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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST HILLS LOCAL·NCES 390473402846
Maddux Elementary School
943 Rosetree Ln, Cincinnati, OH 45230 · (513) 231-0780 · Hamilton County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
109 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 38% smaller than its 6th grade class (97).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Maddux Elementary School→Nagel Middle School
Based on grade levels within Forest Hills Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.2pp since 2021
Math
85.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.7% | 85.4% |
| 2023-24 | 83.1% | 84.2% |
| 2022-23 | 82.5% | 89.8% |
| 2021-22 | 83.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Maddux Elementary School
Maddux Elementary School's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maddux Elementary School this school | 541 | 20.1% | 83.5% |
| Mercer Elementary School Cincinnati | 611 | 20.1% | 84.4% |
| Fairbrook Elementary School Beavercreek | 547 | 20.8% | 82.4% |
| Walter Kidder Elementary School Brunswick | 480 | 20.8% | 72.8% |
| Ridgewood Elementary School Hilliard | 598 | 18.4% | 78.8% |
| Bloom Carroll Intermediate School Carroll | 545 | 22.8% | 77.3% |
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 Maddux Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #168 of 673 | #21 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #207 of 1,569 ▲ 14 | #21 of 104 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #383 of 1,569 ▼ 129 | #27 of 104 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #268 of 1,514 | #11 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #374 of 1,808 | #46 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #794 of 1,582 | #57 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #902 of 1,590 | #73 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #632 of 767 | #24 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #560 of 561 | #36 of 36 |
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
541
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 541 | 30.8 | 17.6:1 | 20% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 33.6 | 17.2:1 | 23% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 27.9 | 20.9:1 | 14% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 27 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 29.2 | 18.5:1 | 19% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 13% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 31 | 20.5:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 33 | 20.1:1 | 5% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 29 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maddux Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (540 to 541); teachers up 5% (29.2 to 30.8).
About Maddux Elementary School
Maddux Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school reports 541 students in kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 34% larger than the 404 average for elementary schools in Ohio.
Forest Hills Local runs Maddux Elementary School along with 8 other schools, enrolling 6,827 students in total.
The large majority of students at Maddux Elementary School, 82%, are White. Next come 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 63% White. Maddux Elementary School has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Maddux Elementary School counts 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.6 students for each one. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 17.9:1, a similar figure. About 20% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 34% for public schools in Hamilton County.
allk12 grades Maddux Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 81.2% at Maddux Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 83.5%.
Hamilton County has about 830,774 residents, and median household income is about $72,470, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 212 public schools in Hamilton County, with a combined enrollment of about 111,403.
The next-closest public school is Anderson High School, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 84.8% on proficiency, and Maddux Elementary School is below that at 83.5%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 544 students in 2020-21 and 541 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 20.1 to 17.6 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Maddux Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Forest Hills Local
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 1,166 students
- Nagel Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Turpin High SchoolHigh · 991 students
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 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
Other Maddux Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Maddux Elementary. Maddux Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST MEMPHIS, AR · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Anderson High School1.1 mi · 1,166
- Sherwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 689
- Mt. Washington School1.5 mi · 401
- Sands Montessori School1.8 mi · 654
- Nagel Middle School2.2 mi · 1,087
- Mercer Elementary School2.5 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Maddux Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Maddux Elementary School?
Maddux Elementary School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades KG-06.
Is Maddux Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Maddux Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Maddux Elementary School have?
Maddux Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Maddux Elementary School?
Student demographics at Maddux Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Maddux Elementary School in?
Maddux Elementary School is part of Forest Hills Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.