Schools · Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH schools

Cincinnati’s public schools score well below Ohio’s averages: 36% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 79% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend one of 41 schools through grade 12, then one of 42 high schools, one of 31 high schools and one of 16 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

CSchool Grade #575Best schools in OH (of 621)#849Highest graduation rate in OH (of 895)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

C

Cincinnati’s School Grade: C

The public schools Cincinnati’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresC-Graduation

Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 30%

Lower resultsHigher results

Ohio towns with similar household incomes (893)Better than 4%

High confidence. Built on 15,675 tested students and a graduating class of 2,228; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Cincinnati kids go to school

Grades PK–12

41 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cincinnati City School District

Grades 12

42 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cincinnati City School District

Grades 12

31 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cincinnati City School District

Grades 12

16 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cincinnati City School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Cincinnati City)36%

State average 57.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Cincinnati City)25%

State average 49.7%

Graduation · class of 2020

79% graduate on time

Graduation rate

79%

OH: 85.3%

Graduating class

2,228

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #849 of 895 OH towns →

Districts

The district serving Cincinnati

Cincinnati City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 66 schools · 33,797 students

$20,236 per studentOH $16,610C

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 117 schools in Cincinnati

Level

All 117 Preschool 4 Elementary 47 Middle 3 High 14 Other 49

Type

All 117 Public 63 Charter 17 Private 37

District Sort

Showing 1–30 of 117 schools

Carson SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 742 students

Pleasant Ridge Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–7 · 725 students

Dater Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 721 students

Roberts AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 704 students

Fairview-Clifton German Language SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 657 students

Sands Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–7 · 654 students

Parker Woods Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 625 students

Hyde Park SchoolElementary · Grades K–7 · 617 students

Mt. Airy SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 594 students

Kilgour SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 577 students

North Avondale Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 568 students

Midway SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 542 students

Rees E. Price AcademyElementary · Grades PK–7 · 532 students

James N. Gamble Montessori Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 477 students

Orion AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 460 students

College Hill Fundamental AcademyElementary · Grades PK–6 · 443 students

Pleasant Hill AcademyElementary · Grades PK–6 · 426 students

Mt. Washington SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 401 students

Westwood SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 387 students

Roll Hill SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 385 students

Woodford AcademyElementary · Grades PK–7 · 366 students

South Avondale SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 359 students

John P. Parker SchoolElementary · Grades PK–7 · 354 students

Alliance Academy of CincinnatiElementary · Grades K–8 · 350 students

Clifton Area Neighborhood SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 337 students

Leap Academy at North FairmountElementary · Grades PK–6 · 333 students

Rothenberg Preparatory AcademyElementary · Grades PK–6 · 332 students

T.C.P. World AcademyElementary · Grades K–7 · 312 students

Winton Hills AcademyElementary · Grades PK–6 · 307 students

Bond Hill AcademyElementary · Grades PK–7 · 296 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.