Summary:
Zip code 45238 in Cincinnati contains exactly one middle school — Delhi Middle School — serving grades 6 through 8 with about 524 students (roughly 175 per grade) as part of the Oak Hills Local district. Because there is no second middle school in the zip code, the most useful comparisons for parents come from the district and the state of Ohio. Delhi Middle School ranks 328th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools (69th percentile, 3 stars), and about 60% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9 to 1, and per-student spending is listed at $7,531, a figure from 2018-19 that is best treated as historical context only.
The academic picture is genuinely favorable: Delhi Middle School beats the Ohio state average in 6 of 8 tested measures, but trails its own district in 6 of 8 — so it is a school performing well above state norms while running slightly behind a stronger-than-average district. Its most dramatic result is Algebra I End-of-Course, where 100% of test-takers scored proficient versus 79.5% district-wide and 61.6% statewide; this likely reflects a small, selected group of accelerated 8th graders rather than the entire grade, and points to a strong advanced-math pipeline. Sixth grade is a steady strength, with math at 77.9% and English language arts at 77.2%, both more than 21 points above the state. Seventh grade ELA (73.4%) and 8th grade math (70.1%) also sit well above Ohio averages.
Three areas deserve attention. Seventh grade math, at 38.0% proficient, is the only measure below both the district (43.7%) and the state (48.6%), and has stayed in the high 30s for two years. Eighth grade ELA is the only metric that declined year over year, dropping 6.6 points to 57.4% and slipping from above the state average to just below it. Finally, chronic absenteeism is 28.5% at the school versus 21.5% district-wide — a 7-point gap and the clearest red flag in the data. Bringing attendance in line with the district is the highest-leverage opportunity here.
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