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What's the most underrated thing about Deer Park Jr/Sr High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
475
High
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER PARK COMMUNITY CITY·NCES 390438500834
Deer Park Jr/Sr High School
8351 Plainfield Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45236 · (513) 891-0010 · Hamilton County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Ohio public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
243 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 7 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 13% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Deer Park Community City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.4pp since 2021
Math
52.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +15.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 50.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.1% | 42.4% |
| 2021-22 | 59.2% | 36.8% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Deer Park Jr/Sr High School
Deer Park Jr/Sr High School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Jr/Sr High School this school | 475 | 51.2% | 60.3% |
| Reading Junior Senior High School Reading | 654 | 50.9% | 56.0% |
| Elida High School Elida | 546 | 47.6% | 75.7% |
| Maumee High School Maumee | 619 | 43.8% | 72.7% |
| Wickliffe Upper School Wickliffe | 586 | 55.5% | 52.8% |
| Bellefontaine High School Bellefontaine | 643 | 48.2% | 56.0% |
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 Deer Park Jr/Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #329 of 403 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #345 of 776 ▼ 2 | #13 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #468 of 774 ▼ 10 | #14 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.6pp | #161 of 742 | #6 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #401 of 888 | #30 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #51 of 739 | #1 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #171 of 749 | #19 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #162 of 435 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #223 of 484 | #8 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
475
-84 (-15%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 475 | 40.6 | 11.7:1 | 51% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 42.1 | 12.0:1 | 52% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 40.4 | 13.0:1 | 40% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 65 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 36.6 | 14.9:1 | 40% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 43% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 43% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 8% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 32 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Park Jr/Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (546 to 475); teachers up 11% (36.6 to 40.6).
About Deer Park Jr/Sr High School
Deer Park Jr/Sr High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school had 475 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25.
Deer Park Community City has 1,044 students spread across 2 schools.
At 69%, White students outnumber all other groups at Deer Park Jr/Sr High School combined. Other students are 11% multiracial, 10% Black, and 7% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Deer Park Jr/Sr High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
Federal data list 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Deer Park Jr/Sr High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.7:1. The average ratio among high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 51%. For comparison, public schools in Hamilton County average 34%.
allk12 grades Deer Park Jr/Sr High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Ohio, Deer Park Jr/Sr High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.3% actual against a predicted 69.5%.
Federal survey data for Hamilton County show that median household income is about $72,470, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Deer Park Jr/Sr High School is among the 212 public schools in Hamilton County.
Nearest public school: Amity Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Deer Park Jr/Sr High School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 559 in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25, a decrease of 84 students. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.6:1 in 2020-21 to 11.7:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Deer Park Jr/Sr High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Deer Park Community City
- Amity Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 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
- Amity Elementary School0.4 mi · 569
- Silverton Elementary1.1 mi · 303
- Blue Ash Elementary1.4 mi · 650
- Reading Elementary School1.6 mi · 770
- Reading Junior Senior High School1.6 mi · 654
- Cincinnati Classical Academy1.9 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Park Jr/Sr High SchoolHow large is Deer Park Jr/Sr High School?
Deer Park Jr/Sr High School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 07-12.
Is Deer Park Jr/Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deer Park Jr/Sr High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Deer Park Jr/Sr High School have?
Deer Park Jr/Sr High School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Deer Park Jr/Sr High School?
Student demographics at Deer Park Jr/Sr High School are roughly 69% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Deer Park Jr/Sr High School?
Deer Park Jr/Sr High School is overseen by Deer Park Community City in Hamilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.