Summary:
ZIP code 45231 covers 12 schools — seven elementary, two middle, and three high schools — serving about 7,010 students across five districts in the northern Cincinnati area. Elementary schools enroll 3,666 students (52.3%), high schools 2,276 (32.5%), and middle schools 1,068 (15.2%). Most students attend Mt Healthy City (5 schools, 2,704 students) and Northwest Local (3 schools, 2,330 students), followed by Finneytown Local, Hamilton County Math & Science, and Mt. Healthy Preparatory and Fitness Academy. The districts range widely in state ranking, from 52nd percentile and 3 stars down to 5th percentile and 0 stars.
Two schools stand out for parents. Mt. Healthy Preparatory and Fitness Academy, a small K–8 school of 205 students, jumped from 16th percentile and 1 star to 58th percentile and 3 stars, with results like ELA 5th grade at 100% — though chronic absenteeism is 49.9%. Pleasant Run Elementary School (759 students) is the strongest traditional elementary, at 48th percentile and 2 stars, above its district's profile, and beats the state in Math 4th (71% vs. 67.3%), Math 5th (64.8% vs. 59.1%), ELA 3rd (66.4% vs. 63.4%), and ELA 5th (71.3% vs. 70.4%). Pleasant Run Middle School posts a striking Algebra I proficiency of 97.6% versus 61.6% statewide, likely reflecting a small advanced group. Hamilton County Math & Science has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.8% and strong 5th-grade ELA at 83.9%.
Other schools face serious challenges. Mt Healthy High School has the highest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 66.9% and sits at 9th percentile with 0 stars, and Mt Healthy Junior High School reports 59.6% absenteeism with Math 8th grade at 5.5% versus 52% statewide. Finneytown Secondary Campus has the ZIP's top graduation rate at 96.4% but weak math. Note that graduation rates are high across all three high schools (91.4% to 96.4%) while proficiency lags, and free/reduced-lunch data is unknown for most schools.
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