Summary:
Cleves, Ohio is served by three public schools, all in the Three Rivers Local district, covering pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Three Rivers Elementary (PK–4, 731 students), Taylor Middle School (5–8, 599 students), and Taylor High School (9–12, 608 students), for a total enrollment of 1,938. The district is ranked 292 of 773 in Ohio, at the 62nd percentile with 3 stars — but that single district label hides real differences among the three schools, which range from the 50th to the 76th percentile.
Taylor Middle School is the clear academic standout and the only 4-star school in Cleves, ranked 247 of 1,046 (76th percentile) and sitting in the top quarter of Ohio middle schools for two straight years. It beat the state in every reported subject in both 2025–2026 and 2024–2025, with Algebra I at 98.4% proficient (100% the year before) versus 61.6% statewide, and 8th grade math at 70.2% versus 52.0% statewide. Three Rivers Elementary is improving, rising from the 51st to the 58th percentile over three years. Its 4th graders are strong — 85.3% in math and 71.3% in ELA, both well above state — while 3rd grade math, at 55.1%, falls below the state's 62.1% and slipped from 62.6% the prior year. The elementary also has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 14.8%.
Taylor High School posts a 100.0% graduation rate, a major strength, but its rank fell from the 62nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 50th in 2025–2026. Its best results are in American History (84.8% vs. 73.2% state), Biology (79.1% vs. 67.0%), and English II (70.4% vs. 62.7%); math is the weak spot, with Geometry at 42.3% and Algebra I at 60.2%, both slightly below state and far below the middle school's Algebra I rate. Absenteeism climbs with grade level — 14.8% elementary, 18.6% middle, 22.8% high, against a district rate of 18.4% — making attendance the high school's most notable concern.
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