Montgomery Elementary School

Montgomery Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio, overseen by Sycamore Community City, caters to 566 students, covering grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 40% above the state mean of about 404.

Sycamore Community City comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 6,051 students; Montgomery Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Montgomery Elementary School shows that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 21% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to Hamilton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Montgomery Elementary School lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hamilton County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Montgomery Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 83.5%; Montgomery Elementary School posts 94.2%, +10.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) shows 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 Montgomery Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sycamore Junior High School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montgomery Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Montgomery Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 88.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 566 in 2025.

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