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Best High Schools in Butler County, OH

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18,599

Students

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Top rankedLakota East High School97^th of 795 Ohio high schools

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Biggest riser

Fairfield High School up 132 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

New Miami High School 8.2 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Fairfield Academy and 1 more

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)	Ohio State Tests American Government (2026)	Ohio State Tests American History (2026)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)		Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)		Ohio State Tests Biology (2026)	Ohio State Tests English II (2026)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2026)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests English II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Monroe High School	Public	9-12	220 Yankee Rd	Monroe	45050	Butler County	Monroe Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 539-8471	871	41	21.2	34.9%	660 (75.8%)	49 (5.6%)	89 (10.2%)	31 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.7%)	62.3	250^th of 795 public high schools	68.6%		64.5	268^th of 855 public high schools	68.7%	18		76.8	82.0					76.0	80.0	49.7	78.3	$12,353
Marshall High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4720 Roosevelt Blvd	Middletown	45044	Butler County	Marshall High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 318-7078	654	31	20.9	—	387 (59.2%)	82 (12.5%)	117 (17.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (9.9%)								(n/a)												$9,268
Summit Academy Secondary School - Middletown	Public, Charter	7-12	3029 Yankee Rd	Middletown	45044	Butler County	Summit Academy Secondary School - Middletown	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 420-9767	81	8	10.1	—	69 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.1%)	20.3	655^th of 795 public high schools	17.6%		15.9	700^th of 855 public high schools	18.1%	45	22.2	81.8	60.0	15.8	0.0	15.8	17.6	38.5	31.3		9.7	$6,611
Hamilton High School	Public	9-12	1165 Eaton Ave	Hamilton	45013	Butler County	Hamilton City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 868-7700	2,403	119	20.1	—	1,325 (55.1%)	326 (13.6%)	576 (24.0%)	9 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	25 (1.0%)	139 (5.8%)	39.7	515^th of 795 public high schools	35.2%		44	525^th of 855 public high schools	38.6%	10		71.6	71.3					60.1	61.7	42.4	60.4	$10,659
Miami School	Public	9-12	140 Ross Ave	Hamilton	45013	Butler County	Hamilton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 887-5033	137	10	13.7	—	66 (48.2%)	15 (10.9%)	46 (33.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	7 (5.1%)	2	781^st of 795 public high schools	1.8%					(n/a)		20.0								0.0		$10,554
Middletown High School	Public	9-12	601 N Breiel Blvd	Middletown	45042	Butler County	Middletown City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 420-4500	1,587	90	17.7	—	705 (44.4%)	348 (21.9%)	335 (21.1%)	5 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	188 (11.8%)	16.2	668^th of 795 public high schools	16.0%		16.1	698^th of 855 public high schools	18.4%	30		51.6	57.5					50.1	46.0	24.9	45.1	$11,097
Edgewood High School	Public	9-12	3045 Busenbark Rd	Trenton	45067	Butler County	Edgewood City School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 867-6300	1,053	57	18.4	43.5%	928 (88.1%)	19 (1.8%)	35 (3.3%)	9 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	58 (5.5%)	34.3	568^th of 795 public high schools	28.6%		42.4	540^th of 855 public high schools	36.8%	28		72.8	70.8					59.8	58.4	29.5	51.6	$11,844
Fairfield High School	Public	9-12	8800 Holden Blvd	Fairfield	45014	Butler County	Fairfield City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 942-2999	2,255	100	22.5	52.7%	1,096 (48.6%)	506 (22.4%)	374 (16.6%)	150 (6.7%)	3 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	122 (5.4%)	50	413^th of 795 public high schools	48.1%		42	545^th of 855 public high schools	36.3%	132		79.1	76.1					74.1	66.7	44.8	55.4	$10,489
Fairfield Virtual Academy	Public	7-12	211 Donald Dr	Fairfield	45014	Butler County	Fairfield City	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(513) 858-7600	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Fairfield Academy	Public	7-12	211 Donald Dr	Fairfield	45014	Butler County	Fairfield City	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(513) 858-7600	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	21.1	653^rd of 795 public high schools	17.9%					(n/a)		64.0						30.0	63.6	7.1	50.0
Lakota East High School	Public	9-12	6840 Lakota Ln	Liberty Township	45044	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 755-7211	2,660	101	26.2	25.2%	1,741 (65.5%)	302 (11.4%)	218 (8.2%)	224 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (0.4%)	164 (6.2%)	76	97^th of 795 public high schools	87.8%		73.7	141^st of 855 public high schools	83.5%	44		84.0	93.0					86.8	84.9	63.1	82.3	$11,490
Lakota West High School	Public	9-12	8940 Union Centre Blvd	West Chester	45069	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 874-5699	2,968	106	28.1	30.6%	1,594 (53.7%)	471 (15.9%)	399 (13.4%)	344 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.2%)	155 (5.2%)	67.3	185^th of 795 public high schools	76.7%		71.2	179^th of 855 public high schools	79.1%	6		83.0	84.7					81.4	73.0	62.5	75.3	$10,290
Lakota Central	Public, Virtual	9-12	5050 Tylersville Rd	West Chester	45069	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(513) 682-4117	164	7	22.3	68.9%	105 (64.0%)	18 (11.0%)	21 (12.8%)	7 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	11 (6.7%)	6.7	727^th of 795 public high schools	8.6%		18.8	679^th of 855 public high schools	20.6%	48		40.8	48.4					47.8	32.0	10.7	6.7	$10,986
Madison High School	Public	9-12	5797 W Alexandria Rd	Middletown	45042	Butler County	Madison Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 420-4760	438	32	13.6	80.6%	406 (92.7%)	5 (1.1%)	12 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	48.1	438^th of 795 public high schools	44.9%		51.3	457^th of 855 public high schools	46.5%	19		75.7	83.0					71.1	63.4	44.4	50.5	$17,395
New Miami High School	Public	9-12	600 Seven Mile Ave	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	New Miami Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 863-4917	148	18	8.2	—	128 (86.5%)	7 (4.7%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.7%)	17.2	664^th of 795 public high schools	16.5%		26.5	643^rd of 855 public high schools	24.8%	21		67.4	53.1					58.1	39.4	9.7	34.4	$19,182
Ross High School	Public	9-12	3601 Hamilton Cleves Rd	Hamilton	45013	Butler County	Ross Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 863-1252	893	44	20.1	26.2%	870 (97.4%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	68	177^th of 795 public high schools	77.7%		73.4	145^th of 855 public high schools	83.0%	32		90.3	85.4					76.8	71.8	56.3	80.5	$14,038
Talawanda High School	Public	9-12	5301 University Park Blvd	Oxford	45056	Butler County	Talawanda City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 273-3200	889	54	16.4	35.2%	785 (88.3%)	29 (3.3%)	21 (2.4%)	27 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.0%)	52.7	386^th of 795 public high schools	51.4%		58.3	355^th of 855 public high schools	58.5%	31		79.3	78.2					71.2	64.1	51.2	64.9	$14,246
D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center	Public	6-12	3603 Hamilton Middletown Rd	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 868-6300	930	216	4.3	—	629 (67.6%)	107 (11.5%)	118 (12.7%)	26 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.2%)								(n/a)
Butler Technical Public Safety Education Complex	Public	9-12	5140 Princeton-Glendale Road	Liberty Township	45011	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(513) 868-1911	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Butler Technical School of the Arts	Public	10-12	3603 Hamilton Middletown Rd	Fairfield Township	45011	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 863-8898	156	0		—	100 (64.1%)	28 (17.9%)	13 (8.3%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.7%)								(n/a)
Butler Technical Natural Science Center	Public	11-12	640 Hamilton Lebanon Rd	Monroe	45050	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 539-0818	104	0		74.0%	73 (70.2%)	9 (8.7%)	13 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.7%)								(n/a)
Butler Technical Bioscience Center	Public	10-12	8450 Capstone Boulevard	West Chester	45011	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 645-5450	208	0		—	107 (51.4%)	58 (27.9%)	23 (11.1%)	11 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)								(n/a)
Butler Technical LeSourdsville Location	Public	12	101 Jerry Couch Blvd	Monroe	45050	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 645-8231	0	2	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Butler Technical Aviation Facility	Public	10-12	1902 Germantown Rd	Middletown	45042	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(513) 868-1911	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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