Pleasant Ridge Montessori School

Located at 5945 Montgomery Rd, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Pleasant Ridge Montessori School is a substantial primary school that enrolls 725 students (grades pre-K through 7), part of Cincinnati Public Schools. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Pleasant Ridge Montessori School sits 79% above that benchmark.

Across the 65 schools in Cincinnati Public Schools (33,844 students total), Pleasant Ridge Montessori School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Ridge Montessori School reports that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 38% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) reports 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. Across Hamilton County's 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), Pleasant Ridge Montessori School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: T.C.P. World Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pleasant Ridge Montessori School.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 21%: 598 students in 2018 compared to 725 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 49% to 44%. Class-load math has fell: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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