool courses include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Precalculus, some of which can be taken in fifth, sixth, and seventh.