Schools in Zip Code 45216

ZIP 45216 contains three public schools serving 919 students in grades PreK–8 only — there is no high school inside the ZIP, so any local high-schooler leaves the area. Two are traditional district schools in Cincinnati Public Schools: Hartwell Middle School (441 students, grades 4–8) and Carthage (241 students, K–3). The third, ReGeneration Bond Hill (237 students, K–4), is a standalone charter that serves as its own district, ReGeneration Bond Hill. All three rate at or below one star, and both districts rank near the bottom statewide — CPS at 609 of 773 and ReGeneration Bond Hill at 705 of 773.

Comparing academics, Hartwell Middle School holds the ZIP's brightest spot: its 5th grade math hit 76.6% proficient, beating its district by 37.0 points and the state by 17.5 points, and it is the only measure anywhere in the ZIP to top the state — twice. But Hartwell's 8th grade is the deepest hole here, with science at 15.8%, math at 21.1% and ELA at 28.1%, all far below state. Carthage has the best attendance, with chronic absenteeism of 28.8% versus 35.0% at Hartwell and 61.3% at ReGeneration Bond Hill, whose 21.5 student-teacher ratio is also the largest of the three. Carthage beats ReGeneration in 3rd grade ELA by 8.9 points but trails it in 3rd grade math by 8.2 points.

Parents should weigh the data gaps: free/reduced lunch is blank for all three schools, spending exists only for Hartwell ($10,903, from 2018–19), Carthage has just one year of test data, and ReGeneration has no district comparator. The pattern to note is that the youngest grades perform better than the oldest — Hartwell's 8th grade is the weakest link in the ZIP pipeline — and that attendance tracks the extremes but not the middle, since Carthage has the best attendance yet both of its measures fall below district.