Hartwell School

Hartwell School is a moderately sized middle school in Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the schools within Cincinnati Public Schools. The school caters to 441 students in grades 2 through 8.

Cincinnati Public Schools comprises 65 schools with combined enrollment of 33,844 students; Hartwell School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hartwell School logs that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 38% Black, 10% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 5% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, Hamilton County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,470, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hamilton County runs 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), of which Hartwell School is one.

Elm Avenue Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 538 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 17% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 34.7:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.