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What's the most underrated thing about Kilgour School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 390437500339
Kilgour School
1339 Herschel Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45208 · (513) 363-3000 · Hamilton County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
123 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
90.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.6pp since 2021
Math
92.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +6.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.3% | 92.8% |
| 2023-24 | 90.3% | 91.4% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 87.5% |
| 2021-22 | 88.8% | 86.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 81% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Kilgour School
Kilgour School's state test result (91.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilgour School this school | 577 | 21.3% | 91.3% |
| Hyde Park School Cincinnati | 617 | 24.3% | 85.9% |
| Alcott Elementary School Westerville | 537 | 22.0% | 90.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Gahanna | 437 | 24.5% | 81.2% |
| High Point Elementary School Gahanna | 555 | 22.7% | 82.3% |
| Hanby Building Elementary School Westerville | 363 | 20.7% | 73.4% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Kilgour School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.3% | #28 of 673 | #7 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.8% | #42 of 1,569 ▲ 10 | #8 of 104 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.3% | #47 of 1,569 ▲ 11 | #9 of 104 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #659 of 1,514 | #55 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #305 of 1,808 | #37 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,167 of 1,582 | #77 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #584 of 1,590 | #50 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #622 of 767 | #23 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #699 of 992 | #52 of 65 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
577
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 577 | 29.8 | 19.3:1 | 21% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 31.2 | 18.2:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 28.2 | 19.5:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 32 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 26.5 | 23.6:1 | 13% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 16% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 31 | 20.5:1 | 18% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 22 | 20.2:1 | 36% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 22 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kilgour School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (626 to 577); teachers up 13% (26.5 to 29.8).
About Kilgour School
Kilgour School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Cincinnati, Ohio. It enrolled 577 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
Kilgour School sits within Cincinnati Public Schools, which has 65 schools and 33,844 students.
Kilgour School is 69% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 20% Black and 8% multiracial. Kilgour School's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Ohio have 17.9:1, compared with 19.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Kilgour School is 21%. The rate at public schools in Hamilton County averages 34%, higher than here.
Kilgour School scores 10.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 91.3% actual versus 80.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
Kilgour School is located in Hamilton County, where the median household income is $72,470, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Kilgour School, Hamilton County has 211 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Kilgour School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Clark Montessori High School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The NCES locale for Kilgour School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Kilgour School had 546 students, to 2024-25, when it had 577. Students per teacher rose from 17.1 in 2020-21 to 19.3 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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- Clark Montessori High School0.5 mi · 714
- Hyde Park School1.2 mi · 617
- Mariemont Junior High School1.6 mi · 239
- Withrow University High School1.7 mi · 1,300
- Spencer Center for Gifted and Exceptional Students1.7 mi · 373
- Riverview East Academy1.7 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About Kilgour SchoolHow many students attend Kilgour School?
Kilgour School enrolls approximately 577 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Kilgour School serve?
Kilgour School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kilgour School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kilgour School is approximately 19.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kilgour School?
Kilgour School reports a student body of 69% White, 1% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Kilgour School?
Kilgour School is overseen by Cincinnati Public Schools in Hamilton County.
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