Oakdale Elementary School

Oakdale Elementary School is an elementary school of big scale in Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the schools within Oak Hills Local, serveing 710 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 76% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Within Oak Hills Local, which oversees 10 schools and 7,381 students, Oakdale Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Oakdale Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hamilton County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oakdale Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.7%, the actual is 81.2%, a residual of +9.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) logs that 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 Oakdale Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Bridgetown Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oakdale Elementary School has declined 8%, going from 775 students in 2018 to 710 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 86% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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