Summary:
Zip code 45255 in Cincinnati is served by exactly one public high school: Anderson High School, a large comprehensive school for grades 9–12 with 1,166 students, part of the Forest Hills Local district. Because there is only one school here, the picture below is a detailed profile rather than a comparison among local peers; the useful comparisons are against the district and against Ohio as a whole.
Anderson is a strong performer by almost every measure. It ranks in the 91st percentile of Ohio high schools with a five-star rating, up from the 85th and then 89th percentile in the two prior years. Its graduation rate is 99.0%, just above the district's 98.6%. On state End-of-Course exams it beat the Ohio average in all six subjects tested in both 2025‑26 and 2024‑25, with margins of roughly +17 to +24 points. The biggest single improvement was Algebra I, which jumped from 68.6% to 85.3% proficient in one year — a +16.7-point gain, far ahead of the district's +5.5 and the state's +2.2. Overall, Anderson's six-subject average rose +4.7 points, compared with +1.1 statewide. Note that it sits slightly below its own district, which ranks 45th of 773 districts (94th percentile), in most subjects — but that is an unusually high bar, and the school remains well above the state everywhere.
Two areas deserve attention. Geometry is the school's lowest subject at 63.6% proficient — still 20.3 points above the state, but 12.6 points behind the district, and it is the only subject where the district improved notably faster than the school. Chronic absenteeism is the other watch item: 22.4% of students, versus 12.2% district-wide, a gap of 10.2 points and the school's only measure clearly worse than its benchmark — striking alongside a 99.0% graduation rate. Context is favorable but dated: 19.81% free/reduced lunch and a 15.5:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024‑25, while per-student spending of $10,882 comes from 2018‑19 and is best treated as historical backdrop.
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