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Enrollment
1,166
High
DISTRICT 1,079 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST HILLS LOCAL·NCES 390473402843
Anderson High School
7560 Forest Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45255 · (513) 232-2772 · Hamilton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,166 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
231 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 277 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 276 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 297 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 316 | 27% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.5pp since 2021
Math
64.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 82.4% | 67.2% |
| 2022-23 | 84.6% | 62.2% |
| 2021-22 | 84.1% | 65.2% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anderson High School
Anderson High School's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson High School this school | 1,166 | 19.8% | 80.1% |
| Loveland High School Loveland | 1,203 | 20.3% | 84.3% |
| Olmsted Falls High School Olmsted Falls | 1,228 | 20.1% | 80.1% |
| Little Miami High School Morrow | 1,603 | 20.3% | 74.2% |
| Big Walnut High School Sunbury | 1,299 | 18.4% | 73.3% |
| Bellbrook High School Bellbrook | 843 | 22.5% | 83.9% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anderson High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #84 of 403 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #178 of 776 ▼ 42 | #10 of 36 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #149 of 774 ▼ 37 | #9 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #109 of 742 | #5 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,166 | #114 of 888 | #13 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #310 of 739 | #17 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #297 of 749 | #29 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #379 of 435 | #13 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #280 of 484 | #10 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,166
-49 (-4%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,812
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,166 | 75 | 15.6:1 | 20% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 1,177 | 73.9 | 15.9:1 | 21% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 1,215 | 70.3 | 17.3:1 | 12% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 1,215 | 70 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,301 | 74.6 | 17.4:1 | 15% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 1,180 | 72 | 16.4:1 | 13% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 1,253 | 67 | 18.7:1 | 11% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 1,425 | 76 | 18.8:1 | 2% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 1,812 | 82 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,301 to 1,166); teachers unchanged (74.6 to 75).
About Anderson High School
Anderson High School is a high-enrollment high school that serves part of Cincinnati, Ohio. Enrollment totals 1,166 students across grades 9 through 12. The school is 106% bigger than the average for high schools in Ohio.
Anderson High School is part of a district of 9 schools: Forest Hills Local, with 6,827 students.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Hamilton County, the White share is about 63%. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Anderson High School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.6 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Ohio, 17.7:1, is higher. Anderson High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 20%. The average for public schools in Hamilton County is 34%.
The model predicts 81.3% for a school in Ohio with Anderson High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Anderson High School posts 80.1%.
Hamilton County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $72,470 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Anderson High School shares Hamilton County with 211 other public schools.
Maddux Elementary School is the nearest public school to Anderson High School, about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Anderson High School comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Anderson High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,166, down from 1,215 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 17.4 in 2020-21.
Anderson High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forest Hills Local
- Nagel Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Turpin High SchoolHigh · 991 students
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Ayer Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
Other schools in Cincinnati
- Walnut Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,453 students
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- West Clermont High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Dohn CommunityHigh · 1,675 students
- Princeton High SchoolHigh · 1,619 students
Other Anderson High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Anderson High. Anderson High School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Anderson High SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 2,223 students
- Anderson High SchoolAnderson, IN · 1,768 students
- Anderson HighAnderson, CA · 562 students
Nearby schools
- Maddux Elementary School1.1 mi · 541
- Sherwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 689
- Nagel Middle School1.2 mi · 1,087
- Ayer Elementary School1.6 mi · 595
- Summit Elementary School1.6 mi · 512
- Wilson Elementary School2.2 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Anderson High School?
Anderson High School enrolls approximately 1,166 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Anderson High School serve?
Anderson High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Anderson High School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Anderson High School.
How diverse is Anderson High School?
Anderson High School reports a student body of 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Anderson High School?
Anderson High School is overseen by Forest Hills Local in Hamilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.