Laurel School
Shaker Heights · OH · Private independent · K-12 combined
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Hathaway Brown School → Lawrence School-Upper School Campus → Yeshiva High School Of Cleveland → Lawerence School - Lower → Eleanor Gerson School → Fuchs Mizrachi School → Steps Educational Group → Yeshiva Derech Hatorah →📋 At a glance
- 📚 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 6 National Merit SemifinalistsRoughly the top 1% of PSAT scorers in each state — about 16,000 juniors nationally. A useful gauge of a school's academic top end. (2024)
- 📝 SAT avg 1420 (25-75: 1360–1490)
- 📝 ACT avg 32 (25-75: 30–34)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 88% (avg score 4.2)
Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Laurel School compares for families
Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1420 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.0 (≈ top 4%) · 88% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 6 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
- ▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Hathaway Brown School, Lawrence School-Upper School Campus, Yeshiva High School Of Cleveland and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Ohio State University-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,339/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
For a more current snapshot, see Laurel School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.laurelschool.org/admission/school-profile ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.8%/year, projecting from 2022's 446 students:
≈ 97 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At tuition per student, the 97 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,552,000/year in tuition at risk.
Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hathaway Brown School Shaker Heights |
Private | 1.5 | 674 | -13.5% |
| Lawrence School-Upper School Campus Northfield |
Private | 10.4 | 365 | +11.3% |
| Yeshiva High School Of Cleveland Beachwood |
Private | 0.7 | 17 | — |
| Lawerence School - Lower Broadview Heights |
Private | 12.6 | 365 | +9.9% |
| Eleanor Gerson School Cleveland |
Private | 12.8 | 41 | — |
| Fuchs Mizrachi School Beachwood |
Private | 1.2 | 370 | -3.1% |
| Steps Educational Group Parma |
Private | 13.4 | 63 | -44.7% |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah Cleveland Heights |
Private | 2.8 | 756 | +11.7% |