Summary:
ZIP code 45002 is home to a single high school: Taylor High School in Cleves, Ohio. It serves grades 9–12 with 608 students and belongs to the Three Rivers Local district. The school and district both hold a 3-star rating, and the district ranks 292 of 773 in Ohio, placing it in the 62nd percentile. Taylor High earned a reported 100% graduation rate in 2025–2026, and roughly 38% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. The student-teacher ratio was 17.3, and per-student spending was $8,621 in 2018–2019 — an old figure best treated as historical context.
Academically, the picture is mixed. Taylor High scored above the state average in three of six End of Course subjects in 2025–2026. American History was the brightest spot at 84.8% proficient, 11.6 points above the state, and Biology came in at 79.1%, 12.1 points above the state. English II reached 70.4%, 7.7 points above the state and up 6.6 points from the prior year. Across all six subjects, the school's average was 67.6% versus a state average of 63.2%. Graduation stayed at a reported 100% for both the school and the district.
Math and attendance are the areas to watch. Geometry was the lowest subject at 42.3%, still slightly below the state average of 43.3%, though it improved 4.6 points year over year. Algebra I fell to 60.2%, below the state's 61.6% and far behind the district's 76.0% — a 15.8-point gap that appears only in this subject. American Government dropped sharply, from 80.9% to 68.8%, moving from 8.3 points above the state to 2.8 points below it. Chronic absenteeism is 22.8% at the school versus 18.4% in the district. The school's state rank percentile slipped from 62 in 2023–2024 to 50 in 2025–2026, even as its 3-star rating held steady.
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