Summary:
ZIP code 44122 is home to eight public schools serving about 3,604 students in grades PK–12, split across three districts and two communities — Shaker Heights City, Beachwood City, and one Cleveland Municipal building on the ZIP's western edge. The mix includes five elementaries, two middle schools, and one high school. Because Ohio ranks elementary, middle, and high schools in separate pools, percentile rank is the fairest way to compare buildings across grade levels.
Beachwood is the academic standout. Beachwood Middle School ranks #40 of 1,046 Ohio middle schools (96th percentile, 5 stars), with 100% proficiency on Biology, Geometry, and Algebra I in both years and every reported measure above the state average. Beachwood High School is #52 of 795 (93rd percentile, 5 stars) with a 100.0% graduation rate. Hilltop Elementary still sits at the 71st percentile but has fallen from the 94th in three years — the ZIP's steepest slide. In Shaker Heights, Shaker Hts Middle School is improving (61st percentile) and posts 100% Geometry proficiency, while Mercer Elementary (43rd) and Lomond Elementary (38th) lag. Adlai Stevenson School ranks 4th percentile but holds chronic absenteeism of 36.4%, far better than its district's 54.3%.
A few patterns are worth knowing. Attendance doesn't track achievement here: Beachwood Middle has the highest absenteeism among Beachwood schools (20.6%) and the top rank, while Mercer has the lowest (11.8%) and a mid-tier rank. Shaker Middle carries the ZIP's highest reported poverty rate (45.15% FRPL) yet outperforms the elementaries that feed it. Class size and spending don't explain the gaps either — Lomond spends the most ($17,799 per student) with the largest classes (22.2). Note that spending figures date to 2018‑19, and Bryden Elementary (K–2) has no test scores or rank by design. Momentum is splitting: Beachwood and Shaker Middle are rising, while Hilltop, Lomond, and Stevenson trend down.
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