Summary:
ZIP code 45202 contains two schools: School For Creative and Performing Arts, an alternative school serving grades K–12 with 1,300 students, and Rothenberg Preparatory Academy, an elementary school serving grades PK–7 with 332 students. Both belong to Cincinnati Public Schools, and together they enroll 1,632 students, with SCPA accounting for about 79.7% of that total. The area is listed as having one elementary and one alternative school, with no separate middle or high schools.
SCPA is the clear positive standout. Its graduation rate is 100.0%, compared with the district's 80.6%, and chronic absenteeism is 23.2% versus the district's 44.6%. Test results are strong in humanities and end-of-course subjects: American History 91.7%, English II 91.2%, American Government 90.6%, Biology 80.2%, Algebra I 69.6%, plus 7th grade ELA at 84.4% and 8th grade ELA at 78.4%. In 2025–2026 it scored above the district in 17 of 20 listed tests and above the state in 11 of 20. Weak spots include 5th grade Math at 31.5%, 5th grade Science at 34.1%, and Geometry at 35.4%. The 100% graduation figure should be read with caution given the alternative K–12 setting and unknown cohort size.
Rothenberg faces steeper challenges. Chronic absenteeism is 59.6%, well above the district's 44.6%, and it scored above the district in only 2 of 9 listed tests and above the state in just 1 of 9. Its lowest results are 6th grade Math at 3.2%, 6th grade ELA at 6.5%, and 5th grade Math at 8.8%. Bright spots include 4th grade ELA at 63.0%, above both district and state, and 3rd grade ELA at 59.1%, slightly above the district. Its rank improved from the 6th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 17th percentile in 2025–2026, though it remains in the bottom 17% of ranked Ohio schools. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, and spending figures date to 2018–2019.
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