Mercer Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Mercer Elementary School teaches 396 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Shaker Heights City.

Across the 7 schools in Shaker Heights City (4,650 students total), Mercer Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mercer Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 40% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Mercer Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Cuyahoga County's rate of about 27%.

With demographic context factored in, Mercer Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 74.6%; Mercer Elementary School posts 60.8%, -13.8 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household earnings sit near $64,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Mercer Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Beachwood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mercer Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Mercer Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 80.1%.

Mercer Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Mercer Elementary School's enrollment has grew 16% since 2018, when it stood at 342 (now 396). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Mercer Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.