Shaker Hts Middle School

Shaker Hts Middle School is an intermediate school of roomy scale in Shaker Heights, Ohio, part of Shaker Heights City, hosting 939 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 95% larger than the state mean of about 482.

Shaker Hts Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Shaker Heights City, a district that teaches 4,650 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shaker Hts Middle School records that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Shaker Hts Middle School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cuyahoga County (around 27%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Shaker Hts Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.8%; this one delivers 64.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household income runs about $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Shaker Hts Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mercer Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shaker Hts Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shaker Hts Middle School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 73.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shaker Hts Middle School has climbed 21%, going from 774 students in 2018 to 939 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 40% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.