Summary:
Hamilton City serves roughly 9,014 students across 12 schools: 8 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools. The district is rated 570 of 773 districts — 26th percentile, 1 star — but that district-wide rating masks wide school-level differences, with rank percentiles running from the 2nd percentile at Miami School to the 51st percentile at Ridgeway Elementary School. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, spending figures date to 2018-2019, and test averages are simple unweighted averages of reported proficiencies.
The academic standout is Ridgeway Elementary School, the only school with 3 stars, a proficiency average near 63.6, and chronic absenteeism of 16.2% — about half the district's 31.1%. Brookwood Elementary School follows closely with an average near 61.4, low absenteeism of 16.4%, and strong 3rd- and 4th-grade math and ELA results, though its 5th-grade science is just 36.6%. At the high school level, Hamilton High School is the largest school at 2,403 students and posts a 97.6% graduation rate against the district's 89.3%, but chronic absenteeism is high at 45.6%. Miami School, with only 137 students, is the most challenged: 91.8% chronic absenteeism, a 52.8% graduation rate, 0% proficient in Geometry, and a 2nd percentile, 0-star rank.
Several patterns matter for families. Chronic absenteeism rises sharply by level — elementary schools average about 22.3%, middle schools 32.5%, and high schools 68.7% — and all 8 elementary schools sit below the district rate of 31.1%. Middle-school math is split: Garfield Middle School and Wilson Middle School reach 97.7% and 100% in Algebra I, yet only 30.6% and 25.0% in 7th-grade math. Every elementary school scored under the state's 62.7% in 5th-grade science. Spending and student-teacher ratios do not line up neatly with results.
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