Blue Ash Elementary

Blue Ash Elementary operates as an expansive elementary campus in Cincinnati, Ohio, overseen by Sycamore Community City. Current enrollment sits at 650 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 61% larger than the state mean of about 404.

Sycamore Community City runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 6,051 students. Blue Ash Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blue Ash Elementary shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Hamilton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Blue Ash Elementary logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Blue Ash Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at Blue Ash Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hamilton County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Blue Ash Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.9%, the actual is 89.1%, a residual of +7.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hamilton County put median household earnings sit near $72,470, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hamilton County runs 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), of which Blue Ash Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cincinnati Classical Academy, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Blue Ash Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blue Ash Elementary has increased 30%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 650 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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