Rising Stars at Carthage

Set in Cincinnati, Ohio, Rising Stars at Carthage is an intimate elementary-level community, part of Cincinnati Public Schools. It hosts 241 students across grades pre-K through 1. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Rising Stars at Carthage sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Cincinnati Public Schools, which oversees 65 schools and 33,844 students, Rising Stars at Carthage is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Rising Stars at Carthage records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Black, 8% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 5% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Rising Stars at Carthage records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, Hamilton County reports that median household income runs about $72,470, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Hamilton County's 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), Rising Stars at Carthage is one campus in the mix.

Woodward Career Technical High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rising Stars at Carthage has increased 308%, going from 59 students in 2018 to 241 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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