Summary:
ZIP code 43947 is served by a single high school: Shadyside High School, a grades 7–12 school in the Shadyside Local district with 285 students — a small building that combines middle school and high school grades, with a student-teacher ratio of 15.6 and per-student spending of $8,124 as of 2018–19. Free and reduced-price lunch information was not populated in this record, so it is unknown.
Academically, this school has been on a clear upward path. Its state rank climbed from the 39th percentile (2 stars) in 2023–24 to the 68th percentile (3 stars) in 2024–25 and the 78th percentile (4 stars) in 2025–26. The district as a whole ranks 144 of 773, or the 81st percentile, also with 4 stars. In 2025–26, all 11 reported Ohio State Tests assessments were above the state proficiency rate, with the biggest margins in 8th Grade Mathematics (83.3% vs 52.0%), 7th Grade English Language Arts (93.0% vs 62.7%) and 7th Grade Mathematics (76.7% vs 48.6%). Even the school's lowest result, Geometry at 55.4%, beat the state's 43.3%. The 2025–26 graduation rate is 97.8%, matching the district.
The main concern is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 33.0% at the school versus 25.5% in the district — roughly 7.5 percentage points higher. American History also flipped from a 5.2-point deficit against the state in 2024–25 (66.0% vs 71.2%) to a 7.6-point advantage in 2025–26 (80.8% vs 73.2%), the clearest turnaround among subjects. Because the school is small, year-to-year percentage swings can reflect only a handful of students, so trends are meaningful but worth watching over time. Overall, families will find strong academics, a rising state rating and a high graduation rate, with attendance as the area to monitor.
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