Mariemont Junior High School

As a small middle-grades school in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mariemont Junior High School hosts 239 students from grades 7 through 8, operated by Mariemont City. Enrollment runs roughly 50% smaller than the state mean of about 482.

Across the 4 schools in Mariemont City (1,556 students total), Mariemont Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Mariemont Junior High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Mariemont Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Hamilton County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Mariemont Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 91.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hamilton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,470 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Hamilton County runs 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), of which Mariemont Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bramble School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mariemont Junior High School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 89.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mariemont Junior High School has shrank 14%, going from 279 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 91% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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