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James N. Gamble Montessori High School

Public Grades 7-12
691st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 795 Ohio High Schools
Better than 13% of Ohio high schools
Summary

James N. Gamble Montessori High School is a Cincinnati Public Schools school serving about 700 students in grades 7–12, and in 2025–2026 it ranked 691st of 795 Ohio high schools (13th percentile, 1 star) — below its district's 21st percentile, but slightly ahead of nearby Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School (10th percentile), Hughes STEM High School (12th), and Gilbert A. Dater High School (12th).

Gamble's strongest signals are attendance and graduation. Its 86.1% graduation rate exceeds the district's 80.6% and nearby Aiken New Technical High School (80.7%) and Dater (72.3%). Chronic absenteeism is 37.8%, well below the district's 44.6% and dramatically lower than Taft (79.9%) and Hughes STEM (69.2%). Absenteeism has also improved from 62.8% in 2021–2022. Academically, American Government is the clearest bright spot at 67.1% — above the district and close to the state — and Algebra I climbed to 34.7% from 15.2% a year earlier.

Most other test results remain low. Seventh-grade math is 14.4%, eighth-grade math 10.3%, Geometry 11.5%, eighth-grade Science 22.9%, and Biology 33.3% — all far below district and state averages. English scores (41.3% in grade 7, 34.0% in grade 8, 34.3% in English II) are also below district and state. Students with disabilities and gifted students rank in the single digits to low teens among Ohio subgroups. Oak Hills High School, in the nearby Oak Hills Local district, outperforms Gamble in every tested subject. Overall, Gamble appears to be making real progress on attendance and graduation without yet converting that into broad academic proficiency.

700
Students ?
16.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,927
Per pupil spending ?
64.1%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
 3036 Werk Rd
       Cincinnati, OH  45211-6110

(513) 363-2600

District: Cincinnati Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:
73.7%
White:
13.9%
Two or more races:
8.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 34th percentile in 2016 → 13th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (32% vs 60% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 21 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school32%
District avg45%
Ohio avg60%
Middle school
882nd of 1,046
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 16%▼ down 16 pts since 2016
From bottom 32% (2016) to bottom 16% (2026)
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★★★★★
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High school
691st of 795
Ohio public high schools ?
Bottom 13%▼ down 21 pts since 2016
From bottom 34% (2016) to bottom 13% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 12High Schools in the Cincinnati Public Schools
609th 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)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202613.8882 of 104615.7%★☆☆☆☆
202518.1825 of 103620.4%★☆☆☆☆
202415.3861 of 104617.7%★☆☆☆☆
202314.2872 of 104816.8%★☆☆☆☆
202216.6813 of 101720.1%★☆☆☆☆
202122.0761 of 103726.6%★☆☆☆☆
201915.5862 of 105017.9%★☆☆☆☆
201818.9802 of 101020.6%★☆☆☆☆
201724.7766 of 103826.2%★☆☆☆☆
201634.6716 of 105031.8%★★☆☆☆
201538.5693 of 103533.0%★★☆☆☆
201440.1724 of 100828.2%★☆☆☆☆
201346.4685 of 100131.6%★★☆☆☆
201266.0444 of 98955.1%★★★☆☆
201128.6738 of 92520.2%★☆☆☆☆
201023.3740 of 89517.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202620.3364 of 45520.0%★☆☆☆☆
202526.0326 of 44226.2%★☆☆☆☆
202423.9324 of 42924.5%★☆☆☆☆
202328.3307 of 43629.6%★★☆☆☆
202228.6286 of 41330.8%★★☆☆☆
202142.9176 of 38554.3%★★★☆☆
201933.0268 of 40533.8%★★☆☆☆
201835.5245 of 38436.2%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202216.7544 of 5653.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202156.2169 of 57670.7%★★★★☆
201951.8270 of 65859.0%★★★☆☆
201858.3197 of 64369.4%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20269.1850 of 94710.2%★☆☆☆☆
202514.3790 of 93815.8%★☆☆☆☆
202414.4789 of 94216.2%★☆☆☆☆
20239.1835 of 94311.5%★☆☆☆☆
202212.2795 of 92514.1%★☆☆☆☆
202114.4738 of 91018.9%★☆☆☆☆
201910.3816 of 91711.0%★☆☆☆☆
201812.4777 of 89713.4%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20262.0180 of 1863.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.0184 of 1945.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.0186 of 1965.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.3169 of 1732.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20220.8240 of 2410.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202614.6846 of 99615.1%★☆☆☆☆
202519.9790 of 98319.6%★☆☆☆☆
202417.0824 of 98916.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.2808 of 97417.0%★☆☆☆☆
202220.5750 of 94720.8%★☆☆☆☆
202126.6674 of 92327.0%★☆☆☆☆
201920.3777 of 94517.8%★☆☆☆☆
201825.3728 of 92421.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202611.4836 of 95512.5%★☆☆☆☆
202513.5811 of 95415.0%★☆☆☆☆
20249.7850 of 95811.3%★☆☆☆☆
202312.5814 of 96315.5%★☆☆☆☆
202212.0801 of 94615.3%★☆☆☆☆
202117.6722 of 92421.9%★☆☆☆☆
201914.6796 of 93314.7%★☆☆☆☆
201817.5743 of 91618.9%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202514.7238 of 2639.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.3224 of 25411.8%★☆☆☆☆
20198.6200 of 2062.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202624.9472 of 57918.5%★☆☆☆☆
202530.8401 of 57229.9%★★☆☆☆
202424.5468 of 56316.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202631.9571 of 79027.7%★☆☆☆☆
202536.2536 of 77731.0%★★☆☆☆
202423.2653 of 79517.9%★☆☆☆☆
202320.4679 of 80515.7%★☆☆☆☆
202226.3637 of 80921.3%★☆☆☆☆
201932.7606 of 79623.9%★☆☆☆☆
201836.1552 of 78129.3%★☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202611.6691 of 79513.1%★☆☆☆☆
202512.9715 of 85516.4%★☆☆☆☆
202415.4694 of 86419.7%★☆☆☆☆
202313.0716 of 86717.4%★☆☆☆☆
202215.4682 of 83618.4%★☆☆☆☆
202119.8652 of 81920.4%★☆☆☆☆
201939.1572 of 83631.6%★★☆☆☆
201835.3593 of 80025.9%★☆☆☆☆
201718.5641 of 77317.1%★☆☆☆☆
201644.6518 of 78433.9%★★☆☆☆
201541.5573 of 77826.3%★☆☆☆☆
201437.3619 of 76919.5%★☆☆☆☆
201356.2456 of 76740.5%★★☆☆☆
201249.4592 of 83228.8%★☆☆☆☆
201148.4600 of 81826.7%★☆☆☆☆
201050.9570 of 81930.4%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202624.9228 of 29623.0%★☆☆☆☆
202527.8231 of 32829.6%★★☆☆☆
202434.6197 of 31838.1%★★☆☆☆
202329.3214 of 32333.7%★★☆☆☆
202245.7151 of 30650.7%★★★☆☆
202144.9137 of 28451.8%★★★☆☆
201951.7144 of 30352.5%★★★☆☆
201845.9145 of 27948.0%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202242.5293 of 60651.7%★★★☆☆
202177.759 of 59690.1%★★★★★
201987.829 of 62895.4%★★★★★
201874.976 of 55086.2%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202613.4677 of 76311.3%★☆☆☆☆
20259.3714 of 80911.7%★☆☆☆☆
202415.4667 of 79816.4%★☆☆☆☆
202311.5696 of 81314.4%★☆☆☆☆
202211.3682 of 79414.1%★☆☆☆☆
202111.1677 of 77512.6%★☆☆☆☆
201931.4608 of 78122.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.4640 of 75114.8%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202627.6254 of 28310.2%★☆☆☆☆
202516.2231 of 2445.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.0268 of 2804.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202223.3207 of 26020.4%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202615.5664 of 76112.7%★☆☆☆☆
202515.4681 of 81516.4%★☆☆☆☆
202420.1661 of 82219.6%★☆☆☆☆
202318.0663 of 80517.6%★☆☆☆☆
202225.9604 of 77321.9%★☆☆☆☆
202128.1594 of 76322.1%★☆☆☆☆
201950.2440 of 77943.5%★★☆☆☆
201840.3504 of 75833.5%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202610.0689 of 7659.9%★☆☆☆☆
202513.2690 of 81715.5%★☆☆☆☆
202411.8690 of 81615.4%★☆☆☆☆
20239.6712 of 81913.1%★☆☆☆☆
202224.8628 of 80822.3%★☆☆☆☆
202129.5589 of 77824.3%★☆☆☆☆
201940.7555 of 79229.9%★★☆☆☆
201837.5503 of 76334.1%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20259.0238 of 2546.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.1222 of 2428.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.7204 of 23914.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202615.2542 of 5755.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202529.3456 of 61726.1%★☆☆☆☆
202432.2394 of 59834.1%★★☆☆☆
202328.6457 of 61425.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202618.4625 of 70911.8%★☆☆☆☆
202520.4630 of 74815.8%★☆☆☆☆
202424.3610 of 75419.1%★☆☆☆☆
202319.9629 of 75616.8%★☆☆☆☆
202212.5662 of 74911.6%★☆☆☆☆
201953.2392 of 73947.0%★★☆☆☆
201848.0349 of 71851.4%★★★☆☆
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
White (2026)28th percentile+12 vs school
African American (2026)20th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2026)18th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)15th percentile~ school
Male (2026)12th percentile-3 vs school
Female (2026)10th percentile-5 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)10th percentile-11 vs school
Disabled (2022)4th percentile-16 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2026)3rd percentile-12 vs school
High school
Disabled (2022)52nd percentile+33 vs school
African American (2026)23rd percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2022)20th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile~ school
White (2026)12th percentile~ school
Female (2026)11th percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2026)10th percentile-3 vs school
Male (2026)10th percentile-3 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)6th percentile-10 vs school
Special Education (2026)6th percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?
American Government67%-4 vs state
American History50%-24 vs state
English Language Arts38%-23 vs state
Algebra I35%-27 vs state
English II34%-28 vs state
Biology33%-34 vs state
Science23%-38 vs state
Mathematics12%-38 vs state
Geometry12%-32 vs state

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Students at James N. Gamble Montessori High School are 74% African American, 14% White, 8% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 700 students attended James N. Gamble Montessori High School.

James N. Gamble Montessori High School is fed by the following schools:

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

James N. Gamble Montessori High School ranks in the bottom 13.1% of Ohio high schools.

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