Pleasant Run Middle School

Pleasant Run Middle School is a grades 6–8 school in Cincinnati, OH (11770 Pippin Rd) enrolling 661 students as part of Northwest Local. In 2025–26 it ranked 734 of 1046 Ohio schools (30th percentile, 2 stars), a modest recovery from several 1-star years but still bottom-third statewide. The district ranks 557 of 773 (28th percentile, 1 star). Within Northwest Local, Pleasant Run trails White Oak Middle School (36th percentile) and Colerain Middle School (37th percentile), though it is not among the lowest nearby schools.

Algebra I is the clearest strength: 97.6% proficient, far above district and state, and stable near 96–98% for four years. But because it is an end-of-course exam likely taken by a subset of students, it does not mean the whole school is at that level. In most other subjects—Science 8, Math 6, ELA 6, ELA 7, and ELA 8—Pleasant Run lags the district and state. Math 7 is especially low at 20.3%, though the district is also low and nearby White Oak Middle School was lower. Chronic absenteeism has improved from 49.5% in 2021–22 to 32.2% in 2025–26, but it remains above the district and most neighbors, making attendance a likely leverage point. The school has a favorable 15.6 student-teacher ratio but had the lowest per-student spending among nearby listed schools ($6,338 in 2018–19, old data).

Subgroup results are uneven: gifted and talented students rank at the 98th–99th percentile recently, a major strength, while special education students rank in the 4th percentile statewide, a major gap, and English language learners have slid to the 26th percentile. Compared with neighbors, Pleasant Run is above the lowest schools such as North College Hill Middle School, Mt Healthy Junior High School, and Winton Woods Middle School, but far below Ross Middle School (93rd percentile, 5 stars), Crossroads Middle School (61st percentile), Creekside Middle School (48th percentile), and Princeton Community Middle School (43rd percentile). Data caveats: recent free/reduced lunch data is not reported here, spending data is old, subgroup ranks can be volatile, and test scores are proficiency rates, not growth measures.