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William H Taft Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-7

1226^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

William H Taft Elementary School is a PK–7 neighborhood school at 270 Southern Ave in Cincinnati (45219), part of Cincinnati Public Schools, serving 234 students with a 12.2:1 student-to-teacher ratio in a part of the city where district and charter options are close together.

The school is a 1-star school ranked 1,226 of 1,560 Ohio elementaries in 2025-26, about the 21st percentile. That is a real recovery from the 7th percentile and 0 stars in 2020-21 and 2021-22, but still below its own 2017-18 high of the 38th percentile. Achievement is below district and state averages: across nine 2025-26 tests, the school averages roughly 39.7% proficient, compared with about 47.1% for the district and 62.1% for Ohio. Fourth grade is the bright spot, with math at 54.2% and ELA at 50.0%, both above district averages. Grades 5 and 6 are the leak, especially ELA at 35.5% and 20.6%, and sixth-grade ELA has been low for three years. Fifth-grade science is improving fastest, from 3.2% in 2022-23 to 32.3% in 2025-26. Nearby, Fairview-Clifton German Language School ranks at the 78th percentile and Clifton Area Neighborhood School at the 43rd, while the school outranks Rockdale Academy (4th percentile) and Rothenberg Preparatory Academy (17th) but trails North Avondale Montessori School (25th), Frederick Douglass School (24th), and George Hays-Jennie Porter School (37th).

Attendance is the school’s clearest operational success: chronic absenteeism fell from 65.3% in 2021-22 to 47.5% in 2025-26, cutting the gap to the district to under 3 points and doing better than Rockdale Academy, Rothenberg Preparatory Academy, and Frederick Douglass School, though still far above North Avondale Montessori School (24.2%) and Fairview-Clifton German Language School (8.7%). The most persistent weakness is special education, where the school ranks in the 8th percentile with 0 stars for three straight years—a gap the school had once closed to the 50th percentile in 2018-19. Class size is a relative advantage at 12.2:1, second-smallest among nearby schools, and per-pupil spending was $10,708 in 2018-19, modest versus several peers. No test-score values in the available data were state-suppressed, but free/reduced-lunch percentages are unavailable.

234

Students ?

12.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,661

Per pupil spending ?

99%

Free/discounted lunch ?

270 Southern Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45219-3023

(513) 363-5600

District: Cincinnati Public Schools

Students who attend William H Taft Elementary School usually attend:

High:	Clark Montessori High School
	Gilbert A. Dater High School
	Hughes STEM High School
	James N. Gamble Montessori High School
	More...
	Walnut Hills High School
	Withrow University High School
Alternative:	Western Hills University High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

82.1%

Two or more races:

8.1%

White:

6.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 19th percentile in 2016 → 21st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (40% vs 62% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Science scores 30 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school40%

District avg47%

Ohio avg62%

1,226^th of 1,560

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

22^nd of 36Elementary Schools in the Cincinnati Public Schools

609^th of 773Cincinnati 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	22.7	1226 of 1560	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.6	1206 of 1558	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	1392 of 1577	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	1411 of 1596	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.0	1474 of 1588	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.3	1497 of 1610	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.6	1270 of 1676	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	48.3	1008 of 1636	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	29.9	1227 of 1651	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.9	1357 of 1678	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	7.1	1576 of 1684	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	5.0	1601 of 1687	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	3.2	1638 of 1701	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	7.5	1590 of 1709	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.2	1606 of 1686	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	2.0	1631 of 1662	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	0.2	1610 of 1610	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	0.7	1576 of 1582	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	5.2	1534 of 1609	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	2.9	1457 of 1504	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	1.2	1488 of 1501	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	0.5	1461 of 1471	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	45.5	323 of 631	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	45.8	304 of 615	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.8	386 of 603	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.6	428 of 610	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	476 of 601	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.3	416 of 533	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.5	350 of 605	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	74.4	118 of 598	80.3%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	20.9	720 of 824	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.8	566 of 765	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.0	475 of 956	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	76.7	149 of 1021	85.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	32.0	1048 of 1452	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.2	1102 of 1452	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	1139 of 1466	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.9	1292 of 1483	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.9	1280 of 1488	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	4.3	1422 of 1467	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.6	1182 of 1502	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.8	1099 of 1518	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	28.0	1127 of 1467	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	27.8	1122 of 1473	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	1312 of 1484	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	1258 of 1447	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.2	1310 of 1419	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.2	1289 of 1404	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.5	1191 of 1465	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	57.9	701 of 1465	52.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	13.6	1272 of 1467	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.3	1191 of 1466	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.0	1385 of 1485	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.3	1340 of 1498	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	4.1	1463 of 1518	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.7	1383 of 1499	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.9	1250 of 1535	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	55.2	823 of 1536	46.4%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	16.7	840 of 914	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.1	902 of 935	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.3	873 of 900	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	785 of 856	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2026)49th percentile+27 vs school

Female (2026)28th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)23rd percentile~ school

Male (2026)13th percentile-8 vs school

Disabled (2022)13th percentile+5 vs school

Special Education (2026)8th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics42%-19 vs state

English Language Arts39%-24 vs state

Science32%-30 vs state

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Treated terrible by staff. My son was refused his lunch on the first day. I was misinformed by his teacher and the board of education multiple times. Very unorganized and rude staff. Close Quote

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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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2016)	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 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Total
William H Taft Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	270 Southern Ave	Cincinnati	45219	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-5600	234	19	12.2	99.0%	14 (6.0%)	192 (82.1%)	8 (3.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.1%)	22.7	1226^th of 1560 public elementary schools	21.4%		23.6	1206^th of 1558 public elementary schools	22.6%	20	32.3		51.5	54.2	29.0	35.3			48.5	50.0	35.5	20.6			$13,661
Rothenberg Preparatory Academy	Public	PK, KG-7	241 E Clifton Ave	Cincinnati	45202	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-5700	332	23	14.5	99.3%	6 (1.8%)	305 (91.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.7%)	16.9	1300^th of 1560 public elementary schools	16.7%		12.9	1356^th of 1558 public elementary schools	13.0%	56	26.5		36.4	30.4	8.8	3.2			59.1	63.0	34.3	6.5			$13,425
Empowered by the Arts Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2615 Melrose Ave	Cincinnati	45206	Hamilton County	Empowered by the Arts Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 304-8210	190	14	13.5		0 (0.0%)	189 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)								(n/a)															$10,136
Frederick Douglass School	Public	PK, KG-7	2627 Park Ave	Cincinnati	45206	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-1900	229	21	11.0	99.0%	9 (3.9%)	195 (85.2%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.2%)	26.4	1179^th of 1560 public elementary schools	24.4%		11	1386^th of 1558 public elementary schools	11.0%	207	55.2		50.0	13.6	13.8				40.0	36.4	75.9				$14,408
George Hays-Jennie Porter School	Public	PK, KG-6	1030 Cutter St	Cincinnati	45203	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-1000	263	19	14.0	96.6%	3 (1.1%)	249 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.8%)	43.4	989^th of 1560 public elementary schools	36.6%		50.6	888^th of 1558 public elementary schools	43.0%	101	6.9		73.1	43.8	55.2	28.6			84.6	56.3	79.3	32.1			$14,491
Rockdale Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	335 Rockdale Ave	Cincinnati	45229	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-4700	225	17	12.9	89.1%	13 (5.8%)	194 (86.2%)	4 (1.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	4.6	1503^rd of 1560 public elementary schools	3.7%		15.5	1322^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	15.1%	181	23.7		20.8	4.5	15.3				31.5	8.8	30.5				$13,007
ReGeneration Schools Avondale Elementary	Public, Charter	K-4	3595 Washington Ave	Cincinnati	45229	Hamilton County	ReGeneration Schools Avondale Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 351-5801	146	7	20.8	95.1%	3 (2.1%)	138 (94.5%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	28.3	1154^th of 1560 public elementary schools	26.0%		6.2	1473^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	5.5%	319			52.4	60.7					33.3	42.9					$19,020
Fairview-Clifton German Language School	Public	K-6	3689 Clifton Ave	Cincinnati	45220	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 363-2100	657	41	15.8	23.6%	225 (34.2%)	352 (53.6%)	4 (0.6%)	13 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (9.4%)	78.2	346^th of 1560 public elementary schools	77.8%		70.4	526^th of 1558 public elementary schools	66.2%	180	76.8		63.7	84.1	79.0	75.3	100.0		78.4	74.3	89.0	73.4			$15,647
Clifton Area Neighborhood School	Public	PK, KG-6	3711 Clifton Ave	Cincinnati	45220	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 363-0000	337	20	16.6		149 (44.2%)	110 (32.6%)	11 (3.3%)	24 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (12.5%)	50.5	887^th of 1560 public elementary schools	43.1%		71.6	498^th of 1558 public elementary schools	68.0%	389	53.7		59.6	60.5	30.3	52.4			66.0	67.4	61.0	74.4			$13,976
Alliance Academy of Cincinnati	Public, Charter	K-8	1712 Duck Creek Rd	Cincinnati	45207	Hamilton County	Alliance Academy of Cincinnati	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 751-5555	350	0	12.5	82.9%	13 (3.7%)	279 (79.7%)	15 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.0%)	67.6	575^th of 1560 public elementary schools	63.1%		44.5	977^th of 1558 public elementary schools	37.3%	402	92.0	72.2	56.7	72.7	72.0	44.1	24.0	77.8	80.0	68.2	96.0	52.9	68.0	66.7	$19,157

Frequently Asked Questions about William H Taft Elementary School

What schools do graduates of William H Taft Elementary School attend?

Students who attend William H Taft Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Clark Montessori High School
High : Gilbert A. Dater High School
High : Hughes STEM High School
High : James N. Gamble Montessori High School
High : Walnut Hills High School
High : Withrow University High School
Alternative : Western Hills University High School

How many students attend William H Taft Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 234 students attended William H Taft Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of William H Taft Elementary School?

Students at William H Taft Elementary School are 82% African American, 8% Two or more races, 6% White, 3% Hispanic.

Is William H Taft Elementary School a good school?

William H Taft Elementary School ranks in the bottom 21.4% of Ohio elementary schools.

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