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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 Cleveland Metroparks system, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and the scenic Ohio & Erie Canal pass through the school district. 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 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 munity 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 950 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. Ninety-percent of CHS graduates attend either a 2-year or 4-year college. With over 74 co-curricular activities and 21 varsity sports, a very high percentage of students are involved with extracurricular activities. POINTS OF PRIDEEach school in the Cuyahoga Heights School District was designated as a “Blue Ribbon School”—perhaps the only school district nationwide to have every school recognized as a “Blue Ribbon School”U.S. News and World Report recognized Cuyahoga Heights Schools for its academic excellenceThe Music Department was honored with the prestigious “Best Communities for Music Education in America” award for the fifth year in a rowThe school district received an “Excellent” rating on the State Report Card for the seventh consecutive yearNewsweek magazine previously honored Cuyahoga Heights High School for its academic excellence Battelle for Kids recognized the Cuyahoga Heights Schools for being in the top 5% of school districts making exceptional growth with students—CHS was one of three school districts to receive this prestigious honorThe Middle School and Elementary School have been recognized as Hall of Fame Schools by the Ohio Elementary Principals Association The Auditor of State awarded the school district with the “Making Your Tax Dollars Count” award for their fiscal audits. Fewer than five percent of all Ohio government agencies are eligible for this awardThe Ohio School Boards Association selected the school district to show case our “Student Achievement” at their state conference for the tenth year in a row, attended by about 8,000 peopleThe High School and Middle School were two of a handful of schools to receive the “Sportsmanship, Ethics, and Integrity Award” from the Ohio High School Athletic Association“Buckeye Best” Gold Level Awards were earned by each building from the Ohio Department of Education for nutritious meals and fitness programWilliam 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“Stellar Award” was awarded to the Cuyahoga Heights Schools Food Service Department from the Ohio Department of Education for nutritional food offeringsExcellence in Education Since 1938Cuyahoga Heights Schools — A Nationally Ranked School ................
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