From Peter P. Guerrera, Superintendent

About the School District

The Cuyahoga Heights School District, which serves the villages of Cuyahoga Heights, Brooklyn Heights, and Valley View, is a first ring school district located approximately 4 miles from mid-town Cleveland.  Despite its close proximity to Cleveland, part of the $8.4 million Cleveland MetroParks system, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and the scenic Ohio & Erie Canal pass through the school district.

Community support is a cornerstone to the district’s success.  Besides supporting school levies and volunteering in classrooms, residents enjoy using the 25-meter pool, children’s pool, spa, first-rate fitness center, and state-of-the-art track at no charge.

Over 900 students are enrolled in the district’s three schools—high school (9-12), middle school (6-8), elementary school (PreK-5)—located on the same campus.  They benefit from the expertise of a highly qualified teaching staff, excellent support staff, and strong parental participation.  The Cuyahoga Heights Schools provide a full-range of traditional and non-traditional educational programs and co-curricular activities.  These include elementary and secondary curriculum offerings at the general and college preparatory levels and special education programs.

Points of Pride

• Cuyahoga Heights High School ranked in the top 1300 of “America’s Best Schools” by Newsweek magazine from over 35,000 private and public high schools in the nation
• Blue Ribbon Lighthouse School District:  National awards were presented by Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc. to:
  • Cuyahoga Heights Elementary School
  • Cuyahoga Heights Middle School
  • Cuyahoga Heights High School
• William M. Jones/Harvard Business School Club of Northeastern Ohio presented their “Excellence in School Management Award” to the Cuyahoga Heights School District and Cuyahoga Heights Elementary School
• State Superintendent’s “School of Distinction” Award was presented to Cuyahoga Heights High School
• Ohio Elementary Principals Association presented “Hall of Fame School” Awards to:
  • Cuyahoga Heights Elementary School
  • Cuyahoga Heights Middle School
• “Excellent School” rating was awarded to Cuyahoga Heights School  by the Ohio Department of Education (eight years in a row)
• The Cuyahoga Heights Schools Music Program was awarded the “Best (100) Communities for Music Education in America”
• “Making Your Tax Dollars Count” award was presented to the Cuyahoga Heights School District for financial accountability from the State Auditor’s Office.
• “Stellar Award” and Gold “Buckeye Best” Awards from the Ohio Department of Education were given to the Cuyahoga Heights Schools Food Service Department for nutritional food offerings
• Ohio High School Athletic Association “Sportsmanship” Awards were presented to:
  • Cuyahoga Heights Middle School
  • Cuyahoga Heights High School

Interesting Facts

• One networked computer per student
• One Advanced Placement Course per 25 students
• Alternative Learning Center for challenged students
• Comprehensive Academic Intervention Program helps ensure that “no child is left behind”
• Two full-time gifted teachers; two elementary science teachers; district technology specialist; a comprehensive art and music program which includes strings, orchestra, instrumental
• With over 69 co-curricular activities and 21 varsity sports, a very high percentage of students are involved with extracurricular activities
• Digital Academy for teachers

• State-of-the-Art Technology Learning Center (4,500 square feet)
• 90% of graduates attend either 2 or 4-year colleges

About the Communities

The Cuyahoga Heights School District is fortunate in many ways.  The villages of Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, and Valley View have a healthy tax base, attractive to businesses and provide terrific amenities to their residents.

Because of the low residential tax and the quality of the school district, available housing in the communities is at a premium.  Interstates 77 and 480 run through the three villages and lead directly in a short time to Cleveland attractions such as the Cleveland Browns, Cavaliers, and Indians, Rock and Roll Hall of

Fame, world class symphony, Broadway-like theaters, and nationally rated universities and medical facilities.  A superb quality of life is the major reason that living in one of the three villages is attractive.

• Colleges and universities that our students have attended.