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What tradition at Mercer Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST HILLS LOCAL·NCES 390473402847
Mercer Elementary School
2600 Bartels Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45244 · (513) 232-7000 · Hamilton County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
123 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 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
32%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
Mercer 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
84.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.0pp since 2021
Math
86.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.5% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.7% | 84.9% |
| 2022-23 | 85.3% | 87.1% |
| 2021-22 | 82.5% | 85.1% |
% 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
84.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% 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 Mercer Elementary School
Mercer Elementary School's state test result (84.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer Elementary School this school | 611 | 20.1% | 84.4% |
| Maddux Elementary School Cincinnati | 541 | 20.1% | 83.5% |
| Big Walnut Intermediate School Sunbury | 663 | 21.4% | 75.6% |
| Ridgewood Elementary School Hilliard | 598 | 18.4% | 78.8% |
| Fairbrook Elementary School Beavercreek | 547 | 20.8% | 82.4% |
| Buckeye Woods Elementary School Grove City | 742 | 20.6% | 86.7% |
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 Mercer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #155 of 673 | #20 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #195 of 1,569 ▲ 4 | #19 of 104 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #157 of 1,569 ▲ 112 | #17 of 104 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #918 of 1,514 | #77 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #262 of 1,808 | #29 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #476 of 1,582 | #40 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #891 of 1,590 | #71 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #633 of 767 | #25 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #431 of 992 | #37 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
611
-66 (-10%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 611 | 37.9 | 16.1:1 | 20% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 38.9 | 16.5:1 | 21% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 15% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 35 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 36 | 19.9:1 | 14% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 789 | 39 | 20.2:1 | 18% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 828 | 44 | 18.8:1 | 15% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 853 | 44 | 19.4:1 | 9% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 730 | 39 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mercer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (716 to 611); teachers up 5% (36 to 37.9).
About Mercer Elementary School
Mercer Elementary School is a large elementary school in Ohio, located in Cincinnati. It has an enrollment of 611 students in kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.
Forest Hills Local, which runs Mercer Elementary School, has 9 schools and 6,827 students.
Of every 100 students at Mercer Elementary School, about 82 are White. It is also 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Hamilton County is roughly 63% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Mercer Elementary School comes to 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.1:1. Elementary schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.9:1. On the income side, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 34% average among public schools in Hamilton County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 84.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 81.2%.
The school is in Hamilton County, where the median household earns about $72,470 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Mercer Elementary School shares Hamilton County with 211 other public schools.
Turpin High School is about 0.1 miles from Mercer Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mercer Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 677 to 611. Students per teacher dropped from 19.3 in 2020-21 to 16.1 in 2024-25.
Mercer Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Ayer Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 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 Mercer Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Mercer Elementary. Mercer Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Mercer Elementary SchoolShaker Heights, OH · 396 students
- Mercer ElementaryPrinceton, WV · 258 students
- Mercer Elementary SchoolHamilton, NJ · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Turpin High School0.1 mi · 991
- Sands Montessori School1.1 mi · 654
- Wilson Elementary School1.3 mi · 635
- Sherwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 689
- Mt. Washington School1.6 mi · 401
- Maddux Elementary School2.5 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Mercer Elementary SchoolHow large is Mercer Elementary School?
Mercer Elementary School enrolls approximately 611 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mercer Elementary School serve?
Mercer Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Mercer Elementary School have?
Mercer Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
How diverse is Mercer Elementary School?
Mercer Elementary School reports a student body of 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Mercer Elementary School in?
Mercer Elementary School is part of Forest Hills Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.