Editing Shaker Heights, Ohio (section)

==Education==
[[Image:Shaker Heights Public Library.jpg|thumb|The main branch of the [[Shaker Heights Public Library]], a member of the [[CLEVNET]] consortium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpl.org/index.php?q=node/90|title=CLEVNET Consortium|publisher=[[Cleveland Public Library]]|access-date=2008-06-09|year=2008}}</ref>]]
Publicly, Shaker Heights is served by the [[Shaker Heights City School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39035_cuyahoga/DC20SD_C39035.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cuyahoga County, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-02-11}}</ref> a [[K–12 education|K-12]] district with an enrollment of about 5,600 students in eight total schools.  There are five lower [[elementary school]]s, Fernway, Mercer, Boulevard, Lomond and Onaway; an upper elementary school, Woodbury Elementary School; [[Shaker Heights Middle School]]; and [[Shaker Heights High School]]. The district estimates that roughly 90% of Shaker graduates attend college,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaker.org/about/overview/facts.htm|title=Fast Facts|access-date=2008-01-25|year=2006|publisher=Shaker Heights Schools|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201131646/http://www.shaker.org/about/overview/facts.htm|archive-date=2008-02-01}}</ref> and has been recognized for its efforts to increase neighborhood [[Racial integration|integration]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.s4.brown.edu/cen2000/othersay/detroitnews/Stories/Shaker%20Heights%20City%20works%20at%20integration%20-%2001-28-02.pdf|title=Shaker Heights: City works at integration|last=Brand-Williams|first=Oralandar|date=2002-01-28|newspaper=The Detroit News|access-date=2009-02-14}}</ref> In the 1950s, the public school system was rated in the top ten nationally. According to the 2007-2008 State of Ohio Report Card, Shaker scored 97.1 out of a possible 120. The district is listed as "Effective," the third tier on a 6 tier scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ilrc.ode.state.oh.us/Districts/District_Questions.asp?sel=044750|title=Shaker Heights City School District Report Card|access-date=2008-11-25|year=2008|publisher= State of Ohio Department of Education}}</ref> On the other hand, since 1995, 9-17% of seniors at [[Shaker Heights High School]] have been recipients of [[National Merit Scholarship Program|National Merit Scholarship awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaker.org/news/releases/2007-08/historicalchart.htm|title=National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Scholarship Programs|date=2008-10-13|publisher=Shaker Heights City School District|access-date=2008-12-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116152340/http://shaker.org/news/releases/2007-08/historicalchart.htm|archive-date=2009-01-16}}</ref> and in 2008, the high school had twice as many National Merit Scholarship winners as any other public school in the state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/05/shaker_students_score_national_1.html|title=Shaker students score National Merit Scholarships|last=Stephens|first=Scott|date=2008-05-12|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|access-date=2008-12-13}}</ref> This can possibly be explained in a 2009 survey of the school, which said that Shaker Heights High School "is really two schools – one school with students in an outstanding Advanced Placement program and one school with students with academic needs."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaker.org/about/schools/high/documents/qarPDF.pdf|title=Report of the Quality Assurance Review Team for Shaker Heights High School|year=2009|publisher=AdvancED Worldwide|page=9|access-date=23 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112092051/http://www.shaker.org/about/schools/high/documents/qarPDF.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2011}}</ref>

Private schools in the city include [[Laurel School]], [[Hathaway Brown School]], and the lower campus of [[University School]]. There is also a [[parochial school]] in Shaker, St. Dominic School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shakeronline.com/about/education/|title=About Shaker: Education|access-date=2008-01-21|publisher= Shaker Online}}
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[[John Carroll University]] is partially located in Shaker Heights, with the university owning several residential and commercial properties in the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/sunpress/2010/02/john_carroll_university_and_sh.html|title=John Carroll University and Shaker Heights reach off-campus housing accord|last=Jewell|first=Thomas|date=2010-02-25|publisher=Sun News|access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref>  Additionally, Shaker Heights is in proximity to University Circle, which is home to [[Case Western Reserve University]], The [[Cleveland Institute of Art]], and the [[Cleveland Institute of Music]].

The {{nihongo|Japanese Language School of [[Cleveland]]|クリーブランド日本語補習校|Kurīburando Nihongo Hoshūkō}}, a [[hoshuko|weekend Japanese school]], holds its classes at the Shaker Heights campus of the Laurel School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/a/jlscweb.com/jlsc/school-info/profile|title=学校概要|publisher=Japanese Language School of Cleveland|accessdate=2022-02-11|quote=郵便宛先： JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL OF CLEVELAND C/o Laurel School 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH. 44122}}</ref>