Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAKER HEIGHTS CITY·NCES 390447501609
Fernway Elementary School
17420 Fernway Rd, Shaker Heights, OH 44120 · (216) 295-4040 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
103 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Shaker Heights City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
73.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.4pp since 2021
Math
68.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 79.2% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.8% | 72.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fernway Elementary School
Fernway Elementary School's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fernway Elementary School this school | 326 | 31.6% | 75.1% |
| Mercer Elementary School Shaker Heights | 396 | 37.6% | 60.8% |
| Onaway Elementary School Shaker Heights | 462 | 28.1% | 75.2% |
| Evendale Elementary School Cincinnati | 232 | 40.5% | 74.3% |
| Colonial Hills Elementary School Worthington | 371 | 35.0% | 71.3% |
| Whittier Elementary School Westerville | 367 | 42.0% | 81.0% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fernway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #356 of 673 | #30 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #694 of 1,569 ▼ 315 | #44 of 172 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #488 of 1,569 ▼ 287 | #38 of 172 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #253 of 1,514 | #21 of 167 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #1,178 of 1,808 | #104 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #1,489 of 1,582 | #152 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #314 of 1,590 | #39 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #494 of 767 | #11 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #535 of 561 | #64 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
326
+59 (+22%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 326 | 14.5 | 22.5:1 | 32% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 15 | 19.3:1 | 25% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 15 | 20.2:1 | 22% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 17 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 18.8 | 17.2:1 | 26% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 17 | 19.4:1 | 30% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | 30% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 23 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fernway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (323 to 326); teachers down 23% (18.8 to 14.5).
About Fernway Elementary School
Located in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Fernway Elementary School is a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 326 students.
Fernway Elementary School is one school in a 7-school district, Shaker Heights City, which enrolls 4,650 students.
Enrollment at Fernway Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 48%. The school is also 37% Black, 10% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Cuyahoga County residents. By the diversity index, Fernway Elementary School comes in at 63%.
Dividing enrollment by its 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 22.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. Fernway Elementary School reports 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Fernway Elementary School is B-. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Fernway Elementary School would be expected to post about 76.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.1%.
Census estimates describe Cuyahoga County this way: median household income is about $64,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cuyahoga County number 352 and enroll about 155,924.
Shaker Hts High School is the public school closest to Fernway Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Fernway Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Fernway Elementary School's average proficiency of 75.1% compares with 66.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Fernway Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 22%, from 267 to 326. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.7:1 to 22.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Fernway Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shaker Heights City
- Shaker Hts High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Shaker Hts Middle SchoolMiddle · 939 students
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Lomond Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Onaway Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Other schools in Shaker Heights
- Shaker Hts High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Shaker Hts Middle SchoolMiddle · 939 students
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Lomond Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Onaway Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Shaker Hts High School0.7 mi · 1,418
- Lomond Elementary School0.8 mi · 467
- Onaway Elementary School0.8 mi · 462
- Woodbury Elementary School0.9 mi · 642
- Adlai Stevenson School1.2 mi · 295
- Andrew J Rickoff1.3 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Fernway Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fernway Elementary School?
Fernway Elementary School enrolls approximately 326 students in grades KG-05.
Is Fernway Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fernway Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fernway Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fernway Elementary School is approximately 22.5:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fernway Elementary School?
At Fernway Elementary School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 4% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Fernway Elementary School?
Fernway Elementary School is overseen by Shaker Heights City in Cuyahoga County.
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