Turpin High School

Turpin High School is a public high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving about 991 students in grades 9–12 in the Forest Hills Local district. For 2025–2026 it ranks 38th of 795 Ohio high schools (95th percentile) with a 5-star rating, and its district, Forest Hills Local, ranks 45th of 773 (94th percentile), also with 5 stars. The graduation rate is 98.0%, and test proficiency is strong across the board: American History 95.1%, American Government 94.6%, Biology 91.1%, English II 86.7%, Algebra I 85.3%, and Geometry 80.6% — all well above state averages, which run from 43.3% in Geometry to 73.2% in American History.

Among nearby schools, Turpin trails only Walnut Hills High School (first in Ohio) and Mariemont High School (sixth), but it outranks Indian Hill High School (132nd), Norwood High School, Clark Montessori High School, Withrow University High School, Riverview East Academy, and ChallengeU Ohio Community School, as well as Anderson High School, its neighbor in the same district, at 73rd. Its Geometry results make the point: 80.6% proficient versus Anderson's 63.6% and Indian Hill's 63.3%. Algebra I (85.3%) is the relative weak spot, behind the district's 93.0%, Mariemont's 96.5%, and Walnut Hills' 97.2%. The main concern is chronic absenteeism at 20.0%, above the district's 12.2% and higher than Mariemont (13.3%), Walnut Hills (14.5%), and Indian Hill (16.1%) — though better than Anderson's 22.4%. The 98.0% graduation rate is near the top, with Anderson and Walnut Hills at 99.0%.

Turpin appears cost-effective: it spends $11,365 per student versus Indian Hill's $17,117 and has a higher student-teacher ratio (15.5 vs. 13.7), yet ranks higher overall; only 11.81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school is also effective across student groups — students with disabilities rank at the 87th percentile and low-income students at the 86th, both up sharply from earlier years — and it has rebounded from the 91st percentile in 2023–2024 back to the 95th.