Reading Junior Senior High School

Located at 810 E Columbia Ave, in Reading, Ohio, Reading Junior Senior High School is a mid-sized four-year high school that instructs 654 students (grades 7 through 12), run under Reading Community City.

Reading Community City runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,424 students. Reading Junior Senior High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Reading Junior Senior High School lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder looks like 13% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Reading Junior Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Hamilton County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Reading Junior Senior High School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 69.6%; Reading Junior Senior High School posts 56.0%, -13.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, Hamilton County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,470, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Hamilton County's 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), Reading Junior Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Reading Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Reading Junior Senior High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.8%.

Reading Junior Senior High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Reading Junior Senior High School's enrollment has ticked up 61% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 654). White enrollment moved from 83% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.