Orion Academy

Orion Academy is a mid-tier elementary campus in Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the schools within Orion Academy. The school instructs 460 students in grades K through 8.

Operationally, Orion Academy answers to Orion Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Orion Academy lists that nearly all students (84%) are Black; the rest looks like 13% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Orion Academy lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) records 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%. Orion Academy is one of 212 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students).

The closest other public school is Roberts Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Orion Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orion Academy has shrank 22%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 91% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.