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Enrollment
1,591
High
DISTRICT 860 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST LOCAL·NCES 390473602855
Colerain High School
8801 Cheviot Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45251 · (513) 385-6424 · Hamilton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,591 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
972 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 399 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 421 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 372 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 399 | 25% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
55.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.2pp since 2021
Math
43.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 31.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.4% | 34.1% |
| 2021-22 | 50.9% | 34.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Colerain High School
Colerain High School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colerain High School this school | 1,591 | 61.1% | 50.0% |
| Wayne High School Huber Heights | 1,772 | 56.3% | 48.5% |
| Westerville-South High School Westerville | 1,509 | 49.4% | 68.8% |
| Northwest High School Cincinnati | 910 | 59.6% | 43.6% |
| Shaker Hts High School Shaker Heights | 1,418 | 40.7% | 63.4% |
| Northmont High School Clayton | 1,369 | 44.9% | 69.6% |
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 Colerain High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #390 of 403 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #465 of 776 ▲ 85 | #19 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #537 of 774 ▲ 8 | #18 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #231 of 742 | #12 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,591 | #61 of 888 | #6 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #678 of 739 | #31 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #46 of 749 | #4 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #103 of 435 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #214 of 484 | #7 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
1,591
-139 (-8%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,900
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 1,591 | 70.8 | 22.5:1 | 61% (972) |
| 2023-24 | 1,754 | 76.5 | 22.9:1 | 64% (1,114) |
| 2022-23 | 1,747 | 79.9 | 21.9:1 | 54% (948) |
| 2020-21 | 1,730 | 73 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,839 | 78.2 | 23.5:1 | 42% (771) |
| 2015-16 | 1,788 | 78 | 22.9:1 | 39% (689) |
| 2010-11 | 1,993 | 96 | 20.8:1 | 38% (751) |
| 2000-01 | 1,919 | 113 | 17.0:1 | 11% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 1,900 | 100 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colerain High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,839 to 1,591); teachers down 9% (78.2 to 70.8).
About Colerain High School
Colerain High School, a large high school, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It reports enrollment of 1,591 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 182% larger than the average for high schools in Ohio.
Northwest Local (12 schools, 8,260 students) runs Colerain High School.
The biggest share of students at Colerain High School, 41%, is White. Next come 38% Black, 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 63% White among all Hamilton County residents. The diversity index for Colerain High School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 70.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 22.5:1. The average for high schools in Ohio, 17.7:1, is lower. Of all students at Colerain High School, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Hamilton County, the school's rate is higher.
Colerain High School is a bottom-10% school in Ohio on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.0% against a predicted 65.7%.
The school's county is Hamilton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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%. Colerain High School shares Hamilton County with 211 other public schools.
Colerain Middle School is the nearest public school to Colerain High School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Colerain High School, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Colerain High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,730 to 1,591, an 8% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.7:1 to 22.5:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Colerain Middle School0.8 mi · 528
- Colerain Elementary School0.8 mi · 645
- Houston Educational Service and Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 227
- Transitions Academy1.5 mi · 79
- Struble Elementary School1.8 mi · 772
- Taylor Elementary School1.9 mi · 797
Frequently asked questions
About Colerain High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Colerain High School?
Colerain High School enrolls approximately 1,591 students in grades 09-12.
Is Colerain High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Colerain High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Colerain High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Colerain High School is approximately 22.5:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colerain High School?
At Colerain High School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 7% Hispanic, 38% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Colerain High School?
Colerain High School is overseen by Northwest Local in Hamilton County.
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