Glendale Elementary School

Glendale Elementary School, a compact elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio, run under Princeton City, works with 267 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 34% leaner than typical.

Princeton City comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,927 students; Glendale Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Glendale Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Black, 10% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

On the resource side, Glendale Elementary School records 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. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hamilton County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glendale Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.0%; this one delivers 57.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hamilton County shows 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 Glendale Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Princeton Community Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glendale Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glendale Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 62.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 277 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 27% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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