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Enrollment
650
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYCAMORE COMMUNITY CITY·NCES 390448601737
Blue Ash Elementary
9541 Plainfield Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45236 · (513) 686-1710 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
118 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (129).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Blue Ash Elementary→Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School
Based on grade levels within Sycamore Community City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.4pp since 2021
Math
88.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.5% | 88.5% |
| 2023-24 | 89.5% | 93.6% |
| 2022-23 | 86.5% | 93.7% |
| 2021-22 | 85.9% | 92.2% |
% 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
89.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Blue Ash Elementary
Blue Ash Elementary's state test result (89.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ash Elementary this school | 650 | 18.2% | 89.1% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School Lewis Center | 648 | 17.7% | 80.0% |
| Freedom Trail Elementary Lewis | 605 | 16.0% | 82.4% |
| Glen Oak Elementary School Lewis Center | 654 | 18.0% | 82.4% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Cincinnati | 566 | 14.0% | 94.2% |
| Alum Creek Elementary School Lewis Center | 664 | 19.6% | 87.9% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Blue Ash Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #60 of 673 | #13 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #129 of 1,569 ▼ 95 | #15 of 104 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #182 of 1,569 ▼ 105 | #18 of 104 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #262 of 1,514 | #10 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #205 of 1,808 | #21 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #1,123 of 1,582 | #75 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #391 of 1,590 | #32 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #656 of 767 | #27 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.0% | #123 of 561 | #13 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
650
+97 (+18%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 650 | 34 | 19.1:1 | 18% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 15% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 34 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 18% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 27% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 25% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 8% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 33 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Ash Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (500 to 650); teachers up 21% (28 to 34).
About Blue Ash Elementary
Blue Ash Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Cincinnati, Ohio. It enrolled 650 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
The district, Sycamore Community City, operates 7 schools serving 6,051 students.
White students make up a majority at Blue Ash Elementary, at 60%. The next largest groups are 21% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Hispanic. The White share in Hamilton County as a whole is similar, at about 63%. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.1 students per teacher. That is 1.2 students per teacher above the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 18% of students. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Hamilton County, the school's rate is lower.
On BeatsExpectations, Blue Ash Elementary is 7.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Federal survey data for Hamilton County show that the median household income is $72,470, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 212 public schools in Hamilton County, enrolling about 111,403 students in all.
Cincinnati Classical Academy is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Blue Ash Elementary. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Blue Ash Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Blue Ash Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 650, an 18% increase from 553 in 2020-21. The ratio was 16.3:1 in 2020-21 and 19.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Sycamore Community City
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
- Sycamore Junior High SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- Symmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Maple Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 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
Nearby schools
- Cincinnati Classical Academy1.2 mi · 745
- Deer Park Jr/Sr High School1.4 mi · 475
- Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School1.4 mi · 996
- Sycamore Junior High School1.6 mi · 921
- Evendale Elementary School1.6 mi · 232
- Amity Elementary School1.6 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Ash ElementaryHow large is Blue Ash Elementary?
Blue Ash Elementary enrolls approximately 650 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Blue Ash Elementary serve?
Blue Ash Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Blue Ash Elementary have?
Blue Ash Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Ash Elementary?
At Blue Ash Elementary, the student body is approximately 60% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Blue Ash Elementary public or private?
Blue Ash Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sycamore Community City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.