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Enrollment
939
Middle
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAKER HEIGHTS CITY·NCES 390447501608
Shaker Hts Middle School
20600 Shaker Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 44122 · (216) 295-4100 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL939 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Ohio public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
424 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 327 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 307 | 33% |
Student demographics
61%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
Shaker Hts Middle School→Shaker Hts High School
Feeds from
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
61.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.0pp since 2021
Math
64.1%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 64.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 69.1% |
| 2022-23 | 64.7% | 67.5% |
| 2021-22 | 55.5% | 65.7% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Shaker Hts Middle School
Shaker Hts Middle School's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaker Hts Middle School this school | 939 | 45.2% | 64.1% |
| Minerva Park Middle School Columbus | 753 | 60.7% | 59.6% |
| Gahanna South Middle School Gahanna | 653 | 33.1% | 70.5% |
| Gahanna West Middle School Gahanna | 608 | 55.8% | 62.9% |
| Walnut Springs Middle School Westerville | 613 | 40.1% | 67.5% |
| Weisenborn Junior High Huber Heights | 845 | 54.3% | 44.8% |
Matched among Ohio middle 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 Shaker Hts Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #248 of 316 | #20 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #366 of 637 ▼ 68 | #25 of 41 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #376 of 637 ▼ 12 | #24 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #328 of 629 | #25 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 939 | #36 of 654 | #5 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #288 of 577 | #27 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #105 of 579 | #7 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #127 of 319 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.3% | #38 of 169 | #2 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
939
+155 (+20%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 939 | 57 | 16.5:1 | 45% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 54 | 11.9:1 | 38% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 30% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 60 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 60 | 12.9:1 | 33% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 59 | 14.0:1 | 39% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 873 | 61 | 14.3:1 | 41% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 902 | 69 | 13.1:1 | 12% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 63 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shaker Hts Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (774 to 939); teachers down 5% (60 to 57).
About Shaker Hts Middle School
Shaker Hts Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 939 students. By comparison, middle schools in Ohio enroll about 482 students on average.
Shaker Heights City operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,650 students.
More than half of the students at Shaker Hts Middle School are Black (52%). Next come 33% White, 9% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 29% Black among all Cuyahoga County residents. The diversity index for Shaker Hts Middle School is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Shaker Hts Middle School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. That is higher than the 27% average for public schools in Cuyahoga County.
On the allk12 Grade, Shaker Hts Middle School lands at C, ahead of 31% of Ohio public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 71.8% at Shaker Hts Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.1%.
For Cuyahoga County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,468 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Cuyahoga County number 352, with about 155,924 students.
About 0.9 miles separate Shaker Hts Middle School from the closest public school, Mercer Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Shaker Hts Middle School is 4th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 20% rise, from 784 to 939. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.1:1 to 16.5:1.
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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
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Lomond Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Onaway Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Fernway Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
Other schools in Shaker Heights
- Shaker Hts High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Lomond Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Onaway Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Fernway Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Mercer Elementary School0.9 mi · 396
- Gearity Professional Development School1.3 mi · 390
- Fernway Elementary School1.3 mi · 326
- Canterbury Elementary School1.3 mi · 311
- Lomond Elementary School1.6 mi · 467
- Fairmount Early Childhood Center1.6 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Shaker Hts Middle SchoolHow many students attend Shaker Hts Middle School?
Shaker Hts Middle School enrolls approximately 939 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Shaker Hts Middle School serve?
Shaker Hts Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Shaker Hts Middle School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Shaker Hts Middle School.
How diverse is Shaker Hts Middle School?
Shaker Hts Middle School reports a student body of 33% White, 4% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Shaker Hts Middle School?
Shaker Hts Middle School is overseen by Shaker Heights City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.