Dampe Community School

Dampe Community School is one of the compact elementary campuss in Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the schools within Dampe Community School, with 190 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 53% leaner than typical.

Dampe Community School is the operating authority for Dampe Community School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Dampe Community School records that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dampe Community School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the broader community, Hamilton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,470 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Hamilton County runs 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), of which Dampe Community School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Frederick Douglass School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Dampe Community School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.