Summary:
ZIP code 45249 (the Symmes Township area of Cincinnati) contains exactly one public school: Stewart Elementary School, an elementary building serving grades PK–5 with 502 students, part of the Princeton City district. Because this is a one-school ZIP, there is no local middle, high, or alternative school option in the data — families here have a neighborhood elementary only, with secondary schooling outside this area's data set.
Academically, Stewart Elementary is a mixed picture. Statewide, it ranked 1,112 of 1,560 schools in 2025-26, landing at the 29th percentile with a 1-star rating — down from the 35th percentile and 2 stars the year before, and a 106-spot drop after sitting essentially flat the two prior years. Across all seven 2025-26 assessments, the school averaged 48.5% proficient, below its district (54.6%) and well below the state (63.8%). Grade 3 is the bright spot: 3rd-grade math (63.2%) and ELA (63.2%) both beat the district, and math is essentially at the state line. Grades 4 and 5 lag in every subject — 5th-grade science (35.1%), math (30.1%), and ELA (47.3%) trail the state by 23 to 29 points. Following the same children year to year, the current 5th-grade cohort lost 21.4 points in math while gaining 12.0 points in ELA.
Attendance is the school's clear strength: chronic absenteeism is 14.4%, versus 23.5% district-wide — a 9.1-point advantage that stands out given 62.75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The student-teacher ratio is 17.6:1 (about 28–29 teaching positions for 502 students), and the only spending figure available is $11,600 per student from 2018-19 — too old to link responsibly to current results. The bottom line for parents: a school performing about as its below-average district does, excelling at attendance and 3rd grade, but weighed down by a sharp 5th-grade decline in math and science.
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