Shaw High School

Summary:

Shaw High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in East Cleveland, Ohio, with a student population of 541, predominantly African American (97.6%). The school is part of the East Cleveland City School District, which is ranked 725 out of 839 districts in Ohio and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Shaw High School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Ohio high schools, receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its academic performance, as measured by state test scores, is significantly below the state average across all subjects, including American Government, American History, Biology, English II, and Algebra I. The school's four-year graduation rate has improved, increasing from 79.5% in 2019-2020 to 85.2% in 2023-2024, but it still lags behind the state average. Additionally, Shaw High School has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 51.9% in 2019-2020 to 68.3% in 2023-2024.

Interestingly, the nearby Horizon Science Academy Cleveland, a public charter high school, outperforms Shaw High School in several key metrics, including state ranking, test scores, and student-teacher ratio, despite serving a similar demographic of students. Additionally, Shaw High School's per-student spending of $13,881 in 2018-2019 is higher than the state average, suggesting that funding alone may not be the primary driver of the school's academic challenges. The school's focus on addressing chronic absenteeism and improving instructional practices may be more critical factors in improving student outcomes. Lastly, the significant performance gaps between different student subgroups at Shaw High School, particularly for female, male, special education, and low socioeconomic status students, raise concerns about equity and the school's ability to provide a high-quality education for all its students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 15320 Euclid Ave
       East Cleveland, OH  44112-2806


(216) 268-6500

District: East Cleveland City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
689th of 864 Ohio High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $23,499 Help


Feeder schools for Shaw High School:

Elementary:    Caledonia Elementary School
    Mayfair Elementary School
Middle:    W.H. Kirk Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.5 Help
Number of students:  441

Racial breakdown:

African American:
97.5%
Two or more races:
1.1%
Hispanic:
0.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Shaw High School ranks worse than 79.7% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.81. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Shaw High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (97.5%), two or more races (1.1%), Hispanic (0.7%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Shaw High School is 10.5. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Shaw High School is $23,499.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Shaw High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Shaw High School 689th of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Shaw High School in the ranking list.)

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East Cleveland City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks East Cleveland City School District 725th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Shaw High School

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Rank History for all students at Shaw High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 1.45 664th 681 2.5%
2005 0.86 671st 689 2.6%
2006 2.84 673rd 696 3.3%
2007 3.18 729th 756 3.6%
2008 10.78 705th 767 8.1%
2009 11.40 723rd 791 8.6%
2010 7.44 762nd 819 7.0%
2011 7.71 757th 818 7.5%
2012 15.67 724th 832 13.0%
2013 9.99 709th 767 7.6%
2014 7.13 725th 769 5.7%
2015 4.00 741st 778 4.8%
2016 5.24 746th 784 4.8%
2017 6.50 722nd 773 6.6%
2018 7.90 717th 800 10.4%
2019 5.48 763rd 836 8.7%
2021 9.41 714th 819 12.8%
2022 6.39 758th 836 9.3%
2023 9.36 746th 867 14.0%
2024 15.81 689th 864 20.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Shaw High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 20.99 535th 614 12.9%
2024 21.22 506th 598 15.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Shaw High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.88 715th 758 5.7%
2019 10.47 698th 779 10.4%
2021 15.54 651st 763 14.7%
2022 10.02 692nd 773 10.5%
2023 13.55 689th 805 14.4%
2024 21.08 657th 822 20.1%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Shaw High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.62 731st 751 2.7%
2019 4.54 734th 781 6.0%
2021 11.73 674th 775 13.0%
2022 8.22 706th 794 11.1%
2023 6.92 728th 813 10.5%
2024 15.90 666th 798 16.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Shaw High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.24 549th 550 0.2%
2019 25.25 509th 628 18.9%
2021 25.63 468th 596 21.5%
2022 13.97 569th 606 6.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Shaw High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 0.00 538th 538 0.0%
2019 0.18 272nd 272 0.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Shaw High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 2.56 739th 763 3.1%
2019 5.33 742nd 792 6.3%
2021 3.83 748th 778 3.9%
2022 3.92 758th 808 6.2%
2023 10.73 705th 819 13.9%
2024 11.70 691st 816 15.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Shaw High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.59 239th 279 14.3%
2019 24.23 231st 303 23.8%
2021 35.93 176th 284 38.0%
2022 20.66 243rd 306 20.6%
2023 27.89 217th 323 32.8%
2024 37.93 187th 318 41.2%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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by a parent
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Open Quote The teachers there have no respect for parents and they don’t care about the kids only their paychecks they should be shut down most importantly they show little to no attention to kids with IEP‘s and disabilities and if you don’t know your rights they will get off on you Close Quote



Enrollment information for Shaw High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 4 2587 12 1 2 n/a n/a 0 2606
1989 3 2350 6 2 4 n/a n/a 0 2365
1990 6 2265 2 0 5 n/a n/a 0 2278
1991 1 2112 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 2113
1992 1 1969 0 0 0 n/a n/a -25 1945
1993 0 1882 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 1884
1994 0 1780 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 1781
1995 1 1809 0 0 3 n/a n/a 0 1813
1996 1 1809 0 0 3 n/a n/a 0 1813
1997 0 1706 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 1708
1998 0 1756 1 0 1 n/a n/a 0 1758
1999 0 1573 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 1574
2000 0 1390 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1392
2001 1 1320 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 1323
2002 3 1271 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 1275
2003 3 1271 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 1275
2004 3 1269 0 0 1 n/a n/a 3 1276
2005 2 1315 1 0 1 n/a n/a 1 1320
2006 1 1290 2 1 0 n/a n/a 3 1297
2007 1 1225 2 0 0 n/a n/a 3 1231
2008 0 1300 1 1 0 n/a n/a 6 1308
2009 2 1349 1 0 0 n/a n/a 9 1361
2010 4 1451 0 0 0 n/a n/a 9 1464
2011 3 1312 0 1 0 0 9 0 1325
2012 5 1162 0 0 1 0 7 0 1175
2013 3 1095 0 0 0 0 3 0 1101
2014 1 924 0 2 0 0 2 0 929
2015 0 912 0 2 0 0 1 0 915
2016 0 852 0 1 0 0 0 0 853
2017 1 822 0 2 0 0 1 0 826
2018 1 810 0 2 0 0 0 0 813
2019 1 725 0 2 0 0 1 0 729
2020 0 684 0 2 0 0 6 0 692
2021 2 618 0 3 0 0 4 0 627
2022 2 599 1 3 0 0 2 0 607
2023 5 528 1 3 1 0 3 0 541
2024 1 430 1 3 1 0 5 0 441

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Shaw High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2606 133.0 19.5 0
1989 2365 132.0 17.9 n/a
1990 2278 132.0 17.2 n/a
1991 2113 127.0 16.6 n/a
1992 1945 114.1 17.0 13.8
1993 1884 102.0 18.5 28.4
1994 1781 99.0 18.0 0
1995 1813 105.0 17.3 0
1996 1813 105.0 17.3 0
1997 1708 109.0 15.7 0
1998 1758 116.8 15.1 0
1999 1574 107.4 14.7 0
2000 1392 112.4 12.4 n/a
2001 1323 108.0 12.3 n/a
2002 1275 96.4 13.2 n/a
2003 1275 96.4 13.2 n/a
2004 1276 92.0 13.9 n/a
2005 1320 87.0 15.2 0
2006 1297 75.8 17.1 0
2007 1231 77.0 16.0 0
2008 1308 74.0 17.7 n/a
2009 1361 84.0 16.2 0
2010 1464 82.0 17.8 0
2011 1325 94.0 14.0 90.2
2012 1175 92.8 12.6 90.8
2013 1101 85.8 12.8 89.9
2014 929 78.8 11.7 99.7
2015 915 n/a n/a 100
2016 853 62.0 13.7 100
2017 826 55.6 14.8 n/a
2018 813 50.5 16.0 n/a
2019 729 52.6 13.8 n/a
2020 692 59.8 11.5 n/a
2021 627 51.0 12.2 n/a
2022 607 40.0 15.1 n/a
2023 541 30.0 18.0 n/a
2024 441 42.0 10.5 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Shaw High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2606 133.0 19.5 0
1989 2365 132.0 17.9 n/a
1990 2278 132.0 17.2 n/a
1991 2113 127.0 16.6 n/a
1992 1945 114.1 17.0 13.8
1993 1884 102.0 18.5 28.4
1994 1781 99.0 18.0 0
1995 1813 105.0 17.3 0
1996 1813 105.0 17.3 0
1997 1708 109.0 15.7 0
1998 1758 116.8 15.1 0
1999 1574 107.4 14.7 0
2000 1392 112.4 12.4 n/a
2001 1323 108.0 12.3 n/a
2002 1275 96.4 13.2 n/a
2003 1275 96.4 13.2 n/a
2004 1276 92.0 13.9 n/a
2005 1320 87.0 15.2 0
2006 1297 75.8 17.1 0
2007 1231 77.0 16.0 0
2008 1308 74.0 17.7 n/a
2009 1361 84.0 16.2 0
2010 1464 82.0 17.8 0
2011 1325 94.0 14.0 90.2
2012 1175 92.8 12.6 90.8
2013 1101 85.8 12.8 89.9
2014 929 78.8 11.7 99.7
2015 915 n/a n/a 100
2016 853 62.0 13.7 100
2017 826 55.6 14.8 n/a
2018 813 50.5 16.0 n/a
2019 729 52.6 13.8 n/a
2020 692 59.8 11.5 n/a
2021 627 51.0 12.2 n/a
2022 607 40.0 15.1 n/a
2023 541 30.0 18.0 n/a
2024 441 42.0 10.5 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Shaw High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $13,881
2022 $17,409
2023 $20,335
2024 $23,499

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Shaw High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 763rd of 836 High schoolsRanks 746th of 867 High schools
 5.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Shaw High School)55.954.2
 1.7%
   End of Course American Government (East Cleveland City School District)56.654.2
 2.4%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Shaw High School)39.640.6
 1%
   End of Course American History (East Cleveland City School District)4040.6
 0.6%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Shaw High School)26.217.5
 8.7%
   End of Course Biology (East Cleveland City School District)2617.5
 8.5%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Shaw High School)25.219.9
 5.3%
   End of Course English II (East Cleveland City School District)2519.9
 5.1%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Shaw High School)4.61.4
 3.2%
   End of Course Geometry (East Cleveland City School District)4.51.4
 3.1%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Shaw High School)3.89.4
 5.6%
   End of Course Algebra I (East Cleveland City School District)4.99.4
 4.5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students729541
 25.8%
African American725528
 27.2%
American Indian01
Asian01
Hispanic23
 50%
Pacific Islander00
White15
 400%
Two or More Races13
 200%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Shaw High School

Shaw High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Caledonia Elementary School
Elementary : Mayfair Elementary School
Middle : W.H. Kirk Middle School

Shaw High School ranks in the bottom 20.3% of Ohio high schools.

Students at Shaw High School are 98% African American, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 441 students attended Shaw High School.


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