Summary:
ZIP code 45203 in Cincinnati contains three public schools — George Hays-Jennie Porter School (PK–6), John J. Gilligan Digital Academy (K–12), and Virtual High School (grades 9–12) — serving roughly 996 students, all within Cincinnati Public Schools, a district ranked 609th of 773 in Ohio. The two secondary programs share one address and enroll 733 students combined, about three-quarters of the ZIP's total, while the elementary school serves the remaining 263.
George Hays-Jennie Porter School is the bright spot: it earned 2 stars in each of the last three years (35th–43rd percentile statewide) and beats the state average in 2025–26 ELA 3rd grade (84.6% vs. 63.4%), ELA 5th grade (79.3% vs. 70.4%), and Math 3rd grade (73.1% vs. 62.1%). It also reports the smallest student–teacher ratio (14.0) and the highest per-pupil spending ($11,521). Virtual High School sits at the opposite extreme: 0 stars every year, a state rank as low as 1st percentile, chronic absenteeism of 97.2% against the district's 44.6%, and a 44.2% graduation rate, 36.4 points below the district's 80.6%.
John J. Gilligan Digital Academy is a mixed case — despite sharing a building with Virtual High School, it graduates 68.8% of its students, has much lower chronic absenteeism (55.7%), and outperforms Virtual on 5 of 6 End-of-Course exams, such as American Government 46.8% vs. 20.0%. Its weakness is math: 6th grade math was 0% in 2025–26, and Geometry is the lowest-scoring subject across the ZIP. George Hays-Jennie Porter School's own gap is science: 5th graders scored 79.3% in ELA and 55.2% in math but just 6.9% in science. All three schools exceed the district's 44.6% chronic absenteeism rate. Because cohorts are small, single-grade swings should be treated as flags for further investigation.
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