Cuyahoga Heights High School

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Cuyahoga Heights High School
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Cuyahoga Heights High School
4820 East 71st Street

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44125

Coordinates 41°25′38″N81°38′33″W / 41.42722°N 81.64250°W / 41.42722; -81.64250
Information
Type Public high school
Established1938
StatusOpen
SuperintendentTom Evans
PrincipalScott DeTray
Teaching staff30.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment293 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio9.77 [1]
Color(s)Scarlet and gray [2]   
Slogan“Never Given Always Earned”
Fight song "Across the Field"
Athletics conference Chagrin Valley Conference [2]
SportsBaseball, Football, Soccer, Track, Basketball, Swimming, Golf, Cross Country, Indoor Track, Gymnastics, Volleyball, and Softball
MascotRed wolf
Nickname Red Wolves
RivalsIndependence Blue Devils and Kirtland Hornets
USNWR ranking91st within Ohio
NewspaperChieftain
YearbookCayugan
Annual tuition$1,250 (Pre-K), $2,500 (K-5), $3,500 (6-8), $5,500 (9-12)
Website www.cuyhts.k12.oh.us

Cuyahoga Heights High School is a public high school located in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, United States. It serves the villages of Cuyahoga Heights, Valley View, and Brooklyn Heights. It is a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

Contents

Athletics

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Mascot change

By unanimous vote of the Board of Education in August 2021, the outdated name "Redskins" was removed immediately. Until a new mascot was selected, the school was known as "Heights". On March 23, 2022 the new mascot was revealed and the school will go forward as the "Red Wolves". [3]

Notable alumni

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 "Cuyahoga Hts High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  2. 1 2 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  3. Matt Goul (August 26, 2021). "Cuyahoga Heights removing 'Redskins' nickname, effective immediately, after board of education vote". Cleveland.com.
  4. "Cuyahoga Heights senior pitcher Zac Lowther a contender for baseball's player of the year: weekly MVP spotlight for April 29, 2014 (poll) - cleveland.com". Highschoolsports.cleveland.com. April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2018.


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