Academy for Multilingual Immersion Studies

Academy for Multilingual Immersion Studies (AMIS) is a PK–8 school at 1908 Seymour Ave in Cincinnati's Bond Hill/Roselawn area, serving 524 students as part of Cincinnati Public Schools. On the 2025–2026 state rankings, AMIS places 1,465th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools — the 6th percentile, with 0 stars — the lowest percentile in its ten-year record. It has never left the bottom quartile of Ohio elementary schools in that decade, and its last three years (7th, 2nd, and 6th percentile, all 0 stars) are its weakest stretch. The district itself ranks 609th of 773 Ohio districts, and AMIS's 2025–2026 test results fall below the district average in every grade and subject measured except Algebra I.

Among ten nearby schools, AMIS ranks second from the bottom — the lowest-ranked traditional public school in that comparison group, trailing Bond Hill Academy a mile away. Nearby Norwood City schools such as Sharpsburg Elementary and Norwood View Elementary School sit 35–40 percentile points higher. Even so, AMIS outperforms Horizon Science Academy-Cincinnati in essentially every grade, and it beats its closest PK–8 counterpart, Roselawn Condon School, at the top of the building: 7th grade ELA 28.2% vs. 9.1%, 8th grade ELA 23.4% vs. 12.1%, and 8th grade math 20% vs. 6.1%.

AMIS's clearest strengths are engagement and specific student groups. Chronic absenteeism is 38.9%, better than the district's 44.6% and roughly 20 points lower than ReGeneration Bond Hill and Bond Hill Academy, which post similar or slightly better test scores. Algebra I is 100% proficient, versus 48.9% district-wide. English-learner and Hispanic students rank in the 12th percentile — up from the 3rd — and African American students in the 19th, both above the school's 6th-percentile composite. The main liability is middle-grade math: 7th grade was 0% proficient, with 4th–6th grades at 9.3%, 7.3%, and 7.9%. Third grade improved sharply (ELA 7.1% to 41.7%), though results swing widely by grade and year.