Schools in Zip Code 45207

ZIP code 45207, covering Cincinnati’s Evanston and North Avondale area, contains four schools serving about 3,599 students across grades PK–12: Walnut Hills High School (grades 7–12, 2,453 students), Academy Of World Languages School (PK–9, 548), Alliance Academy of Cincinnati (K–8, 350), and Evanston Junior High School (4–8, 248). Three are Cincinnati Public Schools campuses, while Alliance Academy operates as its own charter district. Walnut Hills alone accounts for roughly 68% of the enrollment in the ZIP.

The contrasts here are extreme. Walnut Hills High School ranks #1 of 795 Ohio high schools (100th percentile, 5 stars), with average proficiency around 96.8% and a 99.0% graduation rate — even though its district ranks 609 of 773 (21st percentile, 1 star). Alliance Academy of Cincinnati is the ZIP’s turnaround story, climbing from the 34th to the 63rd percentile in two years, raising average proficiency from about 50.0% to about 67.4%, and beating the state average in 10 of 14 assessments. Evanston Junior High School posts the lowest results (15th percentile, 1 star, average proficiency around 25%) and the highest chronic absenteeism at 67.5%.

For families, three patterns matter most. Middle-grade years (6–8) are where performance sags across the ZIP, even at schools with strong elementary results. Attendance tracks closely with achievement — Walnut Hills High School reports 14.5% chronic absenteeism, versus 41.9% at Academy Of World Languages School and 50.2% at Alliance Academy of Cincinnati. Resources don’t predict outcomes either: Walnut Hills has the highest per-student spending ($12,020), while Evanston has the smallest classes (10.9 student-teacher ratio). Note that free/reduced lunch is unreported for three schools and Alliance’s student-teacher ratio is unreported, so those comparisons remain incomplete.