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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45011

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Schools

9,082

Students

Districts

Top rankedVanGorden Elementary School203^rd of 1,558 Ohio elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Fairwood Elementary School up 86 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

New Miami High School 8.2 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Fairfield Preparatory Academy

SchoolDigger ratings

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The 45011 zip code area is home to 19 schools spanning elementary, middle, and high school grades, spread across three different school districts: Lakota Local, Hamilton City, and New Miami Local. While the Lakota Local district stands out with several high-performing schools, the Hamilton City and New Miami Local districts appear to be struggling, with multiple schools underperforming compared to state averages.

Cherokee Elementary School (Lakota Local), Lakota Plains Junior School (Lakota Local), and VanGorden Elementary School (Lakota Local) are standout performers, ranking among the top schools in the state. In contrast, Riverview Elementary (Hamilton City), Fairwood Elementary (Hamilton City), and New Miami High School (New Miami Local) lag behind, with test scores well below state averages.

The data also reveals significant disparities within the same districts, with elementary schools generally outperforming their middle and high school counterparts. Additionally, there appears to be a correlation between higher free/reduced lunch rates and lower academic performance, suggesting that socioeconomic factors may play a role in the schools' outcomes. The wide range in student-teacher ratios and spending per student across the schools indicates that resources may be unevenly distributed, potentially contributing to the performance gaps observed in the area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)		Ohio State Tests American Government (2025)	Ohio State Tests American History (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)						Ohio State Tests Biology (2025)	Ohio State Tests English II (2025)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2025)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests English II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Richard Allen Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	1206 Shuler Ave	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Richard Allen Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 795-6549	124	10	12.4		4 (3.2%)	62 (50.0%)	49 (39.5%)	3 (2.4%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.2%)	1 (0.8%)	23	1213^th of 1558 public elementary schools	22.1%		27.9	1159^th of 1577 public elementary schools	26.5%	54	15.4				40.0		7.7	37.5			53.3		46.2	43.8							$15,158
Garfield Middle School	Public	7-8	250 N Fair Ave	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Hamilton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 887-5035	814	54	15.0		354 (43.5%)	101 (12.4%)	298 (36.6%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.5%)	34 (4.2%)	38	666^th of 1036 public middle schools	35.7%		42.7	637^th of 1046 public middle schools	39.1%	29		54.5							36.6	38.3					51.6	38.6				97.0	$11,250
Riverview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	250 Knightsbridge Dr	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Hamilton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 868-5650	640	36	17.7		108 (16.9%)	129 (20.2%)	343 (53.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	15 (2.3%)	40 (6.3%)	24.6	1189^th of 1558 public elementary schools	23.7%		22.2	1236^th of 1577 public elementary schools	21.6%	47	36.0				42.7	55.9	51.4	29.0			40.5	28.8	50.0	30.2							$11,054
Crawford Woods Elementary School	Public	K-6	2200 Hensley Ave	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Hamilton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 868-5600	564	30	18.8		154 (27.3%)	85 (15.1%)	258 (45.7%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	49 (8.7%)	39.6	1022^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	34.4%		48.3	946^th of 1577 public elementary schools	40.0%	76	43.8				62.3	67.2	51.6	43.4			53.8	53.4	46.9	36.8							$10,145
Fairwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	281 Fair Avenue	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Hamilton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 868-5610	613	34	18.0		236 (38.5%)	52 (8.5%)	250 (40.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (2.9%)	54 (8.8%)	30.1	1120^th of 1558 public elementary schools	28.1%		24.1	1206^th of 1577 public elementary schools	23.5%	86	42.5				59.5	57.1	28.8	39.1			50.0	41.1	47.2	36.2							$9,935
Fairfield East Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6711 Morris Rd	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Fairfield City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 737-5000	650	36	18.0	58.5%	302 (46.5%)	137 (21.1%)	92 (14.2%)	85 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.1%)	60.3	730^th of 1558 public elementary schools	53.1%		60.4	749^th of 1577 public elementary schools	52.5%	19	64.6				65.8	77.3	58.3				60.3	64.9	71.9								$9,722
Fairfield North Elementary School	Public	K-5	6116 Morris Rd	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Fairfield City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 868-0070	629	32	19.6	48.2%	296 (47.1%)	137 (21.8%)	44 (7.0%)	108 (17.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (6.4%)	76.1	411^th of 1558 public elementary schools	73.6%		80.3	309^th of 1577 public elementary schools	80.4%	102	76.5				73.3	80.7	69.6				75.9	77.2	82.6								$10,619
Heritage Early Childhood School	Public	K-2	5052 Hamilton Mason Rd	Liberty Twp	45011	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 863-7060	598	25	23.9	33.9%	314 (52.5%)	80 (13.4%)	97 (16.2%)	71 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.0%)								(n/a)																					$11,765
Cherokee Elementary School	Public	3-6	5345 Kyles Station Rd	Liberty Twp	45011	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 755-8200	791	32	24.7	29.7%	470 (59.4%)	97 (12.3%)	98 (12.4%)	83 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (5.2%)	82.8	230^th of 1558 public elementary schools	85.2%		81.7	279^th of 1577 public elementary schools	82.3%	49	82.9				79.8	84.4	83.9	82.1			71.8	81.4	82.9	75.7							$11,898
Liberty Early Childhood School	Public	PK, KG-2	6040 Princeton Rd	Liberty Twp	45011	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 777-6194	407	17	23.9	25.1%	257 (63.1%)	41 (10.1%)	22 (5.4%)	56 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.6%)								(n/a)																					$12,272
VanGorden Elementary School	Public	3-6	6475 LeSourdsville West Cheste	Liberty Township	45011	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 644-1150	670	29	23.1	28.1%	479 (71.5%)	47 (7.0%)	49 (7.3%)	68 (10.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.9%)	83.6	203^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	87.0%		83.7	220^th of 1577 public elementary schools	86.0%	17	76.5				71.0	91.2	75.5	88.7			80.4	80.3	87.0	88.6							$14,108
Lakota Plains Junior School	Public	7-8	5500 Princeton Road	Liberty Township	45011	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 644-1130	745	29	26.1	29.7%	404 (54.2%)	101 (13.6%)	89 (11.9%)	107 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.9%)	80.6	177^th of 1036 public middle schools	82.9%		81.3	172^nd of 1046 public middle schools	83.6%	5		82.8							75.8	59.2					79.8	69.1				97.7	$11,996
New Miami Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Seven Mile Ave	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	New Miami Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 896-7153	292	23	12.6		251 (86.0%)	8 (2.7%)	16 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.8%)	13.3	1350^th of 1558 public elementary schools	13.4%		29.7	1136^th of 1577 public elementary schools	28.0%	214	24.3				39.0	35.7	18.9				43.9	33.3	37.8								$12,883
New Miami High School	Public	9-12	600 Seven Mile Ave	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	New Miami Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 863-4917	148	18	8.2		128 (86.5%)	7 (4.7%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.7%)	26.5	643^rd of 855 public high schools	24.8%		26.9	635^th of 864 public high schools	26.5%	8			68.0	60.0													36.7	56.9	8.0	37.8	$19,182
New Miami Middle School	Public	6-8	600 Seven Mile Ave	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	New Miami Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 863-0833	138	9	15.3		113 (81.9%)	2 (1.4%)	12 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.2%)	42.5	639^th of 1036 public middle schools	38.3%		34.3	703^rd of 1046 public middle schools	32.8%	64		54.5						30.8	47.1	39.4				47.1	61.8	38.6				90.9	$12,052
D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center	Public	6-12	3603 Hamilton Middletown Rd	Hamilton	45011	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 868-6300	930	216	4.3		629 (67.6%)	107 (11.5%)	118 (12.7%)	26 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.2%)								(n/a)
Butler Technical School of the Arts	Public	11-12	3603 Hamilton Middletown Rd	Fairfield Township	45011	Butler County	Butler Technology & Career Development Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 863-8898	156	0			100 (64.1%)	28 (17.9%)	13 (8.3%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.7%)								(n/a)
Fairfield Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	2470 Princeton Rd	Fairfield Township	45011	Butler County	Fairfield Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(513) 437-0996	173	12	14.4		53 (30.6%)	83 (48.0%)	16 (9.2%)	8 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.5%)	40.2	1018^th of 1558 public elementary schools	34.7%					(n/a)					60.0	42.9					66.7	50.0									$10,218

Cities Near Zip Code 45011

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hamilton	0.89 mi	24	480^th
Fairfield Township	0.97 mi	2	572^nd
Liberty Twp	3.8 mi	4	105^th
Liberty Township	4.04 mi	6	95^th
West Chester	4.16 mi	11	249^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.