Priority High School

A very small high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, Priority High School is part of Priority High School. The school counted 170 students in 2023-24, covering grades 7 through 12. It has 70% fewer students than the average for high schools in Ohio (about 565).

Priority High School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

Roughly 98% of students at Priority High School are Black. By comparison, Hamilton County residents are about 24% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 5%.

The school's 3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 114.0:1. Statewide, high schools in Ohio average 17.7:1.

In the surrounding county, Hamilton County, median household income comes to about $72,470, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 212, with about 111,403 students.

Frederick Douglass School sits about 0.3 miles from Priority High School. Priority High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Priority High School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Priority High School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

Between 2020-21 and 2023-24, reported enrollment went from 73 to 170. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. By 2023-24, the school had 56.7 students per teacher, compared with 73.0 in 2020-21.

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