Summary:
Maineville, Ohio has two public elementary schools — Little Miami Primary School (grades 2–3, 937 students, in Little Miami Local) and South Lebanon Elementary School (grades K–4, 523 students, in Kings Local). No middle, high, or alternative schools are listed for the city. Both districts are rated 4 stars, but Kings Local ranks higher — 116 of 773 schools (85th percentile) versus 176 of 773 (77th percentile) for Little Miami Local.
The two schools show different academic strengths. South Lebanon Elementary School posts the strongest figures in the data set in 4th grade: math at 89.9% (2024–25) and 88.4% (2025–26), and ELA at 81.5% and 83.2% — roughly 20 points above Ohio averages in those grades. Its 3rd grade is more uneven: 2025–26 math was 64.4%, only 2.3 points above the state but 13.0 points below its district, and 3rd-grade math fell 19.1 points year over year. Little Miami Primary School was steadier in 3rd grade, staying above the state in every listed test (72.0% math and 74.2% ELA in 2025–26).
Attendance and resources round out the comparison. Little Miami Primary School has 9.1% chronic absenteeism, below its district's 13.6%; South Lebanon Elementary School has 16.1%, slightly above its district's 15.1% — a 7.0-point gap between the schools. Free/reduced lunch is similar (32.12% vs. 34.99%), per-student spending is nearly identical ($9,425 vs. $9,486, 2018–19), and student-teacher ratios are 22.2 and 20.3. Parents should also note South Lebanon Elementary School's rank slipped from the 87th percentile in 2024–25 to the 71st in 2025–26 despite strong 4th-grade results. Both schools hold 4 stars, but one stands out for attendance and consistency, the other for upper-grade achievement.
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