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Withrow University High School

Q: Is Withrow University High School a good school?

Withrow University High School ranks in the bottom 17.0% of Ohio high schools.

Q: How many students attend Withrow University High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,300 students attended Withrow University High School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Withrow University High School?

Students at Withrow University High School are 77% African American, 15% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% White.

Public Grades 7-12

710^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 855 Ohio High Schools

Better than 17% of Ohio high schools

Summary

Withrow University High School is a public high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving 1,328 students in grades 7-12. 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.

Withrow University High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Ohio high schools over the past several years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, indicating poor overall performance. The school's academic performance is significantly below state and district averages, particularly in mathematics and English Language Arts, with proficiency rates ranging from 11.6% to 45.6% across different tests, compared to state averages of 42.8% to 72.6%. Withrow University High School also struggles with low graduation rates, ranging from 79.3% to 87.6%, and high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 43.5% to 78.5%, both of which are worse than state averages.

Compared to nearby schools, Withrow University High School performs significantly worse than the highly-ranked Walnut Hills High School, and also underperforms other local schools such as Shroder High School and Woodward Career Technical High School. The only nearby school that performs worse than Withrow University High School is the charter school Queen City Career Prep High School, which has extremely low academic performance and graduation rates.

1,300

Students ?

15.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,228

Per pupil spending ?

Free/discounted lunch ?

2488 Madison Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45208-1216

(513) 363-9200

District: Cincinnati Public Schools

Feeder schools for Withrow University High School:

Elementary:	Bond Hill Academy
	Carson School
	Chase School
	Cheviot School
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	Covedale School
	Ethel M. Taylor Academy
	Evanston Academy
	Frederick Douglass School
	George Hays-Jennie Porter School
	Hyde Park School
	John P. Parker School
	Kilgour School
	Mt. Airy School
	Mt. Washington School
	Pleasant Hill Academy
	Pleasant Ridge Montessori School
	Rees E. Price Academy
	Rockdale Academy
	Roll Hill School
	Rothenberg Preparatory Academy
	Silverton Elementary
	South Avondale School
	Westwood School
	William H Taft Elementary School
	Winton Hills Academy
Middle:	Hartwell School
Alternative:	Roselawn Condon School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

77.5%

Hispanic:

15.2%

Two or more races:

4.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2015 → 17th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (28% vs 59% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 43 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg43%

Ohio avg59%

Middle school

922^nd of 1,036

Ohio public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

710^th of 855

Ohio public high schools ?

Bottom 17%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 17% (2025)

See the entire ranking list of Ohio High Schools →

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SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 12High Schools in the Cincinnati Public Schools

596^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	922 of 1036	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	5.3	1011 of 1046	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.7	1003 of 1048	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.3	994 of 1017	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.7	972 of 1037	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.4	971 of 1050	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	864 of 1010	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	8.3	929 of 1038	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	4.8	1014 of 1050	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.6	909 of 1035	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	12.1	877 of 1008	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	349 of 442	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	416 of 429	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	409 of 436	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	397 of 413	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.4	358 of 385	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.8	350 of 405	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.9	247 of 384	35.7%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	13.0	563 of 565	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.6	541 of 576	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	33.6	467 of 658	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	58.1	201 of 643	68.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	7.3	855 of 938	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.7	920 of 942	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.2	923 of 943	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.9	912 of 925	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.7	888 of 910	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.1	908 of 917	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.5	817 of 897	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2019	17.4	21 of 23	8.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.6	17 of 21	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	8.5	897 of 983	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.9	976 of 989	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.0	948 of 974	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.4	931 of 947	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.9	896 of 923	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.0	883 of 945	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.4	803 of 924	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	5.4	905 of 954	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.4	956 of 958	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.7	951 of 963	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.8	945 of 946	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.2	917 of 924	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.0	859 of 933	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.0	803 of 916	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	525 of 572	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.9	584 of 590	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	710 of 855	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.3	742 of 864	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.7	794 of 867	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.2	772 of 836	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.7	762 of 819	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.7	760 of 836	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.9	711 of 800	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	8.7	705 of 773	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.6	718 of 784	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	16.6	687 of 778	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.0	675 of 769	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	21.6	678 of 767	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	32.7	680 of 832	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	54.6	534 of 818	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	42.4	622 of 819	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	48.7	559 of 791	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	60.7	377 of 767	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2007	63.7	317 of 756	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2006	55.1	390 of 696	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2005	55.6	364 of 689	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2004	15.9	595 of 681	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	42.9	177 of 328	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.6	219 of 318	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.1	254 of 323	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	238 of 306	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.1	218 of 284	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	252 of 303	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	214 of 279	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	12.8	574 of 606	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.4	482 of 596	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.6	486 of 628	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.2	514 of 550	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	31.8	87 of 128	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	13.9	105 of 111	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	107 of 107	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.0	112 of 119	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	107 of 112	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.0	96 of 100	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	680 of 809	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.9	714 of 798	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	4.8	749 of 813	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.7	741 of 794	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.5	719 of 775	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.9	731 of 781	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.5	718 of 751	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	9.1	248 of 270	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.2	264 of 273	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.6	267 of 270	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.0	253 of 260	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.5	231 of 239	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.1	198 of 207	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.5	183 of 184	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	30 of 37	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.5	23 of 30	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.1	26 of 30	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	44.0	10 of 22	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.4	16 of 32	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	17.7	28 of 28	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	19.1	671 of 815	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	714 of 822	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	741 of 805	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.8	715 of 773	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	712 of 763	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	710 of 779	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.1	693 of 758	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	699 of 817	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.8	738 of 816	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.9	787 of 819	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.6	763 of 808	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.4	752 of 778	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.9	752 of 792	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.4	721 of 763	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	8.9	239 of 254	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	26.8	189 of 239	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	281 of 617	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	29.5	433 of 598	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	602 of 614	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2018	0.2	715 of 718	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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

African American (2025)21st percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile~ school

Homeless (2019)9th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)8th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)5th percentile-6 vs school

Disabled (2022)<1st percentile~ school

High school

Special Education (2025)54th percentile+37 vs school

African American (2025)46th percentile+29 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)32nd percentile+15 vs school

Homeless (2025)19th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile~ school

Female (2025)16th percentile~ school

Male (2025)14th percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile-9 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)6th percentile-11 vs school

Disabled (2022)5th percentile~ school

White (2018)<1st percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?

American History46%-26 vs state

American Government45%-27 vs state

Biology38%-27 vs state

Algebra I37%-22 vs state

English II30%-30 vs state

Geometry26%-16 vs state

Science23%-40 vs state

Mathematics17%-32 vs state

English Language Arts16%-43 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)	Ohio State Tests American Government (2025)	Ohio State Tests American History (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)		Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)		Ohio State Tests Biology (2025)	Ohio State Tests English II (2025)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2025)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests English II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Withrow University High School	Public	7-12	2488 Madison Rd	Cincinnati	45208	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-9200	1,300	86	15.1		30 (2.3%)	1,007 (77.5%)	197 (15.2%)	12 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (4.0%)	14.4	710^th of 855 public high schools	17.0%		9.3	742^nd of 864 public high schools	14.1%	32	23.0	45.2	45.6	22.5	11.7	20.1	11.6	38.3	30.3	26.5	37.1	$13,228
ChallengeU Ohio Community School	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	4030 Smith Rd Ste 200	Cincinnati	45209	Hamilton County	ChallengeU Ohio Community School	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(833) 565-0745	286	3	85.3		194 (67.8%)	56 (19.6%)	14 (4.9%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	17 (5.9%)	8.1	759^th of 855 public high schools	11.2%		11.7	717^th of 864 public high schools	17.0%	42		47.1	42.3					23.3	28.3	11.4	12.5	$9,302
Clark Montessori High School	Public	7-12	3030 Erie Ave	Cincinnati	45208	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 363-7100	714	39	18.0		241 (33.8%)	381 (53.4%)	18 (2.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (9.5%)	60.5	325^th of 855 public high schools	62.0%		47.7	482^nd of 864 public high schools	44.2%	157	41.0	77.4	83.2	33.1	19.5	58.5	40.7	76.9	69.5	47.0	59.2	$13,816
Norwood High School	Public	9-12	2020 Sherman Ave	Norwood	45212	Hamilton County	Norwood City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 924-2800	435	31	13.9		242 (55.6%)	95 (21.8%)	68 (15.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.2%)	53	425^th of 855 public high schools	50.3%		50.6	453^rd of 864 public high schools	47.6%	28		77.1	76.7					73.7	59.6	31.7	65.5	$13,623
Walnut Hills High School	Public	7-12	3250 Victory Pkwy	Cincinnati	45207	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 363-8400	2,453	126	19.4	24.5%	1,496 (61.0%)	501 (20.4%)	60 (2.4%)	170 (6.9%)	3 (0.1%)	7 (0.3%)	216 (8.8%)	92	1^st of 855 public high schools	99.9%		91.8	1^st of 864 public high schools	99.9%		98.5	100.0	99.8	97.1	83.8	98.7	94.4	98.3	98.8	94.2	97.5	$15,164
Shroder High School	Public	8-12	5030 Duck Creek Rd	Cincinnati	45227	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-6900	0	34	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	16.6	692^nd of 855 public high schools	19.1%		8	762^nd of 864 public high schools	11.8%	70		58.1	53.5					32.8	28.0	24.1	32.5	$15,268
St Bernard-Elmwood Place Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	4615 Tower Ave	Saint Bernard	45217	Hamilton County	St Bernard-Elmwood Place City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 482-7100	359	27	13.2		127 (35.4%)	145 (40.4%)	50 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (9.7%)	43.4	531^st of 855 public high schools	37.9%		48.1	478^th of 864 public high schools	44.7%	53	58.0	75.4	64.9	48.4	39.5	59.4	26.0	60.3	57.1	21.3	69.4	$14,824
Woodward Career Technical High School	Public	7-12	7005 Reading Rd	Cincinnati	45237	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-9300	835	64	13.0		24 (2.9%)	672 (80.5%)	86 (10.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (6.1%)	8.7	752^nd of 855 public high schools	12.0%		10.2	731^st of 864 public high schools	15.4%	21	12.8	56.5	31.3	4.2	11.6	16.7	6.1	21.8	15.2	9.7	27.0	$14,711
Hughes STEM High School	Public	7-12	2515 Clifton Ave	Cincinnati	45219	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-7400	1,167	72	16.1		51 (4.4%)	970 (83.1%)	57 (4.9%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (6.9%)	15.3	707^th of 855 public high schools	17.3%		18.7	675^th of 864 public high schools	21.9%	32	18.0	61.5	42.6	8.3	2.5	17.6	12.6	31.6	35.1	20.5	27.1	$12,988
Virtual High School	Public	9-12	425 Ezzard Charles Dr	Cincinnati	45203	Hamilton County	Cincinnati Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 363-7760	366	4	91.5		39 (10.7%)	275 (75.1%)	28 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.6%)	1.9	848^th of 855 public high schools	0.8%		4.3	817^th of 864 public high schools	5.4%	31		23.6	25.0					10.5	3.2	0.0	0.0	$8,544

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Withrow University High School ranks in the bottom 17.0% of Ohio high schools.

How many students attend Withrow University High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,300 students attended Withrow University High School.

What is the racial makeup of Withrow University High School?

Students at Withrow University High School are 77% African American, 15% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% White.

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Schools in Cincinnati, OH

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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