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COVID protocols might have changed how school looks, local administrators say, but it didn’t change what school means.

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The U.S. education system has maintained a traditional structure for generations.

Children took the bus to school or their parents drove carpools, educators created learning environments inside classrooms, and “school” was a tangible place in the community. In March 2020, however, when COVID-19 made its way around the world, this daily routine came to an abrupt halt.

As state governors decided to pause in-person schooling, Cincinnati area education leaders scrambled to adjust.

Suddenly, school administrators were responsible for making sure every student had consistent access to a computer and a reliable internet connection, a safe and conducive space to work, and breakfast and lunch.

Some schools, like Seton High School and Elder High School, were already relying on technology in the classroom.

Since both schools followed a one-to-one laptop structure for students and trained teachers in utilizing online platforms to upload assignments, the transition to remote learning was fairly seamless.

Newport Independent Schools in Northern Kentucky also had a one-to-one technology structure in place, but its teachers weren’t as familiar with facilitating class virtually.

So additional technology literacy training was essential.

Other schools were even less familiar with online classrooms, and some struggled to provide students with access to a computer or tablet. Fortunately, administrators across Hamilton County were able to turn to the Hamilton County Educational Service Center (ESC) for support. “In some cases, we went to schools and helped them organize the computers they had available,” says Chad Hilliker, ESC superintendent.

“In other cases, we provided technology to schools for students and helped run technology pickups in coordination with the school districts.”

With the help of business community partners, ESC was able to increase WiFi connection points across the county and even help some students acquire home personal WiFi devices in order to finish their classes for the semester. Similar strategic partnerships were created to ensure meals were available to every student as well.

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he final three months of the 2020 school year were a blur, many administrators say, as students learned from home and community members around the region pitched in to make the transition as painless as possible. Eventually, state education departments announced that schools could return to in-person classes come fall, depending on each county’s rate of COVID infection, and schools utilized summer break to design additional strategies to ensure the health and safety of students, teachers, and staff.

These strategies included analyzing the ventilation systems in school buildings; assessing what the flow around classroom, cafeteria, and hallways looks like; and adjusting sports and extracurricular activity schedules. Desks were spaced six feet apart, lunch times were spaced out, and spectators were limited at sports games and other after-school events. Some schools even delayed reopening in the fall to make sure school was as safe as it could be.

“We delayed two weeks because we added a plasma air filtration system to our newly renovated facility,” says Kathy Allen Ciarla, president of Seton High School. “We’d upgraded our ventilation system two years prior, so we wanted to take

the summer to make sure we could give our students additional layers of protection.”

Kurt Ruffing, principal at Elder High School, says he postponed his school’s reopening by a week for similar reasons.

Elder also gave students the option to learn re-

motely or in person, which allowed students with older family members in their household, pre-existing medical conditions, or other concerns to prioritize the health of their family while still maintaining a quality education.

Students at Newport Independent Schools also had the option of learning

virtually when in-person schooling resumed, says Superintendent Tony Watts. In the fall, only about 50 percent of students came to the buildings each day—half attended on Monday and Tuesday and the other half on Thursday and Friday in order

Why Extracurricular Activities Are Vital Outside activities often were a lifeline for kids this year, even without the usual in-person formats. —SARAH M. MULLINS It’s no secret that everyday life was disrupted during the pandemic and kids’ normal routines were shattered. Relationships, interactions, outside school activities, and school itself were sacrificed in order to mitigate COVID spread, and extracurricular activities were particularly upended. Whether it’s traveling to other schools to compete on an academic team, participating in traditional sports, or preparing for prom, the pause in regular activities was significant and, in many cases, crushing.

Now that area schools have experienced a year without extra activities, innovative solutions have sparked new ideas and in-person events are slowly coming back. We talked with several area school leaders to hear how extracurriculars might change in the future and how important they are for students and parents alike.

GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE Beechwood Independent Schools Superintendent Mike Stacy credits sports and other extracurriculars for laying the groundwork to resume in-person learning. “I absolutely believe that the social-emotional health of the kids who were involved in [extracurricular] activities helped them a lot,” he says. “Kids need movement and need to get out of the house. Extracurriculars became almost a lifeline, and I credit extracurriculars in general, not just sports, with helping our kids get through and manage the last 12 months.”

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VIRTUAL OPTIONS “I think there will be opportunities in the future for virtual extracurriculars, since we’ve discovered that some of this works,” says Purcell Marian High School math teacher Kyle Nobbe. “But we’re going to have to make sure that we don’t revert everything to virtual just because it works.” Nobbe’s academic team, for example, competed with other schools virtually, though students told him they prefer in-person for the future. On the other hand, he had a Purcell Marian alum meet with his class via Zoom to discuss his research, which wouldn’t have been possible in prior years.

INCREASED SUMMER ACTIVITIES Prom, sports, graduation, and other extracurriculars have certainly taken a hit over the past year. Even entering summer, questions remain around what’s safe to resume. St. Bernard-Elmwood Place City Schools Superintendent Mimi Webb says her district is increasing summer activities this year. “Extracurricular activities are vitally important on multiple levels,” she says. “We recognize the kids need to work together. Zoom is OK, but in my opinion it’s not a great way to do activities.”

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The Importance of Addressing Mental Health Increased awareness of student mental health and proactive interventions in school became a silver lining of the pandemic.

EXTENDED LUNCH HOUR With less in-person interaction, Purcell Marian High School extended its lunch hour by 15 minutes to allow kids to socialize. “I think the biggest loss in the quarantine was not being together and seeing your classmates on a daily basis,” says Purcell Marian math teacher Kyle Nobbe. “And when we started back in fall 2020, those interactions with students were harder to come by just organically. By creating this additional 15 minutes, students could just enjoy being in each other’s presence again. I think that had a lot to do with addressing mental health in a proactive sort of way.”

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 1 in 5 U.S. children have a mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder and only about 20 percent get the help they need. The pandemic added a new layer of issues caused by isolation and anxiety around health. Beechwood Independent Schools Superintendent Mike Stacy says the pandemic has highlighted both kids’ and adults’ social and emotional needs.

“Everyone I’ve been in contact with has had a difficult 12 months,” he says. “The schools just really aren’t designed by traditional staffing formulas to be able to do the amount of catch-up work that’s going to be needed over the next 12 to 18 months. We’ll still have a residual effect from this.”

Despite the negatives, a few area schools are implementing initiatives to help improve students’ mental health now and in the future, including these three programs.

Beechwood Independent Schools added to its medical staff nearly overnight to be able to handle COVID testing, with plans to add to the district’s counseling staff next school year. “I think the social-emotional aspect of COVID will be a much, much bigger issue for kids than the physical issues of COVID,” says Stacy. “I don’t think that can be overstated.”

EXTENDING SERVICES THROUGH THE SUMMER St. Bernard-Elmwood Place City Schools Superintendent Mimi Webb says the district is addressing the governor’s recommendation for extended services. “We recognize that this summer is going to be a challenge,” she says. “We’re still working to refine that and increase services for students and families who might need it.” The district established a partnership with Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services pre-pandemic, and that work is expected to continue. Webb says she anticipates an increase in anxiety for some students and staff returning to school and hopes the partnership will help ease everyone back to a normal routine. – S . M . M .

How Technology Shapes Education Virtual learning created obstacles but also set up schools for future success.

A research study by Common Sense Media, a California-based advocacy group that promotes digital access for children, shows that 29 percent of Ohio children, 34 percent of Indiana children, and 36 percent of Kentucky children don’t have adequate internet connection. Many area schools had already started to prepare for this digital divide when the pandemic hit, but the inequity was underscored by the rollout of virtual learning.

Here are a few ways area schools anticipate technology to influence the future.

to drastically decrease the amount of bodies coming in contact with each other and to carve out extensive time for sanitation and cleaning.

Newport increased the number of students learning in person this spring to around 70 percent while still maintaining the split week schedule. While all of these efforts played a crucial role in diminishing the number of COVID-19 cases in each school district, they also significantly impacted the educational experience for students.

“It’s been a lot harder, because students can’t really interact the same way they did before,” says ESC’s Hilliker. “Even recess had to look a little bit different for the younger students. Activities like sports or band or choir had to look a little different.”

Watts says that learning via laptop can also increase burnout and fatigue, which makes it harder to focus on school work.

So educators not only had to address the logistics of opening school during a pandemic, but they also prioritized students’ emotional well-being.

“Our counselors and school psychologists have really been focusing on the emotional part of their job that pertains to

INCREASED TEACHER ACCESSIBILITY “Some students are limited by their morning transportation and can’t get here before school or after school to work with teachers,” says Purcell Marian High School math teacher Kyle Nobbe. “We’ve had many staff members at our school open up in the evening. Virtual study sessions have been accessible for tutoring whenever students need to because we now can use Google or Zoom.” Nobbe recognizes that, in this new world, sustainability can be a concern for teachers who manage large numbers of students, but for Purcell Marian he says it’s doable as a smaller school.

“The teachers I spoke with were eager to set up time to meet with students.”

ONLINE CONTENT 24/7 With Zoom and Google Meet becoming the norm for students, parents, and teachers, the future could include more virtual options if a student misses a day or two of school. “We haven’t quite worked out the concept of snow days just yet,” says St. Bernard-Elmwood Place City Schools Superintendent Mimi Webb. “But I do believe in the future we’ll be seeing school activities or school lessons posted on a teacher’s Google classrooms for students to work on if we should have a snow day or weather-related day.”

students,” says Ruffing. “There’s been a rise over the past several years across the nation to address students’ mental health, so they’re making a special attempt this year to meet with more students individually.”

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uffing says he firmly believes students need to be together in the classroom to reap the full high school experience, though he acknowledges that remote learning offers its own benefits. Like Ciarla at Seton, he saw the positives of allowing a student to quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure while still attending classes virtually.

“There are times when it’s good for these students to learn remotely,” Ruffing says. “If a student is in the hospital for a week for maybe a surgery or an accident, whatever it may be, teachers now have the confidence to not only teach the students in their classroom but also someone who is at home. That’s where I see a really big change that will only benefit our students.”

When vaccinations were slowly rolled out in early 2021, administrators had to address yet another unprecedented challenge—how to vaccinate all of their teach-

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ers and staff in order to make in-person school as safe as possible. ESC was allotted almost 20,000 vaccines for both public and private schools across Hamilton County and organized and managed vaccination

“Education hasn’t changed in a long time, and right now we had to adjust. We’re not going to go back to doing things the way we used to.”

—TONY WATTS appointments for teachers and staff members. Once high school-aged students were eligible for the vaccine, the organization

MORE COMPUTER AND TABLET LEARNING Both Beechwood Independent Schools and St. Bernard-Elmwood Place City Schools are one-to-one school districts, offering each student Chromebooks. Beechwood Superintendent Mike Stacy says his schools were also able to purchase internet hotspots for children who didn’t have good WiFi. ”Many places I’ve worked in the past would not have been able to make that shift as quickly as we did,” he says. “There is an advantage to being small and having already laid the groundwork as a one-to-one system prior to the pandemic.” – S . M . M .

managed that process for county schools as well.

Now, with more and more teachers and students fully vaccinated and another school year approaching, administrators are reflecting on what they’ve learned from their newly implemented strategies that will shape the upcoming 2021–2022 school year. “Everything we did to prepare for this year was because we had to do things differently and had to think and teach another way,” says Newport’s Watts. “Education hasn’t changed in a long time, and right now we had to adjust. We’re not going to go back to doing things the way we used to.”

Hilliker believes that the educational adjustments necessary to combat COVID-19 proved how resilient students are. Regardless of which school they attend, he says, they’re always making the best out of any situation. Ciarla agrees, saying that the pandemic may have impacted how the school day works but not what school means. “We were so impressed with how our students adapted,” she says.

“COVID-19 put a lot of restrictions in place and changed the way our school looked, but it did not change our core values or our school spirit.”

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OUTSIDE THE OLD FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON EAST Fifth Street in Covington, which is now the new Community Montessori school, there’s a delicate string of pendant flags wrapping the black iron fence. On them are kid-scrawled messages such as: “We love that students can learn at their own pace,” and “Do love, not hate,” and “Imagination does not become great until human beings use it to create.” Inside is the bustle of an ending school day.

Once the kids have exited, a masked repair man scales a ladder to do work in a hallway. Community Montessori is transforming its space and, in its way, is still in the process of becoming.

Between a global pandemic, school shutdowns, and the public health complexities of managing any facility open to the public, fall 2020 was an ambitious time to open a school. But Community Montessori’s teachers and head of school Terri Rentrop had been contemplating starting their own school for a few years. In some ways, this was the perfect moment. The chaos of pandemic education had raised questions in the minds of their students’ parents. “I think it really opened people’s eyes and minds to say, ‘You know, what do we really want out of education?’ ” says Rentrop.

The church building came available, exactly in the location they’d wanted. They plunged ahead.

The staff of nine teachers would have to forego many of the elements of launching a new school they’d planned. There would be no meet and greet, no uniform exchange, none of the field trips and overnight trips, no start of year picnic, or direct outreach at neighborhood events—because due to COVID, those groups weren’t meeting. At the same time, this school year “was going to be weird no matter where we were,” says Ana Summe, lower elementary lead teacher. “It might as well be weird in our own school.”

THE SCHOOL WAS DESIGNED TO BE DEEPLY ROOTED IN ITS SURrounding community. Kids would walk to the nearby library. A partnership with Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, a fourminute walk away, would allow for unique art classes. They’d walk to the river to learn in a hands-on way. In addition to heading the school, Rentrop teaches Community Class to all grade levels. For parents like Heidi Overwine, part of Community Montessori’s appeal would be how ingrained her children could become in the surrounding community. Learning isn’t limited to the school building, but “they can learn anywhere in the community,” says Overwine.

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Those neighborhood connections became vital in September 2020 as Kentucky’s remote learning recommendations lifted, but before all the building’s classrooms were ready. The pre-primary teacher set up class on the playground. McHale’s Catering down the street offered up Odd Fellows Hall, which wasn’t being utilized due to the pandemic, and so for some students the in-person part of the school year started in a ballroom. Soon, the gym at Community Montessori’s building was OK’d for occupancy and used as two classrooms. By the time the school’s virtual shift between Thanksgiving and the New Year wrapped, classrooms were ready for all the students.

The shifts between unique learning environments as the building was readied fell into a year in which everyone was adapting to changing circumstances, and the students and their families rolled with it. Coming from the Montessori tradition—an educational model perhaps most known for its flexibility and philosophy of following the child—meant that spirit of adaptability was core to how teachers responded to students’ needs in this strange time.

After months of virtual learning and pandemic anxiety, some parents divulged how their kids were suffering. Some didn’t want to come out of their rooms at home. Others’ social needs were impossible to fulfill in an era of distance and quarantine. “There’s that component of Montessori education that’s focused on the social and emotional development of the child, so that was my focus coming into this year,” says Summe, who teaches 6 through 9 year olds. She tried to build connections between students when they couldn’t physically be together. Now her classroom is a sprawling space with stained glass windows, old hardwood and what looks like Rookwood tile with areas designated for learning math, culture, botany, history, geography, grammar, and reading.

As in Summe’s classroom, children stay with one teacher for a three-year period. The teacher gets to know each child well, understand their learning style, and in a multi-age classroom, the students have flexibility to learn at their own pace. Younger children learn from older children; older children reinforce ideas for themselves while acting as teachers to younger classmates.

Another attribute built into the school’s culture is broad acceptance, a space of welcome needed at all times, but especially comforting in a time of outside uncertainty. “Children all have their own creative things and little things that they do, and, you know, you might see this kid who likes to do some goofy thing all the time,” says Rentrop. In the Montessori tradition, chasing one’s interests is encouraged and what might be treated as different elsewhere is simply understood as “Well, yeah, that’s just what they do.”

“I think it has to do too with just the way we handle things as Montessorians,” says Summe. The classroom environment is designed so teachers are integrated with the students, on their level, and if feelings are hurt, the teacher often sees it. If not, “the children also see us as being very accessible. They can approach us and say, ‘This happened just now and it really hurt my feelings.

I may need you.’ ” Summe then asks if the hurt feelings are just something the child needs her to know about or if they need an immediate conflict resolution meeting, “so they are not stewing in those confused feelings of having their feelings hurt by your friend” without the friend noticing.

“We teach them from the time they are little that if you need

help with something, go and ask your friend, ask your friend for help,” notes Rentrop.

AT COMMUNITY MONTESSORI, CHILDREN “GET TO BE THEMSELVES without any judgment,” says Overwine. Her son, age 7, is autistic and Overwine sees Montessori’s “follow the child” approach “almost like an IEP [individualized education plan], but for each child.” If her son is feeling anxiety or escalating, he knows to go to his peaceful place at home, one just like what he has at school. “So he’s able to use some of the lessons that he learns here to cope in his daily living, which for me is a blessing because that’s part of that therapy he gets outside of Montessori that aligns with the Montessori thoughts.”

The school is absorbing lessons from its students too. If the older, junior high students don’t feel well and want to do online school for the day, why not? “We didn’t spread anything in the school this year,” notes Rentrop, when in prior years the flu or strep throat might sweep a classroom or building. With protocols in place, at the time of reporting, there hadn’t been any spread of COVID cases within the building, though there were a few isolated cases.

The building is not yet operating at capacity. There were a total of 70 Community Montessori students this year, split between pre-primary to eighth grade. Eventually, the school will be able to take 110 students, with a goal of maintaining diversity that matches the surrounding community racially and economically.

Summe has sought out help translating the school’s application into Spanish to help increase outreach to Spanish-speaking parents. It’s a consciously non-denominational school, although Maria Montessori (Montessori education’s founder) was herself a Catholic who was influenced by time spent in India, Summe notes. The approach is instead one that weaves in a philosophy of peace, Summe continues, that exposes children to the world’s religions and indigenous cultures.

Rentrop describes the annual tuition of $6,000 per year for K–8 students as affordable for Montessori education, and set in such a way as to attract an even mix of lower-, middle-, and upper-income families. The school’s board is working to develop a scholarship fund, with the help of seed funds from a foundation that wants to remain anonymous. Rentrop notes they are also considering a sponsorship program so families that can afford it can chip in to help sponsor another child through eighth grade. “Our goal is that we do have people who are paying full tuition and maybe some that just need a little bit of help with their tuition, and then some that might need a lot more help with their tuition.”

COMMUNITY MONTESSORI OPENED DURING a period of open reflection on what education should be, a response to a time in which some districts’ lessons were reduced to remote worksheets, many kids across the country have fallen behind grade level, parents struggled to do their jobs while tending to their kids’ virtual learning, and many teachers simultaneously juggled in-person and virtual students on hybrid schedules. Much as the pandemic revealed broken points in many

systems, the upheaval experienced within our education system left some parents looking for alternatives as we return to some semblance of normalcy. On this front, Community Montessori offers another option.

“The frustrating part about the public school system is that all their funding is tied in with their test results,” says Overwine.

“For most of us in Montessori, testing is not a big piece of school. It’s not in the lower elementary. There’s no testing, not even, you know, math tests,” notes Rentrop. As students reach the age 6 to 9 classroom, there’s a little bit. In junior high there’s a bit more, to help prepare students for high school entrance tests.

“Testing can be a good benchmark, can be a good indicator for you,” Rentrop says. “Montessori is based a lot on observation though, so you’re really finding out more about the child by observing how they’re working than testing.”

For teachers like Summe, this means ongoing observation of students’ struggles and success in learning, doing regular one-onone assessments. She sees this as vital information and higher quality than what a standardized test might tell her. Tests are a way to gauge progress, sure. But, says Summe, “I’ve never once had a test tell me something I didn’t already know about a child.”

Never once has she given a class a standardized test and thought “all of this is going to be so accurate because they were all here on time. None of them were tired. There were none of them who were over-analyzing anything.” She’s never thought from a scientific perspective, “this was a great control group.”

Children aren’t standardizable units, and during a time period when children have absorbed so much chaos into their lives, outside factors can obviously influence their learning. This is why teaching centered on each child’s social and emotional growth has been so important for Summe.

“With the pandemic and with parents having their children at home…they’re looking at, OK, what is it that we’re really looking for in an education?” Rentrop says. “We might be getting some of those people coming through that are going, You know what, let’s get rid of the traditional thought that we have of what school is.”

For all its chaos, that time of pandemic-required school shutdowns placed parents intimately in relationship with their children and their educations. These are parents who know their children, says Summe. Perhaps they have a deeper appreciation for how their child absorbs new information, what helps them thrive, what they need to overcome natural hurdles, what emotional needs need nurturing. “They’re seeing their children as learners,” says Summe. In that light, a new place to learn, folded into a community and based on their individual needs, can seem like a great place to grow and to redefine what going to school means.

As the pandemic revealed broken points in many systems, the upheaval within our education system left some parents looking for alternatives.

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SCHOOLS GUIDE 2021 Welcome to the 2021 Schools Guide, Cincinnati Magazine’s overview of 361 public and private schools and districts in the three-state Cincinnati region. This guide offers relevant statistical information for families looking for a new school for their kids or checking up on their current school, district, or diocese. The Schools Guide is a one-stop shop for comparing essential school information.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Departments of Education issued abbreviated report cards for the 2019–2020 school year, leaving off key markers, including overall letter grades in Ohio and star ratings in Kentucky. Indiana issued letter grades, but did not release the data those grades were based on. To give families a more complete picture of school and district performance for comparison pur-

poses, the data presented here is from the 2018–2019 school year.

Because the Cincinnati region spans three states, the Schools Guide is organized by state, and listings contain state-specific data for each private school, all public school districts, and all public high schools.

The public school data was collected solely from the Department of Education databases for Ohio, Kentucky, and Indi-

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ana. Private schools are not required to divulge data to the state, though many have voluntarily reported theirs to the Guide. Other information was pulled from school websites.

For more information, please visit the Department of Education websites for Ohio, Kentucky, or Indiana.

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OHIO PUBLIC Ohio Public Key of Abbreviations GS=Grades served E=Enrollment PM=Percent minority PPS=Operating spending per pupil K3LIT=K–3 literacy improvement, percentage score ACT=Average ACT score GR=Graduation rate PFS=Prepared For Success, letter grade AMO=Annual Measurable Objectives, percentage score IM=Indicators Met, percentage score PI=Performance Index, percentage score LG=Overall Letter Grade BATAVIA LOCAL SCHOOLS

800 BAUER AVE., BATAVIA, OH 45103, (513) 732-2343, BATA VIASCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,245, PM=14.4%, PPS=$6,738, K3LIT=20.4%, ACT=21, GR=94.6%, PFS=D, AMO=89.9%, IM=4.2%, PI=74.9%, LG=C BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL 1 BULL DOG PL., BATAVIA, OH 45103, (513) 732-2341, BATAVIA SCHOOLS.ORG/BATAVIAHIGHSCHOOL_HOME.ASPX GS=9–12, E=502, PM=10.3%, PPS=$7,811, ACT=21, GR=94.6%, PFS=D, AMO=89.9%, IM=10%, PI=70.8%, LG=C BETHEL-TATE LOCAL SCHOOLS

675 W. PLANE ST., BETHEL, OH 45106, (513) 734-2271, BETHEL TATE.ORG GS=K–12, E=1,498, PM=4.1%, PPS=$7,666, K3LIT=39.4%, ACT=21, GR=97.6%, PFS=D, AMO=100%, IM=25%, PI=75.9%, LG=B BETHEL-TATE HIGH SCHOOL 3420 ST. RT. 125, BETHEL, OH 45106, (513) 734-2271, BETHELTATE.ORG/1/HOME GS=9–12, E=462, PM=1.5%, PPS=$7,993, ACT=21, GR=97.6%, PFS=D, AMO=83.3%, IM=20%, PI=70.8%, LG=C CARLISLE LOCAL SCHOOLS

724 FAIRVIEW DR., CARLISLE, OH 45005, (937) 746-0710, CARLISLEINDIANS.ORG GS=K–12, E=1,531, PM=5.3%, PPS=$10,474, K3LIT=39.6%, ACT=20, GR=99%, PFS=D, AMO=83.3%, IM=25%, PI=75.9%, LG=C CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL 250 JAMAICA RD., CARLISLE, OH 45005, (937) 746-4481, CARL ISLEINDIANS.ORG/CARLISLE-HIGH-SCHOOL GS=9–12, E=441, PM=5.5%, PPS=$10,255, ACT=20, GR=99%, PFS=D, AMO=80.7%, IM=50%, PI=73.9%, LG=C CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2651 BURNET AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45219, (513) 363-0000, CPS-K12.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=35,977, PM=76.9%, PPS=$10,491, K3LIT=39%, ACT=19, GR=77.9%, PFS=F, AMO=80.6%, IM=3.8%, PI=60.5%, LG=D AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL 5641 BELMONT AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45224, (513) 3636700, AIKENNEWTECH.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=846, PM=94.6%, PPS=$8,930, ACT=14, GR=80.4%, PFS=F, AMO=78.8%, IM=7.1%, PI=45.6%, LG=D CLARK MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL 3030 ERIE AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45208, (513) 363-7100, CLARK.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=690, PM=61.7%, PPS=$9,369, ACT=21, GR=92%, PFS=C, AMO=75.6%, IM=14.3%, PI=63%, LG=C GILBERT A. DATER HIGH SCHOOL 2146 FERGUSON RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45238, (513) 363-7200, DATERHIGHSCHOOL.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=1,299, PM=81.2%, PPS=$8,733, ACT=15, GR=79.4%, PFS=F, AMO=27.8%, IM=0%, PI=43.8%, LG=F JAMES N. GAMBLE MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL 3036 WERK RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45211, (513) 363-2600, GAMBLEMONTESSORIHS.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=495, PM=82.2%, PPS=$8,154, ACT=17, GR=95.1%, PFS=F,

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AMO=63.8%, IM=14.3%, PI=52.6%, LG=D HUGHES STEM HIGH SCHOOL 2515 CLIFTON AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45219, (513) 3637400, HUGHESSTEM.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=955, PM=93.4%, PPS=$10,197, ACT=16, GR=82.5%, PFS=F, AMO=73.8%, IM=7.1%, PI=47.7%, LG=D OYLER SCHOOL 2121 HATMAKER ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45204, (513) 3634100, OYLER.CPS-K12.ORG GS=K–12, E=699, PM=57%, PPS=$10,706, K3LIT=39%, ACT=14, GR=67.7%, PFS=F, AMO=55.2%, IM=8.7%, PI=55%, LG=F RIVERVIEW EAST ACADEMY 3555 KELLOGG AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45226, (513) 3633400, RIVERVIEWEAST.CPS-K12.ORG GS=K–12, E=632, PM=61.9%, PPS=$9,180, K3LIT=26.5%, ACT=15, GR=59.2%, PFS=F, AMO=13%, IM=0%, PI=45.9%, LG=F SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS 108 W. CENTRAL PKWY., CINCINNATI, OH 45202, (513) 3638000, SCPA.CPS-K12.ORG GS=K–12, E=1,339, PM=69.4%, PPS=$12,342, K3LIT=37.5%, ACT=21, GR=99.1%, PFS=D, AMO=89.9%, IM=25%, PI=71.2%, LG=C SHRODER PAIDEIA HIGH SCHOOL 5030 DUCK CREEK RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45227, (513) 363-6900, SHRODER.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=801, PM=96.2%, PPS=$8,865, ACT=16, GR=85.6%, PFS=F, AMO=16.7%, IM=7.1%, PI=45.3%, LG=F ROBERT A. TAFT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL 420 EZZARD CHARLES DR., CINCINNATI, OH 45214, (513) 363-8200, TAFTITHS.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=643, PM=96.9%, PPS=$9,419, ACT=14, GR=72.3%, PFS=F, AMO=55.9%, IM=0%, PI=39.8%, LG=F VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL 425 EZZARD CHARLES DR., CINCINNATI, OH 45203, (513) 363-2060, VHS.CPS-K12.ORG GS=9–12, E=597, PM=75.9%, PPS=$10,514, ACT=17, GR=30.7%, PFS=F, AMO=37.9%, IM=5.6%, PI=43%, LG=F WALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL 3250 VICTORY PKWY., CINCINNATI, OH 45207, (513) 3638400, WALNUTHILLSEAGLES.COM GS=7–12, E=3,001, PM=40.9%, PPS=$12,020, ACT=26, GR=99.7%, PFS=A, AMO=100%, IM=86.7%, PI=89.5%, LG=A WESTERN HILLS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL 2144 FERGUSON RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45238, (513) 3638900, WESTERNHILLS.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=1,047, PM=86.5%, PPS=$9,448, ACT=15, GR=73.4%, PFS=F, AMO=15.8%, IM=0%, PI=37.5%, LG=F WITHROW UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL 2488 MADISON RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45208, (513) 363-9200, WITHROW.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=1,336, PM=95.9%, PPS=$9,281, ACT=14, GR=87.4%, PFS=F, AMO=17.1%, IM=0%, PI=39%, LG=F WOODWARD CAREER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL 7005 READING RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45237, (513) 363-9300, WOODWARDCAREERTECH.CPS-K12.ORG GS=7–12, E=967, PM=97.8%, PPS=$9,759, ACT=15, GR=69.1%, PFS=F, AMO=15.2%, IM=0%, PI=36.4%, LG=F END OF CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CLERMONT NORTHEASTERN LOCAL SCHOOLS

2792 U.S. HIGHWAY 50, BATAVIA, OH 45103, (513) 625-1211, CNESCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,428, PM=6.3%, PPS=$9,500, K3LIT=23.5%, ACT=19, GR=88.5%, PFS=F, AMO=75%, IM=8.3%, PI=67.1%, LG=D

CLERMONT NORTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL 5327 HUTCHINSON RD., BATAVIA, OH 45103, (513) 625-1211, CNESCHOOLS.ORG/O/CNE-HIGH-SCHOOL GS=9–12, E=397, PM=4.2%, PPS=$10,734, ACT=19, GR=88.5%, PFS=F, AMO=48.1%, IM=20%, PI=60%, LG=D DEER PARK COMMUNITY CITY SCHOOLS

8688 DONNA LN., CINCINNATI, OH 45236, (513) 891-0222, DEERPARKCITYSCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,217, PM=25.3%, PPS=$10,247, K3LIT=48.5%, ACT=19, GR=93.8%, PFS=D, AMO=96.3%, IM=33.3%, PI=75.6%, LG=B DEER PARK JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL 8351 PLAINFIELD RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45236, (513) 891-0010, DEERPARKCITYSCHOOLS.ORG/JUNIOR-SENIOR-HIGHSCHOOL GS=7–12, E=511, PM=28.2%, PPS=$11,257, ACT=19, GR=93.8%, PFS=D, AMO=94.4%, IM=33.3%, PI=74.6%, LG=B EASTERN LOCAL SCHOOLS

11479 U.S. HIGHWAY 62, WINCHESTER, OH 45697, (937) 6959030, ELSD.US GS=K–12, E=1,223, PM=3%, PPS=$9,562, K3LIT=58.5%, ACT=20, GR=96.9%, PFS=F, AMO=68%, IM=29.2%, PI=72.3%, LG=C EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL 11557 U.S. HIGHWAY 62, WINCHESTER, OH 45697, (937) 6950303, ELSD.US/EASTERNHIGHSCHOOL_HOME.ASPX GS=9–12, E=361, PM=5.1%, PPS=$9,155, ACT=20, GR=96.9%, PFS=F, AMO=58.3%, IM=40%, PI=64.5%, LG=D EDGEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS

3500 BUSENBARK RD., TRENTON, OH 45067, (513) 867-3400, EDGEWOODSCHOOLS.COM GS=Pre-K–12, E=3,540, PM=9.8%, PPS=$8,578, K3LIT=46.5%, ACT=19, GR=93.9%, PFS=F, AMO=85.7%, IM=16.7%, PI=73.2%, LG=C EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 3045 BUSENBARK RD., TRENTON, OH 45067, (513) 867-6300, EDGEWOODSCHOOLS.COM/O/EHS GS=9–12, E=1,010, PM=7.5%, PPS=$9,657, ACT=19, GR=93.9%, PFS=F, AMO=83.3%, IM=40%, PI=70.9%, LG=C FAIRFIELD CITY SCHOOLS

4641 BACH LN., FAIRFIELD, OH 45014, (513) 829-6300, WWW. FAIRFIELDCITYSCHOOLS.COM GS=Pre-K–12, E=9,215, PM=44.6%, PPS=$8,118, K3LIT=26.7%, ACT=20, GR=91.4%, PFS=D, AMO=84.4%, IM=16.7%, PI=72.1%, LG=C FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 8800 HOLDEN BLVD., FAIRFIELD, OH 45014, (513) 942-2999, HS.FAIRFIELDCITYSCHOOLS.COM GS=10–12, E=1,997, PM=40.3%, PPS=$8,325, ACT=20, GR=91.5%, PFS=D, AMO=88.7%, IM=30%, PI=62.4%, LG=C FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL SCHOOLS

551 S. APPLE ST., FAYETTEVILLE, OH 45118, (513) 875-2423, WWW.FP.K12.OH.US GS=K–12, E=787, PM=3.6%, PPS=$9,093, K3LIT=NA, ACT=19, GR=89.5%, PFS=F, AMO=62.8%, IM=29.2%, PI=69.4%, LG=D FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY HIGH SCHOOL 501 S. APPLE ST., FAYETTEVILLE, OH 45118, (513) 875-3520, WWW.FP.K12.OH.US GS=9–12, E=240, PM=2.1%, PPS=$8,935, ACT=19, GR=89.5%, PFS=F, AMO=55.6%, IM=55.6%, PI=63.4%, LG=D FELICITY-FRANKLIN LOCAL SCHOOLS

105 MARKET ST., FELICITY, OH 45120, (513) 876-2113, FELICITYSCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=750, PM=5.6%, PPS=$10,359, K3LIT=64.3%, ACT=20, GR=88.6%, PFS=F, AMO=91.7%, IM=20.8%, PI=72.6%, LG=C FELICITY-FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL 105 MARKET ST., FELICITY, OH 45120, (513) 876-2113, FELICITY SCHOOLS.ORG GS=9–12, E=201, PM=6%, PPS=$10,325,

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8916 FONTAINEBLEAU TER., CINCINNATI, OH 45231, (513) 7283700, FINNEYTOWN.ORG GS=K–12, E=1,344, PM=65.7%, PPS=$9,813, K3LIT=40.7%, ACT=20, GR=90.1%, PFS=D, AMO=76.5%, IM=4.2%, PI=64.9%, LG=D FINNEYTOWN SECONDARY CAMPUS 8916 FONTAINEBLEAU TER., CINCINNATI, OH 45231, (513) 931-0712, FINNEYTOWN.ORG/SECONDARY-CAMPUS GS=7–12, E=750, PM=65.3%, PPS=$9,362, ACT=20, GR=90.1%, PFS=D, AMO=76.4%, IM=5.9%, PI=61.9%, LG=D FOREST HILLS LOCAL SCHOOLS

7946 BEECHMONT AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45255, (513) 231-3600, FORESTHILLS.EDU GS=Pre-K–12, E=7,262, PM=11.8%, PPS=$10,194, K3LIT=NA, ACT=24, GR=95.5%, PFS=B, AMO=89.9%, IM=68%, PI=84%, LG=B ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL 7560 FOREST RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45255, (513) 232-2772, FOR ESTHILLS.EDU/ANDERSON GS=9–12, E=1,216, PM=10.4%, PPS=$10,882, ACT=23, GR=95.7%, PFS=C, AMO=81.7%, IM=60%, PI=79.3%, LG=B TURPIN HIGH SCHOOL 2650 BARTELS RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45244, (513) 2327770, FORESTHILLS.EDU/TURPIN GS=9–12, E=1,102, PM=9.1%, PPS=$11,365, ACT=25, GR=95.4%, PFS=B, AMO=80.6%, IM=70%, PI=82.9%, LG=B FRANKLIN CITY SCHOOLS

150 E. SIXTH ST., FRANKLIN, OH 45005, (937) 746-1699, FRANKLINCITYSCHOOLS.COM GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,751, PM=7.9%, PPS=$9,732, K3LIT=30.6%, ACT=19, GR=94.4%, PFS=D, AMO=88%, IM=12.5%, PI=71.8%, LG=C FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL 750 E. FOURTH ST., FRANKLIN, OH 45005, (937) 743-8610, FRANKLINCITYSCHOOLS.COM/FRANKLIN-HIGH-SCHOOL GS=9–12, E=762, PM=5.4%, PPS=$10,395, ACT=19, GR=94.4%, PFS=D, AMO=89.9%, IM=30%, PI=69.9%, LG=C GEORGETOWN EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOLS

1043 MOUNT ORAB PK., GEORGETOWN, OH 45121, (937) 3783730, GTOWN.K12.OH.US GS=K–12, E=1,051, PM=6.5%, PPS=$8,443, K3LIT=28.4%, ACT=20, GR=96.9%, PFS=F, AMO=89.9%, IM=25%, PI=73.7%, LG=C GEORGETOWN JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL 987 MOUNT ORAB PK., GEORGETOWN, OH 45121, (937) 378-6730, GTOWN.K12.OH.US GS=7–12, E=473, PM=6.3%, PPS=$8,626, ACT=20, GR=96.9%, PFS=F, AMO=87.6%, IM=20%, PI=72%, LG=C GOSHEN LOCAL SCHOOLS

6694 GOSHEN RD., GOSHEN, OH 45122, (513) 722-2222, WWW. GOSHENLOCALSCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,778, PM=8.3%, PPS=$8,824, K3LIT=54.4%, ACT=21, GR=98.4%, PFS=D, AMO=100%, IM=50%, PI=78%, LG=C GOSHEN HIGH SCHOOL 6707 GOSHEN RD., GOSHEN, OH 45122, (513) 722-2227, GHS.GOSHENLOCALSCHOOLS.ORG GS=9–12, E=765, PM=8.2%, PPS=$8,914, ACT=21, GR=98.4%, PFS=D, AMO=81.7%, IM=60%, PI=71%, LG=C HAMILTON CITY SCHOOLS

533 DAYTON ST., HAMILTON, OH 45011, (513) 887-5000, HAMILTONCITYSCHOOLS.COM GS=Pre-K–12, E=9,898, PM=35.9%, PPS=$8,660, K3LIT=32.9%, ACT=18,

GR=78.8%, PFS=F, AMO=88.2%, IM=12.5%, PI=65.8%, LG=C HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL 1165 EATON AVE., HAMILTON, OH 45013, (513) 868-7700, HAMILTONCITYSCHOOLS.COM/HAMILTONHIGH/HOME GS=10–12, E=2,393, PM=33.7%, PPS=$7,896, ACT=18, GR=82.3%, PFS=F, AMO=58.8%, IM=40%, PI=66.1%, LG=D INDIAN HILL EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOLS

6855 DRAKE RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45243, (513) 272-4500, INDIANHILLSCHOOLS.ORG GS=K–12, E=2,003, PM=24.2%, PPS=$15,686, K3LIT=54.5%, ACT=27, GR=98.1%, PFS=A, AMO=100%, IM=95.8%, PI=90%, LG=A INDIAN HILL HIGH SCHOOL 6865 DRAKE RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45243, (513) 272-4550, INDIANHILLSCHOOLS.ORG/HS.ASPX GS=9–12, E=600, PM=22.1%, PPS=$17,117, ACT=27, GR=98.1%, PFS=A, AMO=88.9%, IM=70%, PI=83.6%, LG=A KINGS LOCAL SCHOOLS

1797 KING AVE., KINGS MILLS, OH 45034, (513) 398-8050, KINGSLOCAL.NET GS=K–12, E=4,703, PM=16.4%, PPS=$9,275, K3LIT=NA, ACT=23, GR=95%, PFS=C, AMO=100%, IM=75%, PI=83.9%, LG=B KINGS HIGH SCHOOL 5500 COLUMBIA RD., KINGS MILLS, OH 45034, (513) 3988050, KINGSLOCAL.NET/HIGH-SCHOOL GS=9–12, E=1,262, PM=12.2%, PPS=$8,792, ACT=23, GR=95%, PFS=C, AMO=89.9%, IM=80%, PI=82.1%, LG=B LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOLS

5572 PRINCETON RD., LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OH 45011, (513) 874-5505, LAKOTAONLINE.COM GS=Pre-K–12, E=15,603, PM=33.2%, PPS=$9,888, K3LIT=40.9%, ACT=22, GR=94.4%, PFS=D, AMO=89.9%, IM=54.2%, PI=80.9%, LG=B LAKOTA EAST HIGH SCHOOL 6840 LAKOTA LN., LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OH 45044, (513) 755-7211, EASTHIGH.LAKOTAONLINE.COM GS=9–12, E=2,325, PM=28.5%, PPS=$9,780, ACT=22, GR=93.4%, PFS=D, AMO=87%, IM=70%, PI=79.8%, LG=B LAKOTA WEST HIGH SCHOOL 8940 UNION CENTRE BLVD., WEST CHESTER, OH 45069, (513) 874-5699, WESTHIGH.LAKOTAONLINE.COM GS=9–12, E=2,221, PM=33.7%, PPS=$9,646, ACT=23, GR=95.5%, PFS=C, AMO=69.4%, IM=70%, PI=77.1%, LG=B LEBANON CITY SCHOOLS

700 HOLBROOK AVE., LEBANON, OH 45036, (513) 934-5770, LEBANONSCHOOLS.ORG GS=K–12, E=5,289, PM=12.8%, PPS=$8,368, K3LIT=46.2%, ACT=22, GR=97.2%, PFS=C, AMO=89.9%, IM=37.5%, PI=77.3%, LG=B LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL 1916 DRAKE RD., LEBANON, OH 45036, (513) 934-5100, LEBANONSCHOOLS.ORG/LEBANON-HIGH-SCHOOL GS=9–12, E=1,556, PM=12.3%, PPS=$8,733, ACT=22, GR=97.2%, PFS=C, AMO=74.4%, IM=50%, PI=72.4%, LG=C LITTLE MIAMI LOCAL SCHOOLS

95 E. U.S. 22-3, MAINEVILLE, OH 45039, (513) 899-2264, LITTLEMIAMISCHOOLS.COM GS=Pre-K–12, E=4,606, PM=10.4%, PPS=$9,183, K3LIT=47.8%, ACT=22, GR=97%, PFS=D, AMO=100%, IM=45.8%, PI=80%, LG=B LITTLE MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL 3001 E. U.S. 22-3, MORROW, OH 45152, (513) 899-3781, LITTLE MIAMISCHOOLS.COM/LITTLE-MIAMI-HIGH-SCHOOL GS=9–12, E=1,254, PM=9.9%, PPS=$9,651, ACT=22, GR=97%, PFS=D, AMO=84.4%, IM=70%, PI=78.7%, LG=B

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210 N. COOPER AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45215, (513) 5635000, LOCKLANDSCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=541, PM=66.1%, PPS=$8,773, K3LIT=23.3%, ACT=NA, GR=90.6%, PFS=F, AMO=43%, IM=4.2%, PI=46.7%, LG=D LOCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL 249 W. FORRER ST., LOCKLAND, OH 45215, (513) 563-5000, LOCKLANDSCHOOLS.ORG GS=9–12, E=167, PM=61.3%, PPS=$9,134, ACT=NA, GR=90.6%, PFS=F, AMO=25%, IM=11.1%, PI=45.5%, LG=D LOVELAND CITY SCHOOLS

757 S. LEBANON RD., LOVELAND, OH 45140, (513) 683-5600, LOVELANDSCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=4,428, PM=10.9%, PPS=$10,689, K3LIT=36%, ACT=24, GR=94.3%, PFS=C, AMO=93.8%, IM=76%, PI=84.3%, LG=B LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOL 1 TIGER TRL., LOVELAND, OH 45140, (513) 683-1920, LOVELANDSCHOOLS.ORG/HIGHSCHOOL_HOME.ASPX GS=9–12, E=1,405, PM=8.3%, PPS=$10,666, ACT=24, GR=94.3%, PFS=C, AMO=81.7%, IM=63.6%, PI=81.7%, LG=B MADEIRA CITY SCHOOLS

7465 LOANNES DR., CINCINNATI, OH 45243, (513) 985-6070, MADEIRACITYSCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,475, PM=12.2%, PPS=$11,573, K3LIT=NA, ACT=26, GR=95.6%, PFS=A, AMO=100%, IM=100%, PI=91%, LG=A MADEIRA HIGH SCHOOL 7465 LOANNES DR., CINCINNATI, OH 45243, (513) 891-8222, MADEIRACITYSCHOOLS.ORG/1/HOME GS=9–12, E=404, PM=12.9%, PPS=$12,272, ACT=26, GR=95.6%, PFS=A, AMO=100%, IM=90%, PI=88%, LG=A MADISON LOCAL SCHOOLS

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500 YANKEE RD., MONROE, OH 45050, (513) 539-2536, MONROELOCALSCHOOLS.COM GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,728, PM=20.4%, PPS=$7,678, K3LIT=71.2%, ACT=21, GR=94.9%, PFS=C, AMO=87.2%, IM=58.3%, PI=81%, LG=B MONROE HIGH SCHOOL 220 YANKEE RD., MONROE, OH 45050, (513) 539-8471, MONROELOCALSCHOOLS.COM/SCHOOLS/SRHS GS=7–12, E=705, PM=19.1%, PPS=$9,765, ACT=21, GR=94.9%, PFS=C, AMO=83.3%, IM=60%, PI=77%, LG=B

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3254 E. KEMPER RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45241, (513) 771-8840, GREATOAKS.COM GS=11–12, GR=99.0%, PI=74.1%, LG=B DIAMOND OAKS CAREER CAMPUS 6375 HARRISON AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45247, (513) 574-1300 LAUREL OAKS CAREER CAMPUS 300 OAK DR., WILMINGTON, OH 45177, (937) 382-1411 LIVE OAKS CAREER CAMPUS 5956 BUCKWHEAT RD., MILFORD, OH 45150, (513) 575-1900 SCARLET OAKS CAREER CAMPUS 3254 E. KEMPER RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45241, (513) 771-8810 WARREN COUNTY CAREER CENTER

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100 E. EIGHTH ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45202, (513) 421-3131, CATHOLICBESTCHOICE.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, U=Yes, T= Varies by school ALL SAINTS SCHOOL 8939 MONTGOMERY RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45236, (513) 7924732, ALLSAINTS.CC GS=K–7, E=497, PM=8%, STR=18:1, U=Yes, T=$4,125, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA SCHOOL 4390 BRIDGETOWN RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45211, (513) 574-4035, SAINTALS.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=132, PM=5%, STR=12:1, U=Yes, T=$3,575 in parish; $4,850 nonparish ST. ANDREW-ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL SETON CAMPUS: 5900 BUCKWHEAT RD., MILFORD, OH 45150, (513) 575-0093; ST. ANDREW CAMPUS: 555 MAIN ST., MILFORD,

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SCHOOLS GUIDE OHIO SCHOOLS OH 45150, (513) 831-5277, SASEASSCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=400, PM=3%, STR=18:1, PPS=$5,900, U=Yes, T=$4,550, SD=Exemplary High Performing National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ST. ANN CATHOLIC SCHOOL 3064 PLEASANT AVE., HAMILTON, OH 45015, (513) 863-0604, SAINTANNCS.COM GS=Pre-K–8, E=195, PM=30%, STR=19:1, U=Yes, T=$3,530 in parish; $4,106 nonparish, SD=Innovator Technology Award, Accredited by the Ohio Catholic Conference of Schools, Best of the Best–Outstanding Educators by Cincy magazine, Hamilton Celebrates Education– Outstanding Educators

in parish K–8; $5,494 nonparish K–8; $1,735–$2,370 age 3–Pre-K ST. BERNARD SCHOOL, TAYLOR CREEK 7115 SPRINGDALE RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45247, (513) 353-4224, STBERNARDTC.ORG GS=K–8, E=185, PM=7%, STR=14:1, U=Yes, T=$3,312 in parish; $4,600 nonparish ST. BONIFACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4305 PITTS AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45223, (513) 541-5122, STBONIFACESCHOOL.NET GS=K–8, E=200, PM=70%, STR=12:1, PPS=$6,500, GR=100%, T=$6,500 (sliding scale tuition), SD=Chartered by the Ohio Catholic School Accreditation Association

ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL 3545 CLIFTON AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45220, (513) 221-1230, SCHOOL.ANNUNCIATIONBVMPARISH.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=141, PM=61%, STR= 18:1, U=Yes, T=$4,650–$5,250

CARDINAL PACELLI SCHOOL 927 ELLISON AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45226, (513) 321-1048, CARDINALPACELLI.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=354, U=Yes, T=$3,575–$5,600 in parish; $5,100–$8,100 non-parish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

ST. ANTONINUS SCHOOL 5425 JULMAR DR., CINCINNATI, OH 45238, (513) 922-2500, SAINTANTONINUS.ORG/SCHOOL GS=K–8, U=Yes, T=$3,500 in parish; $5,570 nonparish

ST. CATHARINE OF SIENA SCHOOL 3324 WUNDER AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45211, (513) 481-7683, STCATHOS.ORG/SCHOOL GS=K–8, U=Yes, T=$4,600– $4,650

STEPHEN T. BADIN HIGH SCHOOL 571 NEW LONDON RD., HAMILTON, OH 45013, (513) 863-3993, BADINHS.ORG GS=9–12, E=622, PM=5%, STR=14:1, PPS=$12,029, ACT=23.9, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$10,450

ST. CECILIA SCHOOL 4115 TAYLOR AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45209, (513) 533-6060, SCHOOL.STCECILIACINCINNATI.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=248, STR=15:1, U=Yes, T=$5,200

ST. BERNADETTE SCHOOL 1453 LOCUST LAKE RD., AMELIA, OH 45102, (513) 753-4744, STBAMELIASCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, U=Yes, T=$3,997

ST. CLEMENT SCHOOL 4534 VINE ST., ST. BERNARD, OH 45217, (513) 641-2137, STCSCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=286, STR=18:1, U=Yes, T=$2,900 in parish; $5,700 nonparish

ST. COLUMBAN SCHOOL 896 OAKLAND RD., LOVELAND, OH 45140, (513) 683-7903, SAINTCOLUMBANSCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=532, PM=6%, STR=17:1, U=Yes, T=$4,700 in parish; $6,300 nonparish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence CORRYVILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL 108 CALHOUN ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45219, (513) 281-4856, COR RYVILLECATHOLIC.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=214, PM=96%, STR=22:1, U=Yes, T=$4,650; accepts EdChoice scholarships, SD=5-Star Step Up to Quality pre–school program DEPAUL CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL 1133 CLIFTON HILLS AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45220, (513) 8610600, DEPAULCRISTOREY.ORG GS=9–12, E=304, PM=92%, STR=12:1, U=Yes, T=$500–$6,000; need-based sliding scale, SD=Governor’s School Innovation Award 2017; named one of the 41 most innovative K–12 schools in America by Noodle 2015 ST. DOMINIC SCHOOL 371 PEDRETTI AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45238, (513) 251-1276, ST DOMINIC-K-8.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=463, STR=22:1, U=Yes, T=$3,000 in parish; $4,650 nonparish ELDER HIGH SCHOOL 3900 VINCENT AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45205, (513) 921-3744, ELDERHS.ORG GS=9–12, U=Yes, T=$11,100 BISHOP FENWICK HIGH SCHOOL 4855 ST. RT. 122, FRANKLIN, OH 45005, (513) 423-0723, FENWICKFALCONS.ORG GS=9–12, E=509, PM=11%,

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STR=14:1, PPS=$14,467, ACT=25.8, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$10,925 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES SCHOOL 1602 MADISON AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45206, (513) 961-1953, DESALESCINCY.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=220, PM=99%, STR=23:1, PPS=$6,000, U=Yes, T=$5,200; financial aid and EdChoice scholarships available, SD=Accredited Catholic School, Accelerated Great School/ Seton Blended Learning Model, CISE School ST. FRANCIS DE SALES SCHOOL 20 DESALES AVE., LEBANON, OH 45036, (513) 932-6501, ST FRANCISDESALES-LEBANON.COM GS=K–8, E=155, PM=3%, STR=13:1, PPS=$4,650, U=Yes, T=$4,650 ST. FRANCIS SERAPH SCHOOL 14 E. LIBERTY ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45202, (513) 721-7778, SFSSCHOOL.COM GS=Pre-K–8, E=109 ST. GABRIEL CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL 18 W. SHARON RD., GLENDALE, OH 45246, (513) 771-5220, STGABESCHOOL.ORG GS=K–8, STR=18:1, U=Yes, T=$4,100–$4,200 in parish; $4,700 to $4,800 nonparish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ST. GERTRUDE SCHOOL 6543 MIAMI AVE., MADEIRA, OH 45243, (513) 561-8020, STGERTRUDESCH.ORG GS=K–8, E=348, STR=13:1, U=Yes, T=$4,290 in parish; $6,100 nonparish THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC MONTESSORI 4460 BERWICK ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45227, (513) 271-4171, GSC MONTESSORI.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, U=Yes, T=$837–$7,618

GUARDIAN ANGELS SCHOOL 6539 BEECHMONT AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45230, (513) 624-3141, GASCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=434, PM=7%, STR=11:1, U=Yes, T=$4,722 in K-8; $4,170 in Pre-K, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL 3001 PRICE AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45205, (513) 921-8483, HOLYFAMILYCINCINNATI.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=217, PM=83%, STR=20:1, PPS=$6,000+, U=Yes, T=$5,250; financial aid and EdChoice scholarships available, SD=5-Star Step Up to Quality preschool program ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA SCHOOL 5222 NORTH BEND RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45247, (513) 389-3242, SAINTI.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=1,047, PM=5%, STR=16:1, U=Yes, T=$3,400 in parish; $6,800 nonparish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, Inclusion Award recipient IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL 7800 BEECHMONT AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45255, (513) 3884086, IHOMSCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=673, PM=5%, STR=16:1, U=Yes, T=$4,480 in parish; $6,839 nonparish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ST. JAMES SCHOOL 6111 CHEVIOT RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45247, (513) 741-5333, STJAMESWO.ORG GS=K–8, PM=10%, STR=22:1, U=Yes, T=$3,996, SD=Four-time National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, Cincinnati Enquirer Top Workplace 2018–2019

JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC SCHOOL 9375 WINTON RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45231, (513) 521-0860, JPIICS.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=435, PM=25%, STR=25:1, U=Yes, T=$4,450 ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL 5375 DRY RIDGE RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45252, (513) 385-7970, STJOHNSDRSCHOOL.ORG GS=K–8, U=Yes, T=$2,695– $3,935 in parish, $3,035-$4,895 nonparish ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL 508 PARK AVE., HARRISON, OH 45030, (513) 367-6826, SJBHARRISON.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=343, STR=17:1, U=Yes, T=$3,750 in parish; $6,350 nonparish ST. JOSEPH CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL 925 S. SECOND ST., HAMILTON, OH 45011, (513) 863-8758, SJCSHAMILTON.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, U=Yes, T=$3,695– $4,845 ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL 745 EZZARD CHARLES DR., CINCINNATI, OH 45203, (513) 3812126, SAINTJOSEPHCHURCHANDSCHOOL.COM GS=Pre-K–8, U=Yes, T=Based on income ST. JUDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL 5940 BRIDGETOWN RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45248, (513) 598-2100, STJUDECINCY.ORG GS=K–8, U=Yes, T=$3,540– $4,810 LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL 3091 NORTH BEND RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45239, (513) 741-3000, LASALLEHS.NET GS=9–12, E=600, PM=23%, STR=16:1, ACT=24, GR=99%, U=Yes, T=$11,975, SD=14 AP

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ST. MICHAEL SCHOOL 11136 OAK ST., SHARONVILLE, OH 45241, (513) 554-3555, STMICHAELSHARONVILLE.ORG GS=K–8, E=410, PM=10%, STR=23:1, U=Yes, T=$3,885 in parish; $5,470 nonparish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ARCHBISHOP MOELLER HIGH SCHOOL 9001 MONTGOMERY RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45242, (513) 7911680, MOELLER.ORG GS=9–12, E=879, U=Dress code, T=$13,850 MOTHER TERESA CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 7197 MOTHER TERESA LN., LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OH 45044, (513) 779-6585, MTCES.ORG GS=K–8, E=543, U=Yes, T=$4,860, SD=Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM Education 12 years running MOUNT NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL 711 E. COLUMBIA AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45215, (513) 821-3044, MNDHS.ORG GS=9–12, E=712, PM=15%, STR=19:1, ACT=24.7, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$13,120, SD=92 Advanced Placement Scholars, including 8 National AP Scholars, 40 AP Scholars with Distinction, 19 AP Scholars with Honor, and 33 AP Scholars; International Student Exchange programs with Spain, France, China, and Chile NATIVITY OF OUR LORD SCHOOL 5936 RIDGE AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45213, (513) 458-6767, NATIVITY-CINCINNATI.ORG/SCHOOL GS=K–8, E=407, PM=22%, STR=17:1, U=Yes, T=$4,650 in parish;

$6,200 nonparish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence; Greater Cincinnati International Hall of Fame 2004; Governor’s Tho-mas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM Education OUR LADY OF GRACE CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2940 W. GALBRAITH RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45239, (513) 9313070, OLGCS.ORG GS=K–8, E=438, PM=35%, T=$4,040 in parish; $6,195 nonparish OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL 5835 GLENWAY AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45238, (513) 347-2660, SCHOOL.LOURDES.ORG GS=K–8, U=Yes, T=$2,945 in parish; $4,750 nonparish OUR LADY OF VICTORY SCHOOL 808 NEEB RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45233, (513) 347-2072, SCHOOL. OLV.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, STR=20:1, U=Yes, T=$3,792 in parish; $5,532 nonparish OUR LADY OF THE VISITATION SCHOOL 3180 SOUTH RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45248, (513) 347-2222, OLVISITATION.ORG/SCHOOL GS=K–8, E=737, U=Yes, T=$3,865 in parish; $4,865 nonparish, SD=Top Workplace ST. PETER IN CHAINS SCHOOL 451 RIDGELAWN AVE., HAMILTON, OH 45013, (513) 863-0685, STPETERINCHAINS.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=189, PM=10%, STR=12:1, PPS=$5,950, U=Yes, T=$3,980 in parish; $4,995 nonparish PURCELL MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL 2935 HACKBERRY ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45206, (513) 751-1230, PURCELLMARIAN.ORG GS=9–12, E=343, STR=18:1, U=Yes, T=$8,995 plus a $1,000 student life fee

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SCHOOLS GUIDE OHIO SCHOOLS QUEEN OF PEACE SCHOOL 2550 MILLVILLE AVE., HAMILTON, OH 45013, (513) 863-8705, QUEENOFPEACEHAMILTON.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, U=Yes, T=$3,850 in parish; $4,850 nonparish

ST. SUSANNA PARISH SCHOOL 500 READING RD., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 398-3821 EXT. 3108, STSUSANNASCHOOL.ORG GS=K–8, E=697, U=Yes, T=$3,985 in parish; $5,025 nonparish

RESURRECTION SCHOOL 1740 ILIFF AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45205, (513) 471-6600, RES URRECTIONSCHOOL.ORG GS=K–8, E=192, U=Yes

ST. TERESA OF AVILA SCHOOL 1194 RULISON AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45233, (513) 471-4530, STTERESA.NET GS=K–8, E=221, U=Yes, T=$5,000

ST. RITA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 1720 GLENDALE MILFORD RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45215, (513) 771-7600, SRSDEAF.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=119, STR=4:1, U=Yes

ST. THOMAS MORE SCHOOL 788 OHIO PK., CINCINNATI, OH 45245, (513) 753-2540, STTM SCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=251, U=Yes, T=$3,995 in parish; $5,770 nonparish

ROGER BACON HIGH SCHOOL 4320 VINE ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45217, (513) 641-1300, ROGER BACON.ORG GS=9–12, E=506, T=$9,000 ROYALMONT ACADEMY 200 NORTHCREST DR., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 754-0555, ROYALMONT.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=160, PM=21%, STR=7:1, ACT=26, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$2,100– $6,600 preschool and grade school; $8,441 high school SACRED HEART OF JESUS SCHOOL 400 NILLES RD., FAIRFIELD, OH 45014, (513) 858-4215, SHJS. ORG GS=K–8, E=450, U=Yes, T=$3,975 in parish; $4,175 nonparish SETON HIGH SCHOOL 3901 GLENWAY AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45205, (513) 471-2600, SETONCINCINNATI.ORG GS=9–12, E=520, STR=20:1, T=$12,000

URSULINE ACADEMY 5535 PFEIFFER RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45242, (513) 791-5791, URSULINEACADEMY.ORG GS=9–12, E=630, PM=13%, STR=12:1, PPS=$18,944, ACT=29, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$14,175, SD=93% of students who take Advanced Placement exams score 3 or higher; two students recognized by the National Merit Corporation; 94% of students earned college scholarships averaging $170,000 per student over the past three years; 100% of students attend college ST. VERONICA PARISH SCHOOL 4475 MT. CARMEL-TOBASCO RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45244, (513) 528-0442, STVERONICA.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=409, PM=7%, STR=16:1, U=Yes, T=$4,455 in parish; $6,060 nonparish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence; Ohio School of Character Award; Ohio Promising Practices Awards; Champions of Mercy Award 2017

ST. URSULA ACADEMY 1339 E. MCMILLAN ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45206, (513) 9613410, SAINTURSULA.ORG GS=9–12, E=661, PM=11%, STR=13:1, ACT=29, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$14,555, SD=12 students recognized by the National Merit Corporation for 2018–2019; class of 2018 earned college scholarships totaling more than$21 million; named official national Fair Trade School; member of National Coalition of Girls Schools; accredited

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ST. VINCENT FERRER SCHOOL 7754 MONTGOMERY RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45236, (513) 7916320, SVF-SCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=160, PM=43%, STR=14:1, U=Yes, T=$4,750 in parish; $5,500 nonparish ST. VIVIAN SCHOOL 885 DENIER PL., CINCINNATI, OH 45224, (513) 522-6858, MYSTVIVIAN.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=247, STR=20:1, U=Yes, T=$5,125

ST. URSULA VILLA 3660 VINEYARD PL., CINCINNATI, OH 45226, (513) 871-7218, STURSULAVILLA.ORG GS=Age 2–grade 8, E=443, PM=5%, STR=11:1, PPS=$14,164, U=Yes, T=$3,294– $13,315, SD=97% placement into first-choice high schools; 46% of the Class of 2020 earned $980,532 in merit scholarship offer

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ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL 600 W. NORTH BEND RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45224, (513) 761-7600, STXAVIER.ORG GS=9–12, E=1,420, PM=19%, STR=12:1, PPS=$20,000, ACT=28.5, U=No, T=$16,120 END OF ARCHDIOCESE CINCINNATI SCHOOLS

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN SCHOOL 11981 PIPPIN RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45231, (513) 825-2290, BEAUTIFUL-SAVIOR.COM GS=Pre-K–8, U=No, T=$3,450– $5,200 BETHANY SCHOOL 555 ALBION AVE., GLENDALE, OH 45246, (513) 771-7462, BETH ANYSCHOOL.ORG GS=K–8, E=225, PM=55%, STR=15:1, U=Yes, T=$10,350 CENTRAL BAPTIST ACADEMY 7645 WINTON RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45224, (513) 521-5481, CENTRALBAPTISTACADEMY.ORG GS=K–8, E=150, PM=90%, STR=15:01, U=Yes, T=$5,700 grades K–6; $5,900 grades 7–8, SD=EdChoice Scholarship provider CENTRAL MONTESSORI ACADEMY 1904 SPRINGDALE RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45231, (513) 7425800, CENTRALMONTESSORIACADEMY.COM GS=Pre-K–6, STR=12:1–18:1, U=No, T=$5,190–$10,700 CHILDREN’S MEETING HOUSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL 927 O’BANNONVILLE RD., LOVELAND, OH 45140, (513) 6834757, CMHSCHOOL.COM GS=Pre-K–6, E=120, STR=12:1, U=No, T=$4,900–$11,250, SD=Voted best preschool by the readers of Cincinnati Family Magazine;

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CINCINNATICHRISTIAN.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=512, PM=31%, STR=10:1, ACT=32, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$8,952 grades K–6; $10,356 grades 7–12, SD=ACSI, AdvancED, OHSAA, NASSAP, and Ohio Department of Education affiliated CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS 7350 DIXIE HWY., FAIRFIELD, OH 45014, (513) 874-8500, CIN CINNATICHRISTIAN.ORG GS=Pre-K–6, E=512, STR=10:1, T=$5,316–$8,952 CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN JUNIOR/ SENIOR HIGH CAMPUS 7474 MORRIS RD., FAIRFIELD, OH 45011, (513) 892-8500, CINCINNATICHRISTIAN.ORG GS=7–12, T=$10,356 END OF CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS

CINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL 6905 GIVEN RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45243, (513) 979-0220, COUNTRYDAY.NET GS=18 months–grade 12, E=840, PM=33%, STR=9:1, ACT=29, GR=100%, U=No, T=$7,570–$27,730, SD=No. 1 Cincinnati school for sending students to Ivy League colleges by PolarisList; Ranked as a Best Private High School and a Best Private K–12 School in Cincinnati by Niche; Microsoft Center of Excellence; NAIS Curriculum Innovation Award; Nation’s first 1:1 laptop computer

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8283 E. KEMPER RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45249, (513) 247-0900, CHCA-OH.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,250, PM=26%, STR=7:1–12:1, ACT=31 (top quartile), GR=100%, U=Yes Pre-K–6; No grades 7–12, T=$3,350–$17,390, SD=Independent Schools Association of the Central States; National Association of Independent Schools; Ohio Association of Independent Schools; Council of Educational Standards and Account-ability; National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence; globally ranked robotics program; nationally recognized aquaponics program CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY— MARTHA S. LINDNER CAMPUS 11525 SNIDER RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45249, GS=9–12 CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY— FOUNDERS’ CAMPUS 11300 SNIDER RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45249, GS=4–8 CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY— ARMLEDER CAMPUS 140 W. NINTH ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45202, (513) 721-2422, GS=Pre-K–6

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CINCINNATI WALDORF SCHOOL 6743 CHESTNUT ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45227, (513) 541-0220, CINCINNATIWALDORFSCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–11, E=275, PM=25%, STR=6:1 Pre-K; 9:1 K, U=No, T=$4,690– $15,900, SD=Named Best Private School in CityBeat Best of Cincinnati 2016; AWSNA full member school COLONIAL SCHOOLS 855 STAHLHEBER RD., HAMILTON, OH 45013, (513) 867-4006, COLONIALSCHOOLS.ORG GS=Pre-K, E=174, STR=10:1–12:1, U=No, T=Varies, SD=4-Star Step Up to Quality program THE COMPASS SCHOOL 9370 WATERSTONE BLVD., CINCINNATI, OH 45249, (513) 683-8833, THECOMPASSSCHOOL.COM GS=Infant–Age 12, STR=4:1 infants; 7:1 toddlers; 12:1 Pre-K; 15:1 K; 18:1 Before/After School, U=No, T=Depends on age group and schedule, SD=NAEYC accredited

CREATIVE TOTS—MADEIRA 7803 LAUREL AVE., MADEIRA, OH 45243, (513) 272-2223, CREATIVETOTS.COM GS=18 months–5 years, E=100, STR=6:1, U=No, T=Varies CREATIVE TOTS—MASON 6408 THORNBERRY CT., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 770-6776, CREATIVETOTSMASON.COM GS=18 months–6 years, E=120–130, PM=35%, STR=6:1 toddlers; 7:1 early 3s; 8:1 Pre-K; 10:1, U=No, T=$2,200–$11,000 EL SEWEDY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI 8094 PLANTATION DR., WEST CHESTER, OH 45069, (513) 7550169, INTLACADEMY.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=175, STR=12:1, U=Yes, T=$6,396–$7,563, SD=Stanford Achievement Test mean scores are above the 80th percentile GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL 1318 NAGEL RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45255, (513) 474-4933, GARDENMONTESSORISCHOOL.COM GS=Pre-K–K, U=No, T=$520–$975/month KIDDIE ACADEMY OF MASON 6202 SNIDER RD., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 234-0699, KIDDIEACADEMY.COM GS=6 weeks–12 years, U=No, SD=National Association for the Education of Young Children; 4-Star Step Up to Quality preschool program KINDER GARDEN SCHOOL—BLUE ASH 10969 REED HARTMAN HWY, CINCINNATI, OH 45242, (513) 7914300, KINDERGARDENSCHOOL.COM GS=Infant–K, E=120,

STR=3:1 infants; 4:1 toddlers; 8:1 Pre-K, U=No, T=Varies KINDER GARDEN SCHOOL— WEST CHESTER AND KES ACADEMY 8374 PRINCETON GLENDALE RD., WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, OH 45069, (513) 874-3100, KINDERGARDENSCHOOL.COM GS=Infant–grade 4, U=No, T=Varies, SD=K–4 program is chartered non-public school KING OF KINGS PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARDEN 3621 SOCIALVILLE-FOSTER RD., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 398-6089, KOKLCMS.ORG/OUR-SCHOOL/WELCOME GS=2 years–K, U=No LAKOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 7000 SUMMERHILL DR., WEST CHESTER, OH 45069, (513) 847-6157, LAKOTACHRISTIAN.COM GS=K–12, U=Yes, T=$2,600–$4,150 LIBERTY BIBLE ACADEMY 4900 OLD IRWIN-SIMPSON RD., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 754-1234, LIBERTYBIBLEACADEMY.ORG GS=Age 3–Grade 12, E=320, PM=52%, STR=10:1, PPS=$5,942, U=Yes, T=$3,060–$8,376 LINDEN GROVE SCHOOL 4122 MYRTLE AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45236, (513) 984-2215, LINDENGROVESCHOOL.ORG GS=K–8, E=88, PM=27%, STR=3:1–6:1, PPS=$32,387, U=No, T=$29,900– $31,250

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MARS HILL ACADEMY 4230 AERO DR., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 770-3223, MARS HILL.EDU GS=Pre-K–12, E=286, PM=14%, STR=9:1, ACT=29, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$3,750– $8,125 Pre-K; $7,000–$10,500 K; $11,700–$13,800 grades 1–12, SD=Accredited by the Association of Classical Christian Schools, ranked first in the nation on the Classic Learning Test college entrance exam MIAMI VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 6830 SCHOOL ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45244, (513) 272-6822, MVCA-OH.COM GS=Age 2–Grade 12, E=560, PM=15%, STR=14:1, ACT=28, U=Yes, T=$1,890– $9,500, SD=National Merit Scholarship recognition MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI 8293 DUKE BLVD., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 398-7773, MONTACADEMY.ORG GS=18 months–Grade 8, E=265, STR=6:1–15:1, U=No, T=$765–$1,537 K–8 MONTESSORI CENTER ROOM 2505 RIVERSIDE DR., CINCINNATI, OH 45202, (513) 321-3282, MONTESSORICENTERROOM.COM GS=Pre-K–K, U=No, T=$5,400–$7,450 THE NEW SCHOOL MONTESSORI 3 BURTON WOODS LN., CINCINNATI, OH 45229, (513) 281-7999, NEWSCHOOLMONTESSORI.COM GS=Age 3–Grade 6, extended care until 6 p.m., E=150, STR=10:1–13:1, T=$6,125–$12,750 (lunch included), SD=Only

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101 ORCHARD LN., ALEXANDRIA, KY 41001, (859) 635-2173, CAMPBELL.K12.KY.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=5,160, PM=10.2%, READ=63.6% elementary/58.1% middle/60.5% high, MATH=64.7% elementary/44.1% mid– dle/55.4% high, ACT=21, GR=97.2% CAMPBELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 909 CAMEL CROSSING, ALEXANDRIA, KY 41001, (859) 635-

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25 E. SEVENTH ST., COVINGTON, KY 41011, (859) 392-1000, COVINGTON.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=4,638, PM=57.4%, READ=49.6% elementary/34.6% middle/17.4% high, MATH=39.2% elementary/22.5% middle/11.7% high, ACT=15.8, GR=78.4% HOLMES HIGH SCHOOL 2500 MADISON AVE., COVINGTON, KY 41014, (859) 655-9545, COVINGTON.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=9–12, E=928, PM=55.7%, READ=18%, MATH=12.2%, ACT=16.1, GR=90.7% DAYTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

200 CLAY ST., DAYTON, KY 41074, (859) 491-6565, DAYTON. KYSCHOOLS.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,061, PM=13.4%, READ=38.2% elementary/54.6% middle/35.2% high, MATH=28% elementary/49% middle/28.6% high, ACT=17.5, GR=93% DAYTON HIGH SCHOOL 200 GREENDEVIL LN., DAYTON, KY 41074, (859) 292-7486, DAYTON.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=7–12, E=406, PM=11.3%, READ=35.2%, MATH=28.6%, ACT=17.5, GR=93% ERLANGER-ELSMERE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

500 GRAVES AVE., ERLANGER, KY 41018, (859) 727-2009, ERLANGER.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,783, PM=32.6%, READ=42.7% elementary/44.4% middle/38% high, MATH=32.9% elementary/30.5% middle/23.4% high, ACT=18, GR=88.8%

LLOYD HIGH SCHOOL 450 BARTLETT AVE., ERLANGER, KY 41018, (859) 727-1555, ERLANGER.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=9–12, E=682, PM=31.7%, READ=40.3%, MATH=24.8%, ACT=18.5, GR=94.4% FT. THOMAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

28 N. FT. THOMAS AVE., FT. THOMAS, KY 41075, (859) 781-3333, FORTTHOMAS.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=3,174, PM=8.9%, READ=76.3% elementary/76% middle/76% high, MATH=72.3% elementary/68.6% middle/71% high, ACT=23.5, GR=99.2% HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL 2400 MEMORIAL PKWY., FT. THOMAS, KY 41075, (859) 7815900, FORTTHOMAS.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=9–12, E=1,037, PM=6.7%, READ=76%, MATH=71%, ACT=23.5, GR=99.2% GALLATIN COUNTY SCHOOLS

75 BOARDWALK, WARSAW, KY 41095, (859) 567-1820, GALLATIN.K12.KY.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,725, PM=14.8%, READ=43.3% elementary/56.4% middle/34.7% high, MATH=36.2% elementary/40.7% mid– dle/20.2% high, ACT=16.8, GR=89.9% GALLATIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 70 WILDCAT CIRCLE, WARSAW, KY 41095, (859) 567-7640, GALLATIN.K12.KY.US GS=9–12, E=504, PM=15.8%, READ=34.7%, MATH=20.2%, ACT=16.8, GR=89.9% GRANT COUNTY SCHOOLS

820 ARNIE RISEN BLVD., WILLIAMSTOWN, KY 41097, (859) 824-3323, GRANT.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=3,940, PM=9%, READ=43.7% elementary/56.9% mid–

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dle/35.4% high, MATH=42.9% elementary/36.4% middle/32.1% high, ACT=17.9, GR=91.8% GRANT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 715 WARSAW RD., DRY RIDGE, KY 41035, (859) 824-9739, GRANT.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=9–12, E=1,121, PM=8.1%, READ=35.4%, MATH=32.1%, ACT=17.9, GR=91.8% KENTON COUNTY SCHOOLS

1055 EATON DR., FT. WRIGHT, KY 41017, (859) 344-8888, KENTON.K12.KY.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=15,187, PM=15.5%, READ=63.2% elementary/63.9% middle/54.1% high, MATH=60.2% elementary/54.2% mid– dle/48.9% high, ACT=20.3, GR=94.7% DIXIE HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL 3010 DIXIE HWY., EDGEWOOD, KY 41017, (859) 341-7650, KENTON.K12.KY.US GS=9–12, E=1,552, PM=18.5%, READ=56.4%, MATH=49.9%, ACT=20.6, GR=95.7% SCOTT HIGH SCHOOL 5400 OLD TAYLOR MILL RD., TAYLOR MILL, KY 41015, (859) 356-3146, KENTON.K12.KY.US GS=9–12, E=1,034, PM=12%, READ=49.6%, MATH=40.4%, ACT=19.3, GR=92.1% SIMON KENTON HIGH SCHOOL 11132 MADISON PKE., INDEPENDENCE, KY 41051, (859) 9600100, KENTON.K12.KY.US GS=9–12, E=1,875, PM=8.3%, READ=54.8%, MATH=52.7%, ACT=20.6, GR=95.4% LUDLOW INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

525 ELM ST., LUDLOW, KY 41016, (859) 261-8210, LUDLOW. KYSCHOOLS.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=920, PM=11.5%, READ=58.8% elementary/60.5% middle/63.4% high, MATH=55.3% elementary/30.8% mid– dle/34.3% high, ACT=19.6, GR=98.4%

LUDLOW HIGH SCHOOL 150 ADELA AVE., LUDLOW, KY 41016, (859) 261-8211, LUDLOW.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=7–12, E=417, PM=9.1%, READ=63.4%, MATH=34.3%, ACT=19.6, GR=98.4% NEWPORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

30 W. EIGHTH ST., NEWPORT, KY 41071, (859) 292-3001, NEW PORTWILDCATS.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,927, PM=45.5%, READ=28.7% elementary/39.6% middle/25.6% high, MATH=23.2% elementary/31.9% middle/15.3% high, ACT=16.3, GR=93.3% NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 900 E. SIXTH ST., NEWPORT, KY 41071, (859) 292-3023, NEWPORTWILDCATS.ORG GS=7–12, E=699, PM=43.8%, READ=25.6%, MATH=15.3%, ACT=16.5, GR=93.3% PENDLETON COUNTY SCHOOLS

2525 U.S. 27 NORTH, FALMOUTH, KY 41040, (859) 654-6911, PENDLETON.K12.KY.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,536, PM=5.7%, READ=52.1% elementary/53.6% middle/43.2% high, MATH=49.7% elementary/27.6% middle/30.8% high, ACT=18.2, GR=99.5% PENDLETON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 2359 U.S. 27 NORTH, FALMOUTH, KY 41040, (859) 654-3355, PENDLETON.K12.KY.US GS=9–12, E=794, PM=5.5%, READ=43.2%, MATH=30.8%, ACT=18.2, GR=99.5% WALTON-VERONA INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

16 SCHOOL RD., WALTON, KY 41094, (859) 485-4181, WV.KYSCHOOLS.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,896, PM=6.4%, READ=59.8% elementary/67.3% mid–dle/62.7% high, MATH=48% elementary/52% middle/48.1% high, ACT=21, GR=95.3%

WALTON-VERONA HIGH SCHOOL 30 SCHOOL RD., WALTON, KY 41094, (859) 485-4181, WV.KYSCHOOLS.US/HIGH GS=9–12, E=586, PM=6.1%, READ=62.7%, MATH=48.1%, ACT=21, GR=95.3% K E N T U C K Y P R I VAT E / RELIGIOUS Kentucky Private Key of Abbreviations GS=Grades served E=Enrollment PM=Percent minority STR=Student:teacher ratio PPS=Per pupil spending ACT=Average ACT score GR=Graduation rate U=Uniforms, yes or no T=Tuition SD=School designation or accreditation CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 5955 TAYLOR MILL RD., COVINGTON, KY 41015, (859) 3569201, CCSKY.ORG GS=Pre-K–12, E=380, PM=10.3%, STR=11:1, PPS=$7,424, ACT=23.7, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$7,623–$8,889 COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 11875 TAYLOR MILL RD., INDEPENDENCE, KY 41051, (859) 3567990, CCAKY.ORG GS=K–12, E=215, PM=4%, STR=16:1, PPS=$5,600, ACT=21, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$3,600 grades K–6; $3,940 grades 7–8; $4,310 grades 9–12 COMMUNITY MONTESSORI 131 E. FIFTH ST., COVINGTON, KY 41011, (859) 261-1374, MYCOMMUNITYMONTESSORI.COM GS=Pre-K–8, E=70, T=$6,000, SD=2020–2021 is Community Montessori’s inaugural year

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1125 MADISON AVE., COVINGTON, KY 41011, (859) 392-1500, COVDIO.ORG ST. AGNES SCHOOL 1322 SLEEPY HOLLOW RD., FT. WRIGHT, KY 41011, (859) 261-0543, SCHOOL.SAINTAGNES.COM GS=K–8, E=399, U=Yes, T=$5,294, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ST. ANTHONY SCHOOL 485 GRAND AVE., TAYLOR MILL, KY 41015, (859) 431-5987, SAINTANTHONYTAYLORMILL.ORG/SCHOOL GS=K–8, E=47, PM=10%, STR=10:1, U=Yes, T=$4,300–$8,950 ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL 1840 JEFFERSON AVE., COVINGTON, KY 41014, (859) 261- 5564, STAUGUSTINES.NET/SCHOOL GS=K–8, STR=15:1, U=Yes, T=$2,900 in parish; $3,435 nonparish BISHOP BROSSART HIGH SCHOOL 4 GROVE ST., ALEXANDRIA, KY 41001, (859) 635-2108, BISH OPBROSSART.ORG GS=9–12, E=253, PM=1%, STR=12:1, PPS=$7,266, ACT=23.9, GR=94%, U=Yes, T=$6,540, SD=AdvancED accredited, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) BLESSED SACRAMENT 2407 DIXIE HWY., FT. MITCHELL, KY 41017, (859) 331-3062, SCHOOL.BSSKY.ORG GS=K–8, E=590, STR=16:1, U=Yes, T=$2,250 half-day K; $4,675 full-day grades K–8 ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA SCHOOL 23 ROSSFORD AVE., FT. THOMAS, KY 41075, (859) 572-2680, STCATHERINEOFSIENAFTTHOMAS.COM GS=K–8, E=162, U=Yes, T=$2,230–$4,975

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SCHOOLS GUIDE KENTUCKY SCHOOLS ST. CECILIA SCHOOL 5313 MADISON PIKE, INDEPENDENCE, KY 41051, (859) 363-4314, SAINTCECILIASCHOOL.NET GS=Pre-K–8, E=245, PM=6%, STR=16:1, PPS=$6,400, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$4,675, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence COVINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 1600 DIXIE HWY., PARK HILLS, KY 41011, (859) 491-2247, COVCATH.ORG GS=9–12, E=541, PM=5%, STR=19:1, PPS=$10,000, ACT=26, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$8,300 in diocese, $9,100 out of diocese, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL 21 E. 11TH ST., COVINGTON, KY 41011, (859) 291-7044, COVINGTONLATIN.ORG GS=7–12, E=195, PM=35%, STR=16:1, ACT=30.2, GR=100%, U=Dress code, T=$9,500–$12,000, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ST. HENRY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL 3755 SCHEBEN DR., ERLANGER, KY 41018, (859) 525-0255, SHDHS.ORG GS=9–12, E=560, PM=3%, STR=13:1, PPS=$8,500, ACT=26.7, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$7,200 in parish; $8,200 nonparish ST. HENRY SCHOOL 3825 DIXIE HWY., ERLANGER, KY 41018, (859) 342-2551, STHENRYSCHOOL.NET GS=Pre-K–8, E=348, PM=1%, STR=11:1, U=Yes, T=$1,525 half-day pre-K; $2,034 full-day pre-K; $6,444 grades K–8 HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL 3617 CHURCH ST., COVINGTON, KY 41015, (859) 431-1335, HCHSCOV.COM GS=9–12, E=333, PM=16%, STR=10:1, PPS=$7,900, ACT=24, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$7,325 in diocese; $7,920 out of diocese, SD=AdvancED accredited, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) HOLY CROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 3615 CHURCH ST., LATONIA, KY 41015, (859) 581-6599, HOLY CROSSELEM.COM GS=K–8, E=190, U=Yes, T=$4,300 in parish; $5,400 nonparish HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL 338 E. 16TH ST., COVINGTON, KY 41014, (859) 581-0290, STBENEDICTCOVINGTON.COM GS=K–8 HOLY TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 235 DIVISION ST., BELLEVUE, KY 41073, (859) 291-6937, HOLYTRINITY-SCHOOL.ORG GS=K–5, U=Yes, T=$3,835 in parish; $4,885 nonparish

HOLY TRINITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 840 WASHINGTON AVE., NEWPORT, KY 41071, (859) 292-0487, HOLYTRINITY-SCHOOL.ORG GS=6–8, U=Yes, T=$3,835 in parish; $4,885 nonparish IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL 5876 VETERANS WAY, BURLINGTON, KY 41005, (859) 6894303, IHM-KY.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=450, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY 48 NEEDMORE ST., WALTON, KY 41094, (859) 485-6444, SJAWALTON.COM GS=Pre-K–8, E=100, PM=1%, STR= 11:1, U=Yes, T=$4,725 ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL 6829 FOUR MILE RD., CAMP SPRINGS, KY 41059, (859) 6352491, STJOSEPHCAMPSPRINGSSCHOOL.COM GS=Pre-K ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL 4011 ALEXANDRIA PKE., COLD SPRING, KY 41076, (859) 441-2025, STJOSEPHCOLDSPRING.COM GS=Pre-K–8, E=427, STR=20:1, U=Yes, T=$1,375 pre-K; $1,550 half-day K; $3,095 full-day K; $4,775 grades 1–8 in parish; $6,000 grades 1–8 nonparish ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL 2474 LORRAINE AVE., CRESCENT SPRINGS, KY 41017, (859) 5782742, SJSCRESCENT.COM GS=Pre-K–8, E=350, PM=5%, STR=16:1, PPS=$6,150, U=Yes, T=$4,914, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence MARY QUEEN OF HEAVEN SCHOOL 1130 DONALDSON HWY., ERLANGER, KY 41018, (859) 371-8100, MQHSCHOOL.COM GS=K–8, U=Yes, T=$4,685 in parish; $6,290 nonparish ST. MARY SCHOOL 9 S. JEFFERSON ST., ALEXANDRIA, KY 41001, (859) 635-9539, SAINTMARYPARISH.COM/SCHOOL GS=Pre-K–8, E=406, T=$4,975 in parish; $5,980 nonparish NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 13 CAROTHERS RD., NEWPORT, KY 41071, (859) 292-0001, NCCHS.COM GS=9–12, E=260, PM=4%, STR=12:1, ACT=22.7, GR=100%, U=Dress code, T=$7,350 in parish; $8,340 nonparish, plus $650 general fees, SD=AvancED accredited, Southern Association of College and Schools (SACS) NOTRE DAME ACADEMY 1699 HILTON DR., PARK HILLS, KY 41011, (859) 261-4300, NDAPANDAS.ORG GS=9–12, E=585, PM=8%, STR=14:1, PPS=$10,090, ACT=26, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$9,060, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

ST. PAUL CATHOLIC SCHOOL 7303 DIXIE HWY., FLORENCE, KY 41042, (859) 647-4070, STPAULSCHOOLNKY.ORG GS=K–8, E=350, PM=4%, STR=10:1 pre-K; 16:1 K–8, PPS=$6,318, U=Yes, T=$5,595, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence STS. PETER & PAUL SCHOOL 2160 CALIFORNIA CROSSROADS, CALIFORNIA, KY 41007, (859) 635-4382, STSPP.COM GS=Pre-K–8, E=73, STR=16:1, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$4,180 in parish; $4,915 nonparish ST. PHILIP SCHOOL 1400 MARY INGLES HWY., MELBOURNE, KY 41059, (859) 4413423, STPHILIPKY.ORG GS=K–8, E=72, PM=1%, STR=10:1, PPS=$6,000, U=Yes, T=$4,000 ST. PIUS X SCHOOL 348 DUDLEY RD., EDGEWOOD, KY 41017, (859) 341-4900, SCHOOL.STPIUSX.COM GS=K–8, E=709, PM=2%, STR=14:1, PPS=$4,720, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$5,175 in parish; $5,675 nonparish PRINCE OF PEACE CATHOLIC MONTESSORI 1125 MADISON AVE., COVINGTON, KY 41011, (859) 392-1500, COVIO.COM GS=Pre-K–8, E=115, PM=5%, STR=16:1, PPS=$1,595, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$4,750 pre-K; $3,775 in parish; $6,180 nonparish ST. THERESE SCHOOL 2516 ALEXANDRIA PKE., SOUTHGATE, KY 41071, (859) 4410449, SCHOOL.SAINTTHERESE.WS GS=Pre-K–8, U=Yes, T=$2,350 half-day pre-K; $3,950 full-day pre-K; $2,100 K–8 ST. THOMAS SCHOOL 428 S. FT. THOMAS AVE., FT. THOMAS, KY 41075, (859) 572-4641, STTSCHOOL.ORG GS=Pre-K–8, E=225, PM=7%, STR=15:1, U=Yes, T=$1,200–$1,800 pre-K; $5,172 in parish; $6,540 nonparish, SD=National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, Jefferson Award for Service Learning VILLA MADONNA ACADEMY JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL 2500 AMSTERDAM RD., VILLA HILLS, KY 41017, (859) 3316333, VILLAMADONNA.ORG GS=7–12, E=260, PM=10%, STR=9:1, ACT=29, GR=100%, U=Yes, T=$9,225 junior high; $11,425 high school, SD=No. 1 Private School in Northern KY (Niche.com); No. 1 for STEM among NKY private schools (according to Newsweek); No. 1 in Kentucky with Triple Threat Athletes (KHSAA statistics); Three National Blue Ribbon Awards; SACS/ AdvancEd accreditation since 1921; Washington Post list of Most Challenging High Schools in America, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 VILLA MADONNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2500 AMSTERDAM RD., VILLA HILLS, KY 41017, (859) 3316333, VILLAMADONNA.ORG GS=K–6, E=220, PM=10%, STR=8:1, U=Yes, T=$6,400 K; $9,225 grades 1–6, SD=No. 1 Private Elementary School in Northern KY 2020 (Niche.com); 2017 & 2007 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence; accredited by AdvancEd, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; accredited by the Kentucky Department of Education HERITAGE ACADEMY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 7216 U.S. 42, FLORENCE, KY 41042, (859) 525-0213, HERITAGEACADEMY.HFCUS.COM GS=Pre-K–12, STR=12:1, ACT=22, U=No, T=$5,250–$5,750 TRENT MONTESSORI 305 PARK AVE., NEWPORT, KY 41071, (859) 491-3223, TRENT MONTESSORI.COM GS=18 months–6 years old, E=79, PM=1%, STR=10:1, T=$4,850 school only; $6,850 school plus extended care, SD=NAYEC accredited, affiliated with AMI and AMS

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626 N. HUNTERSVILLE RD., BATESVILLE, IN 47006, (812) 934-2194, BATESVILLE.K12.IN.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,215, PM=8.8%, ENG=74.6%, MATH=74.6%, ECA=71.9% English/66.9% Algebra, GR=91.7%, CCR=91.3%, LG=A BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1 BULLDOG BLVD., BATESVILLE, IN 47006, (812) 934-4384, BATESVILLEINSCHOOLS.COM/BHS GS=9–12, E=697, PM=7.5%, ECA=71.9% English/66.9% Algebra, GR=94.1%, CCR=91.3%, LG=A FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

225 E. 10TH ST., BROOKVILLE, IN 47012, (765) 647-4128, FCCSC.K12.IN.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,191, PM=1.7%, ENG=63.8%, MATH=59.6%, ECA=52.5% English/25.1% Algebra, GR=96.9%, CCR=79.3%, LG=B

FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 1 WILDCAT LN., BROOKVILLE, IN 47012, (765) 647-4101, FCCSC. K12.IN.US GS=9–12, E=730, PM=2.7%, ECA=52.5% English/25.1% Algebra, GR=96.9%, CCR=79.3%, LG=B LAWRENCEBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

300 TIGER BLVD., LAWRENCEBURG, IN 47025, (812) 537-7201, LBURG.K12.IN.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,086, PM=11.2%,

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110 S. HENRIETTA ST., RISING SUN, IN 47040, (812) 438-2655, RISINGSUN.K12.IN.US GS=K–12, E=824, PM=4.1%, ENG=62.5%, MATH=54%, ECA=56.4% English/26.8% Algebra, GR=93.8%, CCR=100%, LG=A RISING SUN HIGH SCHOOL 120 S. HENRIETTA ST., RISING SUN, IN 47040, (812) 438-2652, RISINGSUN.K12.IN.US GS=9–12, E=256, PM=3.9%, ECA=56.4% English/26.8% Algebra, GR=93.8%, CCR=100%, LG=A SOUTH DEARBORN COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

6109 SQUIRE PL., AURORA, IN 47001, (812) 926-2090, SDCSC.K12.IN.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=2,214, PM=4.7%, ENG=63.3%, MATH=57.2%, ECA=57.4% English/25.1% Algebra, GR=90.1%, CCR=56.3%, LG=C SOUTH DEARBORN HIGH SCHOOL 5770 SQUIRE PL., AURORA, IN 47001, (812) 926-3772, SDHS.SDCSC.K12.IN.US GS=9–12, E=760, PM=3.8%, ECA=57.4% English/25.1% Algebra, GR=90.1%, CCR=56.3%, LG=C SUNMAN-DEARBORN COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

1 TROJAN PL., ST. LEON, IN 47012, (812) 623-2291, SUNMAN DEARBORN.K12.IN.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=3,689, PM=4.9%, ENG=72%, MATH=66.1%, ECA=70.7% English/50.8% Algebra, GR=97.5%, CCR=69.8%, LG=B EAST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 1 TROJAN PL., ST. LEON, IN 47012, (812) 623-4811, SUNMAN

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1040 W. MAIN ST., VEVAY, IN 47043, (812) 427-2611, SWIT ZERLAND.K12.IN.US GS=Pre-K–12, E=1,474, PM=5.1%, ENG=56%, MATH=48.7%, ECA=49.4% English/23.9% Algebra, GR=95.4%, CCR=84.5%, LG=C SWITZERLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 1020 W. MAIN ST., VEVAY, IN 47043, (812) 427-2626, SWITZERLAND.K12.IN.US GS=9–12, E=399, PM=4.3%, ECA=49.4% English/23.9% Algebra, GR=95.4%, CCR=84.5%, LG=B I N D I A N A P R I VAT E / R E L I G I O U S Indiana Private Key of Abbreviations GS=Grades served E=Enrollment PM=Percent minority STR=Student:teacher ratio PPS=Per pupil spending ACT=ACT average score SAT=SAT average score GR=Graduation rate U=Uniforms, yes or no T=Tuition SD=School designation or accreditation

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MIND THE GAP TIPS FOR CREATING A PRODUCTIVE GAP YEAR. Know Your “Why” You might take a gap year to decide on which college you’d like to attend (or whether to attend college at all), save money, travel the world, or delay adulthood. No one reason is better than any other. But if you know why you chose a gap year, then you can focus on how to achieve your main goal.

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Make a Plan “A gap year is only as valuable as it is planned and executed,” says Bethany Perkins, director of admission at Miami University. Determine how to achieve your gap year goals by chunking your plans into three-month periods and reflecting on your progress after each period.

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TAKE TIME OFF TO GAIN PERSPECTIVE A break from the traditional path to college gives gap year students a new way of thinking about the world.

WHEN ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE JACK BERDING JOINED THE 40,000 students annually who take a gap year, he—like 92 percent of these students—did so to gain life experiences. While this often translates to determining a college major or career path, students on a year off tend to gain even more: namely, perspective.

As a ski tech in Colorado, Berding’s assistant manager “was 38, making very little money, [had] no kids…and [was] the happiest person I ever met,” Berding says. This uprooted Berding’s belief that to be happy you must go to college, work, start a family, and send your kids to college. As he continued meeting joyful people who veered from this traditional path, Berding’s “entire outlook changed forever.” Now a student at Loyola University Chicago, he plans to film a docuseries exploring happiness this summer.

You won’t know when your perspective will change on a gap year. University of Cincinnati student Amelia Carpenter discovered her resilience traveling alone in Europe.

Holding back tears after missing her train, a 19-year-old Carpenter took a deep breath and found a way to her destination—a moment that made her realize just how capable she is. You don’t have to leave the U.S. to learn, either. “I spent a month in a 55-and-up community in frickin’ Daytona, Florida,” Carpenter’s UC DAAP peer Austin Hines says, “But I learned so many lessons, hanging out with people who’ve lived whole lives already.” By allowing time for unconventional opportunities, gap years can challenge the way you’ve always seen the world. — B E B E H O D G E S 4 2 C I N C I N N AT I M A G A Z I N E . C O M S C H O O L S G U I D E 2 0 2 1

Find a Routine One of the biggest challenges for students returning to college after a leave is learning to manage their time again. If your gap year isn’t inherently structured, create a sense of routine by choosing at least one activity to complete daily, like a workout, a check-in call with a friend, or reading and researching a topic that aligns with your gap year goal.

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COLLEGE GUIDE 2021 Time to start thinking about college? We’ll help you get started with College Guide 2021, a compilation of stats for public and private colleges and universities around the region and in neighboring states. *NOTE: Some of this information may have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We encourage you to reach out to the colleges you are interested in for the most up-to-date information.

ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI 1212 JACKSON ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45202, (513) 562-6262, ARTACADEMY.EDU Year Founded: 1869 Total Enrollment: 212 Undergraduate Degrees: 7 Graduate Degrees: 1 (various degree focuses available) Student:Teacher Ratio: 8:1 Tuition: $32,445 plus fees Room and Board: $6,000–$7,600 THE ATHENAEUM OF OHIO 6616 BEECHMONT AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45230, (513) 231-2223, ATHENAEUM.EDU Year Founded: 1829 Total Enrollment: 250 Graduate Degrees: 5 Student:Teacher Ratio: 8:1 Tuition: $590/credit hour, $300/audit hour, $175/audit hour senior citizens BALL STATE UNIVERSITY 2000 W. UNIVERSITY AVE., MUNCIE, IN 47306, (765) 289-1241, BSU.EDU Year Founded: 1918 Total Enrollment: 22,541 Undergraduate Degrees: 120 Graduate PHOTOGRAPH BY D E V Y N G LI S TA

Degrees: Over 100 Doctoral Degrees: 16 Student:Teacher Ratio: 16:1 Tuition: $8,014 in-state, $24,794 plus fees out-of-state Room and Board: $10,414 BECKFIELD COLLEGE 16 SPIRAL DR., FLORENCE, KY 41042, (859) 371-9393, BECKFIELD.EDU Year Founded: 1984 Total Enrollment: Under 1,000 Undergraduate Degrees: 7 Student:Teacher Ratio: 10:1 Tuition: $355/credit hour BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY 2001 NEWBURG RD., LOUISVILLE, KY 40205, (502) 2728000, BELLARMINE.EDU Year Founded: 1950 Total Enrollment: 3,331 Undergraduate Degrees: 60 Graduate Degrees: 20 Doctoral Degrees: 6 Student:Teacher Ratio: 11:1 Tuition: $42,430 plus fees Room and Board: $9,030

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY 200 UNIVERSITY HALL, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43403, (419) 372-2531, BGSU.EDU Year Founded: 1910 Total Enrollment: 19,102 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 200 Graduate Degrees: 57 Doctoral Degrees: 19 Student:Teacher Ratio: 18:1 Tuition: $11,612 in-state, $19,600 out-of state Room and Board: $9,380 CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY 1400 BRUSH ROW RD., WILBERFORCE, OH 45384, (937) 3766011, CENTRALSTATE.EDU Year Founded: 1887 Undergraduate Degrees: 38 Tuition: $3,363 in-state, $4,363 out-of-state Room and Board: $5,240 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 2600 CLIFTON AVE., CINCINNATI, OH 45221, (513) 556-6000, UC.EDU Year Founded: 1819 Total Enrollment: 46,388 Undergraduate Degrees: Nearly 200 Graduate Degrees: Nearly 130 Doctoral Degrees:

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SCHOOLS GUIDE COLLEGE GUIDE 85 Student:Teacher Ratio: 16:1 Tuition: $11,660 plus fees in-state, $26,994 plus fees out-of-state Room and Board: $11,874–$14,640 CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE 645 W. NORTH BEND RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45224, (513) 7612020, CCMS.EDU Year Founded: 1882 Undergraduate Degrees: 2 Student:Teacher Ratio: 19:1 Tuition: $23,000 associate, $30,045 bachelor’s CINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE 3520 CENTRAL PKWY., CINCINNATI, OH 45223, (513) 861-7700, CINCINNATISTATE.EDU Year Founded: 1969 Total Enrollment: 12,063 Undergraduate Degrees and Certificates: More than 130 Student:Teacher Ratio: 13:1 Tuition: $163.64/credit hour in-state UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON 300 COLLEGE PARK, DAYTON, OH 45469, (937) 2291000, UDAYTON.EDU Year Founded: 1850 Total Enrollment: 11,474 Undergraduate Degrees: 98 Graduate Degrees: 55 Doctoral Degrees: 10 Student:Teacher Ratio: 14:1 Tuition: $44,890 Room and Board: $14,580 EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 521 LANCASTER AVE., RICHMOND, KY 40475, (859) 622-1000, EKU.EDU Year Founded: 1906 Total Enrollment: 14,143 Undergraduate Degrees: 83 Graduate Degrees: 40 Student:Teacher Ratio: 16:1 Tuition: $9,806 in-state, $19,878 out-of-state Room and Board: $10,173

GATEWAY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE 500 TECHNOLOGY WAY, FLORENCE, KY 41042, (859) 441-4500, GATEWAY.KCTCS.EDU Year Founded: 1993 Total Enrollment: 4,764 Undergraduate Degrees: 32 Student:Teacher Ratio: 18:1 Tuition: $174/credit hour in-state (applies to tristate area residents), $348/credit hour for out-of-state students from contiguous counties, $609/credit hour for all other out-of-state students GREAT OAKS CAREER CAMPUSES 3254 E. KEMPER RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45241, (513) 771-8840, GREATOAKS.COM Year Founded: 1970 Total Enrollment: 249 Certificates: 30 Student:Teacher Ratio: 20:1 Tuition: Varies by program INDIANA UNIVERSITY– BLOOMINGTON 107 S. INDIANA AVE., BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405, (812) 855-4848, INDIANA.EDU Year Founded: 1820 Total Enrollment: 42,937 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 300 Graduate Degrees: More than 300 Doctoral Degrees: More than 150 Student:Teacher Ratio: 16:1 Tuition: $11,220 in-state, $37,600 out-of-state Room and Board: $11,206 INDIANA UNIVERSITY– PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS 420 UNIVERSITY BLVD., INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202, (317) 274-5555, IUPUI.EDU Year Founded: 1969 Total Enrollment: 29,579 Undergraduate Degrees:

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More than 150 Graduate Degrees: 180 Doctoral Degrees: 61 Student:Teacher Ratio: 15:1 Tuition: $9,944 in-state, $31,626 out-of-state Room and Board: $10,152 INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 4201 S. WASHINGTON ST., MARION, IN 46953, (866) 468-6498, INDWES.EDU Year Founded: 1920 Total Enrollment: 3,188 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 80 Graduate Degrees: 38 Doctoral Degrees: 5 Student:Teacher Ratio: 15:1 Tuition: $28,184 Room and Board: $9,206 INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 9286 SCHULZE DR., WEST CHESTER, OH 45069, (513) 881-3600, INDWES.EDU/CINCINNATI Year Founded: 1985 Total Enrollment: More than 1,400 Ohio online; more than 130 on site Undergraduate Degrees: 10 Graduate Degrees: More than 10 Student:Teacher Ratio: 10:1 Tuition: Varies by program KENT STATE UNIVERSITY 800 E. SUMMIT ST., KENT, OH 44242, (330) 672-3000, KENT. EDU Year Founded: 1910 Total Enrollment: More than 30,000 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 340 Graduate Degrees: More than 260 Doctoral Degrees: 68 Student:Teacher Ratio: 21:1 Tuition: $11,131 in-state, $20,007 out-of-state Room and Board: $11,706 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 410 ADMINISTRATION DR., LEXINGTON, KY 40506, (859) 257-9000, UKY.EDU Year Founded: 1865 Total

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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FIRST SEMESTER IN COLLEGE I WON’T SUGAR COAT IT: FIRST SEMESTER SUCKS. BUT YOU WILL GET THROUGH IT.

During my first semester in college, every day I looked forward to one thing: going to bed. I was only happy when I was asleep, dreaming about my pre-college life. I was homesick, like thousands of students every year. But I thought I was the only one.

I knew attending the University of Pennsylvania—nine hours from home, where I didn’t know anyone—wouldn’t be easy. But I assumed I’d adjust. In high school, I was the outgoing girl who said “hi” to six people during every five-minute class change. I’d make friends easily.

I was wrong. In college, you don’t have the same schedule or courses as your roommates.

Proximity doesn’t equal friendship like it did before. But when you eat by yourself while your peers dine at packed tables, it seems like everyone else has friends. So you feel alone.

And you think it’s your fault.

Schools want to support students

struggling to adjust.

Counseling services, academic advisors, RAs, and faculty members are available for advice. “You never know who’s going to help,” says Craig Bennett, director of Miami’s Student Success Center. In fact, your peers can help the most. At Miami, students dealing with homesickness are first put into group therapy.

In the group setting, students “start to understand that they’re not alone [and] they can learn strategies others [use] to get through the issues,” says John Ward, Ph.D., Miami’s student counseling services director.

Over winter break, when I confessed to my high school friends my struggles, I re-

ceived a resounding “me too.” I was shocked.

But knowing that my feelings were normal, and I would deal with them even at a local college, provided the wake-up call I needed to seek help. If you experience long, intense homesickness at college, please know it’s not just you and there are resources available.

And, I promise, things get better.

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SCHOOLS GUIDE COLLEGE GUIDE Enrollment: 30,545 Undergraduate Degrees: 123 Graduate Degrees: 104 Doctoral Degrees: 66 Student:Teacher Ratio: 17:1 Tuition: $12,244 in-state, $29,098 out-of-state Room and Board: $12,814 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE 2301 S. THIRD ST., LOUISVILLE, KY 40292, (502) 852-5555, LOUISVILLE.EDU Year Founded: 1798 Total Enrollment: 22,684 Undergraduate Degrees: Nearly 200 Graduate Degrees: More than 80 Doctoral Degrees: 36 Student:Teacher Ratio: 14:1 Tuition: $11,732 in-state, $27,758 out-of-state Room and Board: $5,764–$13,969 MIAMI UNIVERSITY 501 E. HIGH ST., OXFORD, OH 45056, (513) 529-1809, MIAMIOH. EDU Year Founded: 1809 Total Enrollment: 19,934 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 120 Graduate Degrees: More than 60 Doctoral Degrees: 13 Student:Teacher Ratio: 17:1 Tuition: $15,909 in-state, $35,936 out-of-state Room and Board: $14,124 MIAMI UNIVERSITY REGIONALS— HAMILTON CAMPUS 1601 UNIVERSITY BLVD., HAMILTON, OH 45011, (513) 785-3000, REGIONALS.MIAMIOH.EDU Year Founded: 1968 Total Enrollment: 4,664 Undergraduate Degrees: 21 Student:Teacher Ratio: 22:1 Tuition: $3,142/semester in-state, $8,432/semester out-of-state MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY 150 UNIVERSITY BLVD., MOREHEAD, KY 40351, (800) 585-

6781, MOREHEADSTATE.EDU Year Founded: 1887 Total Enrollment: More than 10,200 Undergraduate Degrees: 142 Graduate Degrees: 69 Doctoral Degrees: 1 Student:Teacher Ratio: 18:1 Tuition: $4,485/semester in-state, $6,778/semester out-ofstate Room and Board: $2,600–$4,374 MOUNT ST. JOSEPH UNIVERSITY 5701 DELHI RD., CINCINNATI, OH 45233, (800) 654-9314, MSJ.EDU Year Founded: 1920 Total Enrollment: 2,300 Undergraduate Degrees: 52 Graduate Degrees: 18 Doctoral Degrees: 2 Student:Teacher Ratio: 11:1 Tuition: $31,100 Room and Board: $9,570–$13,320 NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 1 LOUIE B NUNN DR., HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY 41099, (859) 572-5100, NKU.EDU Year Founded: 1968 Total Enrollment: 15,687 Undergraduate Degrees: 72 Graduate Degrees: 46 Student:Teacher Ratio: 19:1 Tuition: $4,956/semester in-state (also for qualifying counties in Ohio and Indiana), $9,936/semester out-of-state Room and Board: $8,260–$12,070 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 220 MAIN AVE., NOTRE DAME, IN 46556, (574) 631-5000, ND.EDU Year Founded: 1842 Total Enrollment: 12,607 Undergraduate Degrees: 75 Graduate Degrees: 59 Doctoral Degrees: 38 Student:Teacher Ratio: 10:1 Tuition: $57,699 Room and Board: $15,984

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OHIO UNIVERSITY 1 OHIO UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OH 45701, (740) 593-1000, OHIO.EDU Year Founded: 1804 Total Enrollment: 29,525 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 250 Graduate Degrees: 130 Doctoral Degrees: 34 Student:Teacher Ratio: 17:1 Tuition: $12,612 in-state, $22,406 out-of-state Room and Board: $10,754–$16,280 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 281 W. LANE AVE., COLUMBUS, OH 43210, (614) 292-6446, OSU.EDU Year Founded: 1870 Total Enrollment: 68,300 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 200 Graduate Degrees: More than 120 Doctoral Degrees: More than 100 Student:Teacher Ratio: 19:1 Tuition: $11,084 in-state, $32,061 out-of state Room and Board: $12,708 OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY 1 S. GROVE ST., WESTERVILLE, OH 43081, (614) 890-1250, OTTERBEIN.EDU Year Founded: 1847 Total Enrollment: 3,000 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 70 Graduate Degrees: 5 Student:Teacher Ratio: 12:1 Tuition: $32,024 Room and Board: $11,186 PURDUE UNIVERSITY 610 PURDUE MALL, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47907, (765) 4944600, PURDUE.EDU Year Founded: 1869 Total Enrollment: 44,551 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 200 Graduate Degrees: More than 130 Doctoral Degrees: 3 Student:Teacher Ratio: 13:1 Tuition: $9,992 in-state, $28,794 out-of-state Room and Board: $5,444–$14,898

SINCLAIR COLLEGE MASON 5386 COURSEVIEW DR., MASON, OH 45040, (513) 339-1212, SINCLAIR.EDU/MASON Year Founded: 1887 (Sinclair in Mason opened in 2007) Total Enrollment: 1,400 Undergraduate Degrees and Certificates: 41 (more than 260 available by incorporating online or Dayton campus classes) Student:Teacher Ratio: 17:1 Tuition: $168.28/credit hour in-state, $314.40/credit hour out-of-state SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE 444 W. THIRD ST., DAYTON, OH 45402, (800) 315-3000, SINCLAIR.EDU Year Founded: 1887 Total Enrollment: 30,000 Undergraduate Degrees and Certificates: More than 220 Student:Teacher Ratio: 19:1 Tuition: $121.03/credit hour for Montgomery County residents, $168.28/credit hour for other Ohio residents, $314.40/credit hour out-of-state SOUTHERN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 100 HOBART DR., HILLSBORO, OH 45133, (937) 393-3431, SSCC. EDU Year Founded: 1975 Total Enrollment: 2,500 Degrees: Offers associate’s degrees, certificate programs, continuing education courses, workforce development training, community initiatives, and more on four campuses throughout Southwestern Ohio Student:Teacher Ratio: 13:1 Tuition: $4,682 THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY 333 THOMAS MORE PKWY., CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY 41017, (859) 341-5800, THOMASMORE.EDU Year Founded: 1921 Total

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Enrollment: More than 2,000 Undergraduate Degrees: 43 Graduate Degrees: 3 Student:Teacher Ratio: 16:1 Tuition: $15,890/semester plus fees Room and Board: $3,860–$6,150/semester TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY 300 N. BROADWAY, LEXINGTON, KY 40508, (859) 233-8300, TRANSY.EDU Year Founded: 1780 Total Enrollment: 946 Undergraduate Degrees: 46 Student:Teacher Ratio: 11:1 Tuition: $40,210 Room and Board: $11,140 UNION INSTITUTE & UNIVERSITY 440 E. MCMILLAN ST., CINCINNATI, OH 45206, (800) 861-6400, MYUNION.EDU Year Founded: 1964 Total Enrollment: 1,085 Undergraduate Degrees: 15 Graduate Degrees: 8 Doctoral Degrees: 5 Tuition: $545/credit hour plus fees WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 1906 COLLEGE HEIGHTS BLVD., BOWLING GREEN, KY 42101, (270) 745-0111, WKU.EDU Year Founded: 1906 Total Enrollment: 19,461 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 170 Graduate Degrees: More than 125 Doctoral Degrees: 4 Student:Teacher Ratio: 18:1 Tuition: $10,802 in-state, $26,496 out-of-state Room and Board: $7,988–$10,546 WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY 1055 N. BICKETT RD., WILBERFORCE, OH 45384, (937) 3762911, WILBERFORCE.EDU Year Founded: 1856 Total Enrollment: 627 Undergraduate Degrees: 20

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Graduate Degrees: 1 Tuition: $12,020 Room and Board: $6,000–$7,000 WILMINGTON COLLEGE 1870 QUAKER WAY, WILMINGTON, OH 45177, (800) 341-9318, WILMINGTON.EDU Year Founded: 1870 Total Enrollment: More than 1,100 Undergraduate Degrees: 24 Student:Teacher Ratio: 18:1 Tuition: $26,400 plus fees Room and Board: $10,100 WILMINGTON COLLEGE CINCINNATI 3520 CENTRAL PKWY., CINCINNATI, OH 45223, (513) 569-1806, WILMINGTON.EDU/CINCINNATI Year Founded: 1984 Total Enrollment: 120 Undergraduate Degrees: 9 Student:Teacher Ratio: 10:1 Tuition: $455/ credit hour WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY 3640 COLONEL GLENN HWY., DAYTON, OH 45435, (937) 775-1000, WRIGHT.EDU Year Founded: 1967 Total Enrollment: 13,742 Undergraduate Degrees: 144 Graduate Degrees: 139 Doctoral Degrees: 9 Student:Teacher Ratio: 14:1 Tuition: $9,578 in-state, $18,996 out-of-state Room and Board: $9,566 XAVIER UNIVERSITY 3800 VICTORY PKWY., CINCINNATI, OH 45207, (513) 745-3000, XAVIER.EDU Year Founded: 1831 Total Enrollment: More than 6,500 Undergraduate Degrees: More than 90 Graduate Degrees: More than 40 Doctoral Degrees: 4 Student:Teacher Ratio: 12:1 Tuition: $42,460 Room and Board: $13,310

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MEET THE NEW

MASCOTS Three local schools changed athletic branding to promote inclusion and diversity. —JACLYN YOUHANA GARVER ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL

The Forest Hills Board of Education voted last summer to retire Anderson’s old identity and announced the new Raptors mascot, which is said to represent strength, loyalty, pride, and honor. School teams will keep the familiar orange-and-black color scheme.

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This public school district took a different approach to a mascot change, maintaining its Warriors name while retiring the chieftain logo.

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The private school unveiled its new Nighthawks mascot in January, the first change to its sports teams’ name in 70 years. Nighthawks are indigenous to Ohio and represent beauty, ferocity, and precision.

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