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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAK HILLS LOCAL·NCES 390473702869
Charles W Springmyer Elementary School
4179 Ebenezer Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45248 · (513) 574-1205 · Hamilton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
143 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
80.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.3pp since 2021
Math
80.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -6.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.1% | 80.9% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 82.1% |
| 2022-23 | 83.7% | 87.3% |
| 2021-22 | 84.4% | 87.5% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Charles W Springmyer Elementary School
Charles W Springmyer Elementary School's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles W Springmyer Elementary School this school | 437 | 32.7% | 82.0% |
| Mulberry Elementary School Milford | 446 | 37.2% | 79.5% |
| Ervin Carlisle Elementary School Delaware | 533 | 31.0% | 76.5% |
| Parkwood Elementary School Beavercreek | 538 | 34.8% | 74.9% |
| Brunswick Memorial Elementary School Brunswick | 362 | 31.8% | 81.3% |
| Bloom Carroll Primary School Carroll | 479 | 27.1% | N/A |
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 Charles W Springmyer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #201 of 673 | #22 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #350 of 1,569 ▼ 65 | #25 of 104 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #259 of 1,569 ▼ 116 | #25 of 104 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #145 of 1,514 | #6 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #696 of 1,808 | #58 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #1,504 of 1,582 | #95 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #831 of 1,590 | #65 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #481 of 767 | #16 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #542 of 992 | #43 of 65 |
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
437
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 437 | 19 | 23.0:1 | 33% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 19 | 22.9:1 | 32% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 17.5 | 26.3:1 | 21% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 19 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 24 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles W Springmyer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (494 to 437); teachers down 10% (21 to 19).
About Charles W Springmyer Elementary School
Charles W Springmyer Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio, under Oak Hills Local. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 437 students.
Oak Hills Local enrolls 7,381 students, and its 10 schools include Charles W Springmyer Elementary School.
Roughly 81% of students at Charles W Springmyer Elementary School are White. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Hamilton County residents are about 63% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
Teacher count: 19 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 23.0:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 33%. The average for public schools in Hamilton County is similar, at 34%.
Test results at Charles W Springmyer Elementary School are 5.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (82.0% actual, 76.4% predicted).
In the wider Hamilton County area, median household income comes to about $72,470, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hamilton County counts 212 public schools with about 111,403 students.
Of the public schools around it, Charles W Springmyer Elementary School is closest to Oakdale Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
For locale, NCES codes Charles W Springmyer Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% decline, from 489 to 437. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.7:1 to 23.0:1 over the same years.
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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 Oak Hills Local
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- C O Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 909 students
- John Foster Dulles Elementary SchoolElementary · 812 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Rapid Run Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Bridgetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 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
- Oakdale Elementary School1.1 mi · 710
- John Foster Dulles Elementary School1.2 mi · 812
- Diamond Oaks Cdc1.3 mi · 647
- Bridgetown Middle School1.5 mi · 613
- Oak Hills High School1.5 mi · 2,255
- Cheviot School2.1 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Charles W Springmyer Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Charles W Springmyer Elementary School?
Charles W Springmyer Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades KG-05.
Is Charles W Springmyer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles W Springmyer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Charles W Springmyer Elementary School?
Approximately 23.0:1 students per teacher at Charles W Springmyer Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Charles W Springmyer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Charles W Springmyer Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles W Springmyer Elementary School?
Charles W Springmyer Elementary School is overseen by Oak Hills Local in Hamilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.