George Hays-Jennie Porter School

George Hays-Jennie Porter School is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in Cincinnati, Ohio, run under Cincinnati Public Schools, educateing 263 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 35% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

George Hays-Jennie Porter School is one of 65 schools operated by Cincinnati Public Schools, a district that educates 33,844 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, George Hays-Jennie Porter School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%). Other groups include 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, George Hays-Jennie Porter School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Hamilton County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,470, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Hamilton County runs 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), of which George Hays-Jennie Porter School is one.

Rising Stars at Ezzard Charles is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. George Hays-Jennie Porter School's enrollment has declined 27% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 263). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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