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Gilbert A. Dater High School

Public Grades 5-12
728th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 855 Ohio High Schools
Better than 15% of Ohio high schools
Summary

Gilbert A. Dater High School is a public high school located in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 895 students. The school is part of the Cincinnati Public Schools district, which is ranked 596 out of 828 districts in Ohio and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gilbert A. Dater High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Ohio high schools, ranking between 637-732 out of 773-867 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Ohio high schools for male students, Hispanic students, and gifted and talented students. Additionally, the school has had four-year graduation rates ranging from 77.0% to 86.1%, well below the state average of around 85-90%, and extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 43.5% to 58.1%, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

When comparing Gilbert A. Dater High School to other high schools in the Cincinnati Public Schools district, it performs significantly worse than its peers on most metrics. For example, Aiken New Technical High School, Hughes STEM High School, and Western Hills University High School all have higher rankings, graduation rates, and academic proficiency levels. The school's struggles are likely exacerbated by the socioeconomic factors of its student population and potential resource constraints, with per-student spending slightly below the district average.

911
Students ?
14.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,521
Per pupil spending ?
79.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2146 Ferguson Rd
       Cincinnati, OH  45238-3720

(513) 363-7200

District: Cincinnati Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:
52.4%
Hispanic:
30.8%
White:
11.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 18th percentile in 2015 → 15th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (26% vs 59% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)
!Science scores 48 pts below the Ohio average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school26%
District avg43%
Ohio avg59%
Middle school
929th of 1,036
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 11 pts since 2015
From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Ohio Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
728th of 855
Ohio public high schools ?
Bottom 15%▼ down 3 pts since 2015
From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Ohio High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
8th of 12High Schools in the Cincinnati Public Schools
596th of 828Cincinnati Public Schools among Ohio districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20259.0929 of 103610.3%★☆☆☆☆
20246.4989 of 10465.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.0954 of 10489.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.8924 of 10179.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.6927 of 103710.6%★☆☆☆☆
20197.1960 of 10508.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.6742 of 101026.5%★☆☆☆☆
201712.8867 of 103816.5%★☆☆☆☆
201611.7912 of 105013.1%★☆☆☆☆
201522.1816 of 103521.2%★☆☆☆☆
201414.1868 of 100813.9%★☆☆☆☆
201323.3816 of 100118.5%★☆☆☆☆
201228.4782 of 98920.9%★☆☆☆☆
201133.4726 of 92521.5%★☆☆☆☆
201016.9773 of 89513.6%★☆☆☆☆
200927.9684 of 85820.3%★☆☆☆☆
200833.3657 of 83521.3%★☆☆☆☆
200745.9574 of 83731.4%★★☆☆☆
200645.8514 of 73229.8%★☆☆☆☆
200549.0426 of 69238.4%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202519.6363 of 44217.9%★☆☆☆☆
202416.0385 of 42910.3%★☆☆☆☆
202320.7348 of 43620.2%★☆☆☆☆
202221.7333 of 41319.4%★☆☆☆☆
202124.8293 of 38523.9%★☆☆☆☆
201917.0354 of 40512.6%★☆☆☆☆
201829.0284 of 38426.0%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201921.9580 of 65811.9%★☆☆☆☆
201855.8218 of 64366.1%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202423.4102 of 12317.1%★☆☆☆☆
201914.4117 of 1277.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.893 of 10713.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20255.6884 of 9385.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.8919 of 9422.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.1874 of 9437.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.5876 of 9255.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.9829 of 9108.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.4879 of 9174.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.0822 of 8978.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20256.3254 of 2623.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.8219 of 2398.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.8222 of 2220.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201928.314 of 2339.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20258.5898 of 9838.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.2959 of 9893.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.2896 of 9748.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.1868 of 9478.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.3853 of 9237.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.9874 of 9457.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201830.6689 of 92425.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20257.5869 of 9548.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.7940 of 9581.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.1926 of 9633.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.0891 of 9465.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.5912 of 9241.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.5884 of 9335.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.7831 of 9169.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201913.4193 of 2066.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.7204 of 2050.5%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20255.2737 of 7775.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20240.7793 of 7950.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.9789 of 8052.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.1715 of 7818.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.1747 of 7966.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.3736 of 7815.8%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202510.9728 of 85514.9%★☆☆☆☆
202414.4702 of 86418.8%★☆☆☆☆
202312.5725 of 86716.4%★☆☆☆☆
20229.0732 of 83612.4%★☆☆☆☆
20219.0718 of 81912.3%★☆☆☆☆
201915.1692 of 83617.2%★☆☆☆☆
201813.2679 of 80015.1%★☆☆☆☆
201719.9637 of 77317.6%★☆☆☆☆
201625.1654 of 78416.6%★☆☆☆☆
201529.6636 of 77818.3%★☆☆☆☆
201432.0641 of 76916.6%★☆☆☆☆
201342.1599 of 76721.9%★☆☆☆☆
201252.0567 of 83231.9%★★☆☆☆
201157.4497 of 81839.2%★★☆☆☆
201058.9449 of 81945.2%★★☆☆☆
200943.3598 of 79124.4%★☆☆☆☆
200841.6590 of 76723.1%★☆☆☆☆
200749.2524 of 75630.7%★★☆☆☆
200645.7476 of 69631.6%★★☆☆☆
200533.5548 of 68920.5%★☆☆☆☆
200446.1420 of 68138.3%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202535.2199 of 32839.3%★★☆☆☆
202446.1162 of 31849.1%★★☆☆☆
202340.8169 of 32347.7%★★☆☆☆
202225.5222 of 30627.5%★☆☆☆☆
202129.8186 of 28434.5%★★☆☆☆
201941.8179 of 30340.9%★★☆☆☆
201832.3184 of 27934.1%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202226.6455 of 60624.9%★☆☆☆☆
202140.6335 of 59643.8%★★☆☆☆
201927.9483 of 62823.1%★☆☆☆☆
201823.6441 of 55019.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202526.3102 of 12820.3%★☆☆☆☆
202432.674 of 11133.3%★★☆☆☆
202330.572 of 10732.7%★★☆☆☆
202219.995 of 11114.4%★☆☆☆☆
202117.8106 of 11910.9%★☆☆☆☆
201920.798 of 11212.5%★☆☆☆☆
201822.878 of 10022.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202518.2662 of 80918.2%★☆☆☆☆
202422.8632 of 79820.8%★☆☆☆☆
202313.9683 of 81316.0%★☆☆☆☆
202210.7686 of 79413.6%★☆☆☆☆
20217.2693 of 77510.6%★☆☆☆☆
201917.7668 of 78114.5%★☆☆☆☆
20189.0672 of 75110.5%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202338.8255 of 30817.2%★☆☆☆☆
202219.9290 of 3127.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201960.9118 of 27256.6%★★★☆☆
201834.7435 of 53819.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20259.1249 of 2707.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.4247 of 2739.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.8254 of 2705.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.6252 of 2603.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.6224 of 2396.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.1202 of 2072.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.0176 of 1844.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202336.520 of 3033.3%★★☆☆☆
201936.719 of 3240.6%★★☆☆☆
201839.814 of 2850.0%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202513.5693 of 81515.0%★☆☆☆☆
202421.7652 of 82220.7%★☆☆☆☆
202319.4656 of 80518.5%★☆☆☆☆
202212.6674 of 77312.8%★☆☆☆☆
202112.7669 of 76312.3%★☆☆☆☆
201924.1628 of 77919.4%★☆☆☆☆
201815.0647 of 75814.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20255.1761 of 8176.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.4732 of 81610.3%★☆☆☆☆
20237.8733 of 81910.5%★☆☆☆☆
20225.0744 of 8087.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.5734 of 7785.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.7701 of 79211.5%★☆☆☆☆
20185.9699 of 7638.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202329.3180 of 23924.7%★☆☆☆☆
202214.3198 of 22210.8%★☆☆☆☆
201934.1149 of 20828.4%★☆☆☆☆
201825.4160 of 20120.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202521.8533 of 61713.6%★☆☆☆☆
202424.4478 of 59820.1%★☆☆☆☆
202320.8538 of 61412.4%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202511.4667 of 74810.8%★☆☆☆☆
202411.5670 of 75411.1%★☆☆☆☆
20236.6701 of 7567.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.4647 of 74913.6%★☆☆☆☆
20217.3671 of 7277.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201927.2604 of 73918.3%★☆☆☆☆
201812.6643 of 71810.4%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
Homeless (2019)39th percentile+31 vs school
African American (2025)18th percentile+8 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)17th percentile+12 vs school
Disabled (2019)12th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)9th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2019)6th percentile~ school
Female (2025)6th percentile-5 vs school
White (2025)5th percentile-5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile-7 vs school
High school
African American (2025)39th percentile+24 vs school
Homeless (2023)33rd percentile+17 vs school
Disabled (2022)25th percentile+12 vs school
Multi-racial (2023)25th percentile+8 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)20th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)18th percentile+3 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2023)17th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)14th percentile~ school
White (2025)11th percentile-4 vs school
Hispanic (2025)8th percentile-7 vs school
Male (2025)7th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?
American Government47%-25 vs state
American History45%-26 vs state
Algebra I33%-26 vs state
English II33%-28 vs state
Biology29%-37 vs state
English Language Arts27%-32 vs state
Science15%-48 vs state
Geometry11%-32 vs state
Mathematics8%-40 vs state

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by a student
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Open Quote Dater High school is a really great school with great teachers who are willing to take their time to work with students on a one on one time. I have a great time with teachers there and they also have a great principle. The only problem with the school is they don't have a lot of classes to chose from (like drama or foreign language( they only offer spanish and latin), But overall great school that I hope will improve over each school year. Close Quote





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Gilbert A. Dater High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bond Hill Academy
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Elementary : Covedale School
Elementary : Ethel M. Taylor Academy
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Elementary : Frederick Douglass School
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Elementary : Hyde Park School
Elementary : John P. Parker School
Elementary : Kilgour School
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Elementary : Mt. Washington School
Elementary : Pleasant Hill Academy
Elementary : Pleasant Ridge Montessori School
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Elementary : Rockdale Academy
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Elementary : Rothenberg Preparatory Academy
Elementary : Silverton Elementary
Elementary : South Avondale School
Elementary : Westwood School
Elementary : William H Taft Elementary School
Elementary : Winton Hills Academy
Middle : Hartwell School
Alternative : Roselawn Condon School

In the 2024-25 school year, 911 students attended Gilbert A. Dater High School.

Gilbert A. Dater High School ranks in the bottom 14.9% of Ohio high schools.

Students at Gilbert A. Dater High School are 52% African American, 31% Hispanic, 11% White, 5% Two or more races.


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