Rockdale Academy

Rockdale Academy is a cozy primary school in Cincinnati, Ohio, operated by Cincinnati Public Schools. The school teaches 225 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Rockdale Academy sits 44% below that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Rockdale Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). Other groups include 6% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hamilton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,470 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Rockdale Academy is one of 212 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students).

South Avondale School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 32%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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