Cleveland has an unusually rich diversity of Jewish day schools, offering families educational environments that fit with their own traditions and practices. You will find schools here that offer a traditional orthodox education, as well as schools that focus more on imbuing students with a Jewish cultural identity than focusing on religious education. All of the schools listed below are accredited and work in conjunction with the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland.
The Agnon School - Considered Cleveland's Jewish "community school", Agnon serves toddlers through 8th Grade, reaching out to families and students from all walks of life. Graduates are well prepared to go on to the best public and private high schools. In addition to preparing students for a future of rigorous education, Agnon also seeks to instill Jewish values, in which their history and heritage are made relevant for them today and tomorrow.
Fuchs Mizrachi School - Fuchs Mizrachi is an Orthodox college preparatory school offering educational programs for preschool through 12th grade. The school identifies with the ideology of religious Zionism and seeks to foster love of the land of Israel. A fundamental feature of the school is its commitment to a holistic approach to each child as a unique individual. The classroom is envisioned as a place where the children not only learn, but also learn to enjoy learning, where the student's self-esteem is enhanced, and where creative thinking and divergent discussion are encouraged and able to flourish.
Gross Schechter Day School - Founded on a tradition of academic excellence and the ethics and values of Conservative Judaism, Gross Schechter serves students through the 8th Grade, and has been enriching young Jewish minds for more than a quarter century. The school seeks to provide students with the superior academic skills, vibrant Jewish identity, and confidence to realize their individual potential and pursue the Jewish ideal of "tikkun olam", repairing the world. Many of their graduates enter advanced programs in private and public high schools.
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland - The mission of the Academy is to imbue all students with a love of G-d, Torah and Eretz Yisroel, and to prepare them to achieve excellence in both religious and secular studies.Charted by the state of Ohio, the Academy provides an intensive curriculum from early childhood through high school that is designed to meet the various needs of the student body and has set national standards.
Lippman Day School - This state-accredited school (K-8) in Akron offers exceptional learning opportunities in a warm, nurturing environment. The school provides the highest quality education, Jewish and secular, which strengthens and promotes Jewish identity and continuity, academic excellence and good citizenship.
The Lillian and Betty Ratner School - One of the first Montessori Schools in the Northeast Ohio area, the Ratner School's program offers toddlers through kindergarten-age students nurturing classrooms, highly-trained teachers and a firm academic foundation. The Day School features blended classrooms, an individualized curriculum based on a student’s interests and abilities, an integrative arts program, Spanish, music, Hebrew & Jewish Studies, computer instruction and physical education.
Mosdos Ohr HaTorah - (No web site) An orthodox day school that creates a learning environment in coordination with the education that students receive at home.
Mosdos Boys Division (Pre-K to 8th Grade)
1508 Warrensville Center Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44121
Phone: 216.382.6248
Rabbi Shmuel Berkovicz, Judaic Principal
Mosdos Girls Division (Pre-K to 12th Grade)
1700 South Taylor Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Phone: 216.321.1547
Brina Fried, Judaic High School Principal