Best Middle Schools in Cincinnati, OH

Summary:

The city of Cincinnati, Ohio is home to 17 middle schools spanning across various school districts, including Princeton City, Forest Hills Local, Sycamore Community City, and more. These schools serve students in grades 6-8 and showcase a diverse range of academic performance and student demographics.

Several standout schools emerge from the data, including Nagel Middle School (ranked 136th in Ohio), Sycamore Junior High School (ranked 59th), and Indian Hill Middle School (ranked 68th). These top-performing schools demonstrate exceptional academic achievement, with high proficiency rates across subjects like Science, Math, and English Language Arts. In contrast, some schools like North College Hill Middle School and Mt Healthy Junior High School face challenges, with lower proficiency rates and higher chronic absenteeism.

The data also reveals a potential correlation between socioeconomic status, as measured by free and reduced lunch rates, and academic performance. Schools with higher percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, such as Winton Woods Intermediate School and Pleasant Run Middle School, tend to have lower proficiency rates across various subjects. Additionally, the influence of school districts is evident, with schools within the same district often exhibiting similar performance trends, highlighting the importance of district-level policies and support.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				Ohio State Tests Science (2023)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2023)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2023)						Ohio State Tests Geometry (2023)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2023)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Hartwell School	Public	2-8	8320 Vine St	Cincinnati	45216	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 363-2300	447	23	19.2		61 (13.6%)	202 (45.2%)	158 (35.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.5%)	9.7	926^th of 1048 public middle schools	11.6%		15.2	831^st of 1017 public middle schools	18.3%	95	33.3	11.6	41.0	32.5	71.4	14.8	9.8	18.6	31.1	33.8	49.2	25.9	25.5	7.0			$13,897
Winton Woods Intermediate School	Public	5-6	147 Farragut Rd	Cincinnati	45218	Hamilton County	Winton Woods City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 619-2450	563	30	18.7	77.8%	42 (7.5%)	302 (53.6%)	142 (25.2%)	24 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.2%)								(n/a)	32.5				22.2	20.4					38.9	29.6					$11,501
Winton Woods Middle School	Public	7-8	1231 W Kemper Rd	Cincinnati	45240	Hamilton County	Winton Woods City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 619-2240	617	37	16.6	77.0%	37 (6.0%)	353 (57.2%)	153 (24.8%)	21 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (8.3%)	16.1	843^rd of 1048 public middle schools	19.6%		11.9	866^th of 1017 public middle schools	14.8%	23		27.8					4.8	24.1					42.0	32.2		79.5	$11,316
Mariemont Junior High School	Public	7-8	3847 Southern Avenue	Cincinnati	45227	Hamilton County	Mariemont City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 272-7300	267	16	16.8	9.7%	238 (89.1%)	7 (2.6%)	12 (4.5%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	93.8	17^th of 1048 public middle schools	98.4%		95	3^rd of 1017 public middle schools	99.7%	14		93.1					81.3	96.2					96.2	86.3	100.0	100.0	$14,817
Mt Healthy Junior High School	Public	7-8	8101 Hamilton Ave	Cincinnati	45231	Hamilton County	Mt Healthy City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 729-0130	457	33	13.8		51 (11.2%)	319 (69.8%)	33 (7.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	46 (10.1%)	14.8	864^th of 1048 public middle schools	17.6%		12.8	856^th of 1017 public middle schools	15.8%	8		33.0					19.0	11.2					36.1	30.3		69.2	$13,737
North College Hill Middle School	Public	5-8	1624 W Galbraith Rd	Cincinnati	45239	Hamilton County	North College Hill City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 728-4785	430	21	20.9		20 (4.7%)	335 (77.9%)	20 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (12.6%)	12.8	887^th of 1048 public middle schools	15.4%		12.9	854^th of 1017 public middle schools	16.0%	33	28.6	23.4			14.3	17.8	13.2	7.3			39.0	27.8	34.0	29.7		53.3	$11,040
Princeton Community Middle School	Public	6-9	200 Viking Way	Cincinnati	45246	Hamilton County	Princeton City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 864-2000	1,290	73	17.6	61.6%	188 (14.6%)	530 (41.1%)	441 (34.2%)	26 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.4%)	86 (6.7%)	41.4	649^th of 1048 public middle schools	38.1%		41.7	633^rd of 1017 public middle schools	37.8%	16		58.0				43.0	43.6	36.7				43.2	51.5	40.7		100.0	$12,636
Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School	Public	4-6	5200 Aldine Dr	Cincinnati	45242	Hamilton County	Sycamore Community City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 686-1750	876	49	17.9	12.3%	568 (64.8%)	49 (5.6%)	55 (6.3%)	150 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (5.9%)								(n/a)	89.2				73.4	86.5	100.0	100.0			90.6	85.8					$13,493
Sycamore Junior High School	Public	6-8	5757 Cooper Rd	Cincinnati	45242	Hamilton County	Sycamore Community City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 686-1760	823	51	16.1	14.2%	535 (65.0%)	75 (9.1%)	59 (7.2%)	116 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.6%)	89.4	59^th of 1048 public middle schools	94.4%		91.6	38^th of 1017 public middle schools	96.3%	21		88.7					72.5	80.2					88.0	83.3	100.0	100.0	$13,856
Indian Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	6845 Drake Rd	Cincinnati	45243	Hamilton County	Indian Hill Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 272-4642	539	41	13.2		413 (76.6%)	12 (2.2%)	24 (4.5%)	59 (10.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.6%)	88.5	68^th of 1048 public middle schools	93.5%		89	65^th of 1017 public middle schools	93.6%	3		91.3				78.0	74.5	60.8				81.4	92.0	87.8	97.0	97.1	$16,098
Nagel Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 Nagel Rd	Cincinnati	45255	Hamilton County	Forest Hills Local	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 474-5407	1,055	56	18.7	13.1%	900 (85.3%)	29 (2.7%)	34 (3.2%)	23 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (6.4%)	83.9	136^th of 1048 public middle schools	87.0%		85.2	119^th of 1017 public middle schools	88.3%	17		86.8					64.9	62.7					85.1	81.8	100.0	99.6	$11,734
Colerain Middle School	Public	6-8	4700 Poole Rd	Cincinnati	45251	Hamilton County	Northwest Local	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 385-8490	580	36	16.2	55.7%	259 (44.7%)	196 (33.8%)	33 (5.7%)	11 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	78 (13.4%)	36.2	692^nd of 1048 public middle schools	34.0%		45.6	595^th of 1017 public middle schools	41.5%	97		49.7				39.8	37.9	25.2				44.8	54.1	39.5		97.1	$10,312
Pleasant Run Middle School	Public	6-8	11770 Pippin Rd	Cincinnati	45231	Hamilton County	Northwest Local	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 851-2400	689	44	15.6	45.3%	223 (32.4%)	283 (41.1%)	53 (7.7%)	22 (3.2%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	100 (14.5%)	28.9	747^th of 1048 public middle schools	28.7%		28.9	730^th of 1017 public middle schools	28.2%	17		39.8				34.1	29.6	21.4				42.4	42.2	44.7		95.6	$9,807
White Oak Middle School	Public	6-8	3130 Jessup Rd	Cincinnati	45239	Hamilton County	Northwest Local	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 741-4300	729	42	17.4	46.0%	321 (44.0%)	254 (34.8%)	38 (5.2%)	41 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (10.3%)	36.6	687^th of 1048 public middle schools	34.4%		40.2	642^nd of 1017 public middle schools	36.9%	45		40.5				35.2	37.3	21.5				44.4	57.1	52.9		93.7	$10,139
Rapid Run Middle School	Public	6-8	6345 Rapid Run Rd	Cincinnati	45233	Hamilton County	Oak Hills Local	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 467-0300	605	34	17.7		529 (87.4%)	30 (5.0%)	11 (1.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.3%)	81.4	172^nd of 1048 public middle schools	83.6%		81.3	166^th of 1017 public middle schools	83.7%	6		81.2				75.3	68.6	61.4				66.1	79.2	77.7		95.5	$11,926
Bridgetown Middle School	Public	6-8	3900 Race Rd	Cincinnati	45211	Hamilton County	Oak Hills Local	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 574-3511	648	30	21.6		509 (78.5%)	54 (8.3%)	22 (3.4%)	10 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.0%)	79.1	207^th of 1048 public middle schools	80.2%		80.4	180^th of 1017 public middle schools	82.3%	27		85.0				74.6	66.2	51.4				65.1	81.1	73.7		98.8	$11,388
Delhi Middle School	Public	6-8	5280 Foley Rd	Cincinnati	45238	Hamilton County	Oak Hills Local	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 922-8400	537	30	17.9	47.1%	392 (73.0%)	65 (12.1%)	26 (4.8%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.1%)	62	444^th of 1048 public middle schools	57.6%		61.3	422^nd of 1017 public middle schools	58.5%	22		65.8				52.3	49.7	37.1				69.5	71.9	59.7		92.6	$11,415

Cities Near Cincinnati

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Walnut Hills	1.43 mi	1
Norwood	3.77 mi	6	450^th
Saint Bernard	3.94 mi	2	570^th
Wyoming	7.92 mi	5	46^th
Lockland	8.65 mi	3	626^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.