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Schools in Pleasant Hills · Mount Healthy City School District

Pleasant Hills’s public schools score below 74% of Ohio districts on tests and graduation

In Pleasant Hills, 14% of tested students are proficient in math, below the Ohio average (52%). The grade covers the public school district serving Pleasant Hills, 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.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Ohio state tests taken in spring 2022, when 97% 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
28%
▼ 32 pts vs OH 60%
2021–22
Math proficiency
14%
▼ 38 pts vs OH 52%
2021–22
Graduate on time
85%
▼ 1 pts vs OH 86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.5K
▲ 29% vs OH $16.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
24.4
OH 16.9 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
2,704 students on the public path
In brief

Pleasant Hills’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 1428 Ohio towns with household incomes within a quarter of Pleasant Hills’s, its schools beat 1%, lower than their 26% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 28% of tested students were proficient in reading and 14% in math, against 60% and 52% statewide; 97% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

85% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86% across Ohio. Districts ↓

Spending, and where it came from

The district spent $21,501 per student in FY2024, against $16,610 across Ohio. 25% of its revenue that year was federal (Ohio 12%), in the last year of pandemic relief. Districts ↓

One elementary school, then two middle, one middle and one high school

Which school depends on the address at the later steps. Enrollment is down 8% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

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 Pleasant Hills’s grade

D Test scoresC− Graduation

C: better than 26% of Ohio school districts. Both inputs trail the Ohio average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.

Ohio school districts we grade (910)Better than 26%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (1428)Better than 1%
C−CA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 1,582 test results and a graduating class of 223 could put Pleasant Hills anywhere from C− to C. The tests are from spring 2022, when 97% of Pleasant Hills’s students in the tested grades sat them (1,583 in math, 1,581 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

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

The path, start to finish
PK–KMt. Healthy Early Learning Centerin CincinnatiNo scores
1–62 schoolsDepends on your addressD to C−
7–8Mt Healthy Junior High Schoolin CincinnatiD
9–12Mt Healthy High Schoolin CincinnatiD

Pleasant Hills’s public schools are run by Mount Healthy City School District, which also serves Mount Healthy and Springfield. 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.

Mount Healthy City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,704 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 24.4 per teacher (OH 16.9)
$21,501OH $16,610 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading28%
State average 59.5% · 1581 students tested
Math14%
State average 52.2% · 1583 students tested
A note on the data.In FY2024, 25% of the Mount Healthy City 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.

Pleasant Hills vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pleasant HillsCMount Healthy City

Every school in Pleasant Hills

5 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).

Also serving Pleasant Hillsin other towns
Mt. Healthy Early Learning Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Cincinnati
279 students31:1Rate it →
Mt. Healthy South Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 1–6 · Cincinnati
D
604 students25:1Rate it →
Mt. Healthy North Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 1–6 · Cincinnati
C−
549 students25:1Rate it →
Mt Healthy Junior High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Cincinnati
D
407 students19:1Rate it →
Mt Healthy High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Cincinnati
D
865 students25:1Rate it →

Questions about Pleasant Hills’s schools

Are Pleasant Hills’s schools good?

On Ohio’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Pleasant Hills children attend score below 74% of Ohio’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 1%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Pleasant Hills in?

Mount Healthy City School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 2,704 students in 5 schools (2024–25).

Where do Pleasant Hills kids go to high school?

Mt Healthy High School in Cincinnati, with 865 students; its own test results earn a D.

What is Pleasant Hills’s graduation rate?

85% of the class of 2023 in Mount Healthy City School District graduated in four years, against 86% across Ohio.

How much does Pleasant Hills spend per student?

$21,501 in Mount Healthy City School District (FY2024), against $16,610 across Ohio. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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.