South Avondale School

South Avondale School, a reasonably sized elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio, part of Cincinnati Public Schools, serves 359 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within Cincinnati Public Schools, which oversees 65 schools and 33,844 students, South Avondale School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, South Avondale School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 4% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, South Avondale School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Hamilton County's 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), South Avondale School is one campus in the mix.

Rockdale Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around South Avondale School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. South Avondale School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 359). Black enrollment moved from 95% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.