Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45011

ZIP code 45011 is home to 19 schools serving roughly 9,290 students across grades PK-12, spread over five public districts — Lakota Local, Hamilton City, Fairfield City, New Miami Local, and Butler Technology & Career Development Schools — plus two charter schools, Fairfield Preparatory Academy and Richard Allen Academy. Elementary schools enroll about 66% of students, and school sizes range widely, from 124 students at Richard Allen to 930 at D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center.

Achievement clusters sharply by district. Lakota Local sits at the 78th percentile, and its schools top the list: VanGorden Elementary averages 82.2% proficiency with just 6.1% chronic absenteeism, while Cherokee Elementary (78.6% proficiency, 6.0% absenteeism) and Lakota Plains Junior (80.3%) are close behind. The clearest outlier is Fairfield North Elementary, in Fairfield City: it reaches the 75th percentile and 77.4% average proficiency while serving a much higher share of low-income students (48.17% free/reduced lunch), outperforming every other school in its district.

Elsewhere, challenges are concentrated. New Miami Local ranks at the 15th percentile, with New Miami High School at 43.7% average proficiency and 49.1% chronic absenteeism, and Richard Allen Academy at just 28.8%. Hamilton City (26th percentile) has bright spots such as Crawford Woods Elementary. Note that New Miami High School reports a 100% graduation rate despite low test scores, and that middle-school Algebra I and Geometry results often look unusually high because they reflect small advanced-math cohorts.