Academy Of World Languages School

Academy Of World Languages School is a Cincinnati Public Schools alternative school on Fairfax Avenue serving 548 students in grades PK–9, within a district that itself ranks 609th of 773 Ohio districts.

On the 2025-26 Ohio State Tests, the school's composite proficiency was roughly 30%, compared with about 43% for the district and about 59% statewide, and it trailed its own district on 12 of 14 subject-and-grade measures. Two results stand out: third-grade ELA at 62.3%, above the district's 58.9% and essentially at the state average, and eighth-grade math at 27.7%, also above district. Everything else fell short, with the widest gaps in fifth-grade math (10.0%), fourth-grade ELA (21.2%) and seventh-grade math (10.4%). Math is consistently weaker than reading — about 21% versus about 36% composite — and seventh-grade math has sat near the floor for four straight years (13.6 → 11.4 → 11.1 → 10.4).

Chronic absenteeism was 41.9% in 2025-26, better than nearby Oyler School (64.5%) and Pleasant Hill Middle School (58.9%), but far behind the district's magnet programs, Spencer Center for Gifted and Exceptional Students (21.0%) and School For Creative and Performing Arts (23.2%). The school generally outperforms John J. Gilligan Digital Academy and Pleasant Hill on most measures, while results versus Oyler are mixed. Its per-student spending — $10,267 — is the lowest among the CPS alternatives compared here. Because each grade has only one class per year, year-to-year swings are large and any single year's scores should be read with caution.