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Schools in Cincinnati · Cincinnati City School District

Cincinnati’s public schools score below 70% of Ohio districts on tests and graduation

In Cincinnati, 29% of tested students are proficient in math, below the Ohio average (52%). The grade covers the public school district serving Cincinnati, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Ohio, not nationally.

#954of 993 Ohio townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Ohio state tests taken in spring 2022, when 93% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
40%
▼ 20 pts vs OH 60%
2021–22
Math proficiency
29%
▼ 23 pts vs OH 52%
2021–22
Graduate on time
80%
▼ 6 pts vs OH 86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.2K
▲ 22% vs OH $16.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.9
OH 16.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
113
32,130 students on the public path
In brief

Cincinnati’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 894 Ohio towns with household incomes within a quarter of Cincinnati’s, its schools beat 4%, lower than their 30% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 40% of tested students were proficient in reading and 29% in math, against 60% and 52% statewide; 93% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

80% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86% across Ohio. Districts ↓

Spending, and where it came from

The district spent $20,236 per student in FY2024, against $16,610 across Ohio. 23% of its revenue that year was federal (Ohio 12%), in the last year of pandemic relief. Districts ↓

41 elementary schools, then 31 middle schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy, Riverside Community School Inc. dba Riverside Academy, T.C.P. World Academy, ReGeneration Schools Avondale Elementary, Alliance Academy of Cincinnati, Orion Academy, Summit Academy Transition High School-Cincinnati, Horizon Science Academy-Cincinnati, Summit Academy Community School - Cincinnati, Cincinnati Achievement Academy, Dampe Community School, AchievePoint Career Academy - Cincinnati, Mount Auburn Preparatory Academy, ReGeneration Bond Hill, Dublin Preparatory Academy dba Northside Preparatory Academy, ReGeneration Middle School, The Seven Hills School (private), The Summit Country Day School (private), Summit Day School (private), Archbishop McNicholas High School (private), St. Ursula Academy (private), St. Ursula Academy of Cincinnati (private), Guardian Angels Elementary School (private), St. Mary School (private), St. Ursula Villa School (private), Cardinal Pacelli Elementary School (private), St. Lawrence Elementary School (private), Purcell Marian High School (private), Nativity School (private), Mercy McAuley High School (private), Mercy Montessori Center (private), Best Point Education & Behavioral Health (private), St. William School (private), St. Cecilia Elementary School (private), Romero Academy at Resurrection (private), St. Francis de Sales School (private), Our Lady of Lourdes School (private), St. Boniface School (private), Corryville Catholic Elementary School (private), Springer School & Center (private), St. Teresa of Avila School (private), The Seven Hills School -Doherty Campus (private), Xavier University Montessori Lab School (private), The New School Montessori (private), St. Francis Serph School (private), Annunciation (private), Kennedy Heights Montessori Center (private), Zion Temple Christian Academy (private), Clifton Christian Academy (private), Universal Muslim Academy (private), Montessori Center Room (private), St. Edmund Campion Academy (private) and Xavier Jesuit Academy (private) are in town. Virtual High School and John J. Gilligan Digital Academy, online schools, are based here too; they aren’t counted as local schools. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Cincinnati’s grade

C Test scoresC− Graduation

C: better than 30% of Ohio school districts, #954 of 993 Ohio towns. Both inputs trail the Ohio average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Ohio school districts we grade (910)Better than 30%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (894)Better than 4%
A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 17,363 test results and a graduating class of 2,320 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 93% of Cincinnati’s students in the tested grades sat them (17,081 in math, 17,645 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cincinnati, with each school’s own grade.

41 schools teach K in Cincinnati’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A+, so check the specific school.
School For Creative and Performing Arts
Grades K–12
C
1,300 students16:1Rate it →
Carson School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
742 students20:1Rate it →
Pleasant Ridge Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
C
725 students20:1Rate it →
Dater Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
721 students19:1Rate it →
Roberts Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
704 students15:1Rate it →
Fairview-Clifton German Language School
Elementary · Grades K–6
B+
657 students16:1Rate it →
Sands Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
A−
654 students22:1Rate it →
Parker Woods Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
625 students19:1Rate it →
Hyde Park School
Elementary · Grades K–7
A
617 students17:1Rate it →
Mt. Airy School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
594 students18:1Rate it →
Kilgour School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A+
577 students19:1Rate it →
North Avondale Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
568 students19:1Rate it →
Academy Of World Languages School
Grades PK–9
D
548 students14:1Rate it →
Midway School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
542 students17:1Rate it →
Rees E. Price Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D−
532 students17:1Rate it →
Academy for Multilingual Immersion Studies
Grades PK–9
D
524 students16:1Rate it →
Oyler School
Grades PK–12
D
512 students14:1Rate it →
James N. Gamble Montessori Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
477 students18:1Rate it →
College Hill Fundamental Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
443 students15:1Rate it →
Pleasant Hill Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
426 students16:1Rate it →
Mt. Washington School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C
401 students13:1Rate it →
Westwood School
Elementary · Grades K–6
C−
387 students15:1Rate it →
Roll Hill School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
385 students15:1Rate it →
Roselawn Condon School
Grades PK–9
D
383 students11:1Rate it →
Woodford Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D
366 students13:1Rate it →
South Avondale School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
359 students16:1Rate it →
John P. Parker School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
C−
354 students16:1Rate it →
Clifton Area Neighborhood School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C
337 students17:1Rate it →
Leap Academy at North Fairmount
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
333 students12:1Rate it →
Rothenberg Preparatory Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
332 students15:1Rate it →
Winton Hills Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
307 students16:1Rate it →
Bond Hill Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D
296 students13:1Rate it →
Sayler Park School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
296 students13:1Rate it →
Ethel M. Taylor Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
274 students12:1Rate it →
Chase School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
263 students12:1Rate it →
George Hays-Jennie Porter School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
263 students14:1Rate it →
Evanston Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
248 students11:1Rate it →
Rising Stars at Carthage
Elementary · Grades PK–1
241 students18:1Rate it →
William H Taft Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D−
234 students12:1Rate it →
Frederick Douglass School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
229 students11:1Rate it →
Rockdale Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
225 students13:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–641 schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A+
7–1231 schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A+

Cincinnati’s public schools are run by Cincinnati City School District, which also serves Amberley, Cheviot, Columbia and Fairfax and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Cincinnati City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 64 schools · 33,797 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 15.9 per teacher (OH 16.9)
$20,236OH $16,610 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 59.5% · 17645 students tested
Math29%
State average 52.2% · 17081 students tested
A note on the data.In FY2024, 23% of the Cincinnati district’s revenue came from the federal government, against 12% across Ohio, in the last year of federal pandemic relief; spending per student is reported as published.

Cincinnati vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Ohio towns that share Cincinnati’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
CincinnatiCCincinnati City
AndersonAForest Hills Local
DelhiB+Oak Hills Local
ColumbiaCCincinnati City PK–12 · Mariemont City K–12
SpringfieldCMount Healthy City PK–12 · Winton Woods City PK–12 · Finneytown Local K–12
GreenBOak Hills Local PK–12 · Northwest Local PK–12
MiamiA−Three Rivers Local
Addyston—Three Rivers Local
CheviotCCincinnati City
North College HillCNorth College Hill City
FairfaxCCincinnati City PK–12 · Mariemont City K–12
MadeiraA+Madeira City
AmberleyCCincinnati City
SilvertonCCincinnati City
Golf ManorCCincinnati City
WyomingA+Wyoming City
Arlington Heights—Lockland Local
The Village of Indian HillA+Indian Hill Exempted Village
MariemontA+Mariemont City
ColerainC+Northwest Local
SycamoreBPrinceton City PK–12 · Deer Park Community City PK–12 · Indian Hill Exempted Village K–12
ReadingB−Reading Community City

6 of the 21 neighbors share Cincinnati City with Cincinnati, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Bromley, KY, Covington, KY, Dayton, KY, Ludlow, KY, Newport, KY and Villa Hills, KY border Cincinnati but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Cincinnati

115 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Ohio’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Cincinnatiby address
Carson School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
742 students20:1Rate it →
Pleasant Ridge Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
C
725 students20:1Rate it →
Dater Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
721 students19:1Rate it →
Roberts Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
704 students15:1Rate it →
Sands Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
A−
654 students22:1Rate it →
Parker Woods Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
625 students19:1Rate it →
Mt. Airy School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
594 students18:1Rate it →
North Avondale Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
568 students19:1Rate it →
Academy Of World Languages School
Grades PK–9
D
548 students14:1Rate it →
Midway School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
542 students17:1Rate it →
Rees E. Price Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D−
532 students17:1Rate it →
Academy for Multilingual Immersion Studies
Grades PK–9
D
524 students16:1Rate it →
Oyler School
Grades PK–12
D
512 students14:1Rate it →
James N. Gamble Montessori Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
477 students18:1Rate it →
College Hill Fundamental Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
443 students15:1Rate it →
Pleasant Hill Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
426 students16:1Rate it →
Mt. Washington School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C
401 students13:1Rate it →
Roll Hill School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
385 students15:1Rate it →
Roselawn Condon School
Grades PK–9
D
383 students11:1Rate it →
Woodford Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D
366 students13:1Rate it →
South Avondale School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
359 students16:1Rate it →
John P. Parker School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
C−
354 students16:1Rate it →
Clifton Area Neighborhood School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C
337 students17:1Rate it →
Leap Academy at North Fairmount
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
333 students12:1Rate it →
Rothenberg Preparatory Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
332 students15:1Rate it →
Winton Hills Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
307 students16:1Rate it →
Bond Hill Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D
296 students13:1Rate it →
Sayler Park School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
296 students13:1Rate it →
Ethel M. Taylor Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
274 students12:1Rate it →
Chase School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
263 students12:1Rate it →
George Hays-Jennie Porter School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
263 students14:1Rate it →
Evanston Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
248 students11:1Rate it →
Rising Stars at Carthage
Elementary · Grades PK–1
241 students18:1Rate it →
William H Taft Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D−
234 students12:1Rate it →
Frederick Douglass School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
229 students11:1Rate it →
Rockdale Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
225 students13:1Rate it →
Rising Stars at Vine
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
149 students11:1Rate it →
Rising Stars at Cheviot/Westwood
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
131 studentsRate it →
Bramble School
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
34 students6:1Rate it →
Rising Stars at Ezzard Charles
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
31 studentsRate it →
School For Creative and Performing Arts
Grades K–12
C
1,300 students16:1Rate it →
Fairview-Clifton German Language School
Elementary · Grades K–6
B+
657 students16:1Rate it →
Hyde Park School
Elementary · Grades K–7
A
617 students17:1Rate it →
Kilgour School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A+
577 students19:1Rate it →
Westwood School
Elementary · Grades K–6
C−
387 students15:1Rate it →
Hartwell School
Middle · Grades 2–8
C−
441 students18:1Rate it →
Spencer Center for Gifted and Exceptional Students
Grades 3–12
A
373 students13:1Rate it →
Riverview East Academy
Grades 4–12
D
165 students8:1Rate it →
Gilbert A. Dater High School
High · Grades 5–12
D
911 students15:1Rate it →
Shroder Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
148 students14:1Rate it →
Walnut Hills High School
High · Grades 7–12
A+
2,453 students19:1Rate it →
Western Hills University High School
High · Grades 7–12
D
1,342 students20:1Rate it →
Withrow University High School
High · Grades 7–12
D
1,300 students15:1Rate it →
Aiken New Tech High School
High · Grades 7–12
D
1,226 students16:1Rate it →
Hughes STEM High School
High · Grades 7–12
C−
1,167 students16:1Rate it →
Woodward Career Technical High School
High · Grades 7–12
D
835 students13:1Rate it →
Clark Montessori High School
High · Grades 7–12
C+
714 students18:1Rate it →
James N. Gamble Montessori High School
High · Grades 7–12
C−
700 students16:1Rate it →
Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School
High · Grades 7–12
D
643 students14:1Rate it →
Virtual High School
High · Grades 9–12
C−
366 studentsRate it →
Charter schoolsfree, open by application
Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy
Grades K–12
C−
Charter
949 students20:1Rate it →
Orion Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8
D
Charter
460 students15:1Rate it →
Mount Auburn Preparatory Academy
Grades K–12
D
Charter
381 students22:1Rate it →
Alliance Academy of Cincinnati
Elementary · Grades K–8
C−
Charter
350 studentsRate it →
T.C.P. World Academy
Elementary · Grades K–7
C+
Charter
312 students24:1Rate it →
AchievePoint Career Academy - Cincinnati
High · Grades 9–12
C−
Charter
303 students34:1Rate it →
Dublin Preparatory Academy dba Northside Preparatory Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8
D
Charter
274 students20:1Rate it →
ReGeneration Bond Hill
Elementary · Grades K–4
Charter
237 students22:1Rate it →
Horizon Science Academy-Cincinnati
Elementary · Grades K–8
D−
Charter
209 students8:1Rate it →
Riverside Community School Inc. dba Riverside Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8
D−
Charter
192 students19:1Rate it →
Dampe Community School
Elementary · Grades K–8
D−
Charter
190 students14:1Rate it →
ReGeneration Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8
Charter
154 students22:1Rate it →
ReGeneration Schools Avondale Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4
D−
Charter
146 students21:1Rate it →
Cincinnati Achievement Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8
D−
Charter
144 students10:1Rate it →
Summit Academy Community School - Cincinnati
Elementary · Grades K–8
D−
Charter
68 students6:1Rate it →
Summit Academy Transition High School-Cincinnati
High · Grades 9–12
D
Charter
44 students8:1Rate it →
Online schools based in Cincinnatinot counted as local schools
Virtual High School
High · Grades 9–12
C−
Online
366 studentsRate it →
John J. Gilligan Digital Academy
Grades K–12
Online
367 students28:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
The Seven Hills School
Grades PK–12
Private · Nonsectarian
1,038 students7:1Rate it →
The Summit Country Day School
Grades PK–12
Private · Catholic
1,001 students9:1Rate it →
Summit Day School
Grades PK–12
Private · Catholic
1,001 students9:1Rate it →
Archbishop McNicholas High School
High · Grades 9–12
Private · Catholic
628 students11:1Rate it →
St. Ursula Academy
High · Grades 9–12
Private · Catholic · All-girls
614 students12:1Rate it →
St. Ursula Academy of Cincinnati
High · Grades 9–12
Private · Catholic · All-girls
614 students11:1Rate it →
Guardian Angels Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
505 students18:1Rate it →
St. Mary School
Elementary · Grades K–8
Private · Catholic
480 students19:1Rate it →
St. Ursula Villa School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
453 students15:1Rate it →
Cardinal Pacelli Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
411 students18:1Rate it →
St. Lawrence Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
395 students19:1Rate it →
Purcell Marian High School
High · Grades 9–12
Private · Catholic
391 students10:1Rate it →
Nativity School
Elementary · Grades K–8
Private · Catholic
379 students16:1Rate it →
Mercy McAuley High School
High · Grades 9–12
Private · Catholic · All-girls
342 students15:1Rate it →
Mercy Montessori Center
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
306 students10:1Rate it →
Best Point Education & Behavioral Health
Grades K–12
Private · Special education
299 students6:1Rate it →
St. William School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
257 students11:1Rate it →
St. Cecilia Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
246 students9:1Rate it →
Romero Academy at Resurrection
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
227 students23:1Rate it →
St. Francis de Sales School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
219 students27:1Rate it →
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Elementary · Grades K–8
Private · Catholic
215 students13:1Rate it →
St. Boniface School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
211 students19:1Rate it →
Corryville Catholic Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
209 students12:1Rate it →
Springer School & Center
Grades 1–9
Private · Special education
208 students7:1Rate it →
St. Teresa of Avila School
Elementary · Grades 1–8
Private · Catholic
195 students12:1Rate it →
The Seven Hills School -Doherty Campus
Elementary · Grades PK–5
Private · Nonsectarian
163 students12:1Rate it →
Xavier University Montessori Lab School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Nonsectarian
152 students10:1Rate it →
The New School Montessori
Elementary · Grades PK–6
Private · Nonsectarian
151 students8:1Rate it →
St. Francis Serph School
Elementary · Grades K–8
Private · Catholic
145 students14:1Rate it →
Annunciation
Elementary · Grades PK–5
Private · Catholic
99 students10:1Rate it →
Kennedy Heights Montessori Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K
Private · Nonsectarian
89 students22:1Rate it →
Zion Temple Christian Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6
Private · Religious
84 students17:1Rate it →
Clifton Christian Academy
Elementary · Grades K–6
Private · Religious
73 students13:1Rate it →
Universal Muslim Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Religious
65 students11:1Rate it →
Montessori Center Room
Elementary · Grades PK–K
Private · Nonsectarian
46 students9:1Rate it →
St. Edmund Campion Academy
Grades 1–12
Private · Catholic
30 students4:1Rate it →
Xavier Jesuit Academy
Elementary · Grades 3–8
Private · Catholic · All-boys
14 students14:1Rate it →

Left off: 3 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Queen City Career Prep High School, Shroder High School and Dr. O?dell Owens Center for Learning).

Questions about Cincinnati’s schools

Are Cincinnati’s schools good?

On Ohio’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Cincinnati children attend score below 70% of Ohio’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade, #954 of 993 Ohio towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 4%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Cincinnati in?

Cincinnati City School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 33,797 students in 64 schools (2024–25).

What is Cincinnati’s graduation rate?

80% of the class of 2023 in Cincinnati City School District graduated in four years, against 86% across Ohio.

How much does Cincinnati spend per student?

$20,236 in Cincinnati City School District (FY2024), against $16,610 across Ohio. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

Are there private schools in Cincinnati?

Yes: The Seven Hills School (nonsectarian, grades PK–12, 1,038 students), The Summit Country Day School (Catholic, grades PK–12, 1,001 students), Summit Day School (Catholic, grades PK–12, 1,001 students), Archbishop McNicholas High School (Catholic, grades 9–12, 628 students), St. Ursula Academy (catholic · all-girls, grades 9–12, 614 students), St. Ursula Academy of Cincinnati (catholic · all-girls, grades 9–12, 614 students), Guardian Angels Elementary School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 505 students), St. Mary School (Catholic, grades K–8, 480 students), St. Ursula Villa School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 453 students), Cardinal Pacelli Elementary School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 411 students), St. Lawrence Elementary School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 395 students), Purcell Marian High School (Catholic, grades 9–12, 391 students), Nativity School (Catholic, grades K–8, 379 students), Mercy McAuley High School (catholic · all-girls, grades 9–12, 342 students), Mercy Montessori Center (Catholic, grades PK–8, 306 students), Best Point Education & Behavioral Health (special education, grades K–12, 299 students), St. William School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 257 students), St. Cecilia Elementary School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 246 students), Romero Academy at Resurrection (Catholic, grades PK–8, 227 students), St. Francis de Sales School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 219 students), Our Lady of Lourdes School (Catholic, grades K–8, 215 students), St. Boniface School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 211 students), Corryville Catholic Elementary School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 209 students), Springer School & Center (special education, grades 1–9, 208 students), St. Teresa of Avila School (Catholic, grades 1–8, 195 students), The Seven Hills School -Doherty Campus (nonsectarian, grades PK–5, 163 students), Xavier University Montessori Lab School (nonsectarian, grades PK–8, 152 students), The New School Montessori (nonsectarian, grades PK–6, 151 students), St. Francis Serph School (Catholic, grades K–8, 145 students), Annunciation (Catholic, grades PK–5, 99 students), Kennedy Heights Montessori Center (nonsectarian, grades PK–K, 89 students), Zion Temple Christian Academy (religious, grades PK–6, 84 students), Clifton Christian Academy (religious, grades K–6, 73 students), Universal Muslim Academy (religious, grades PK–8, 65 students), Montessori Center Room (nonsectarian, grades PK–K, 46 students), St. Edmund Campion Academy (Catholic, grades 1–12, 30 students) and Xavier Jesuit Academy (catholic · all-boys, grades 3–8, 14 students). Cincinnati also has 16 charter schools, free and open by application.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Ohio. Stars are from neighbors.