Summary
Bramble School is a small PK–8 school in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving 34 students as part of Cincinnati Public Schools. Its standout feature is the contrast with its district: Cincinnati Public Schools ranks in the 21st percentile statewide (1 star), while Bramble ranks 232nd of 1,560 Ohio schools in 2025–2026 — 85th percentile, 4 stars. Among nearby same-district schools, only Hyde Park School (91st percentile) and Kilgour School (92nd percentile) rank higher, while Silverton Elementary, Pleasant Ridge Montessori School, Woodford Academy, and John P. Parker School all rank well below it.
Bramble's strongest results are in English Language Arts: 100% proficiency in 3rd grade, 92.3% in 5th grade, and 100% in 6th grade. Those figures beat district and state averages and, in 3rd and 6th grade, exceed even affluent neighbors such as Mariemont Elementary School and Indian Hill Elementary School. Math sits at roughly 69–70% and 5th-grade Science at 76.9% — comfortably above district and state averages, but generally behind Hyde Park, Kilgour, Mariemont, and Indian Hill. Attendance is another striking strength: chronic absenteeism is 7.5%, versus 44.6% for the district and lower than every nearby Cincinnati Public Schools campus listed, approaching suburban levels at Mariemont (5.9%) and Indian Hill Primary Elementary School (4.3%).
Two cautions are worth knowing. The school is tiny — 34 students versus roughly 300–700 at nearby schools — with a reported student-teacher ratio of 5.6, which may support individualized attention but also means percentages can swing sharply from year to year. Statewide, Bramble is also notably effective for low-income students, with a 94th-percentile, 5-star subgroup rank that tops its already strong overall rank. Free/reduced lunch and per-student spending figures are not reported for Bramble, which limits resource comparisons. Overall, it looks like an unusually strong small-school option with excellent reading results and attendance, with math and science as the clearest area to grow.
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