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Enrollment
921
Middle
DISTRICT 959 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYCAMORE COMMUNITY CITY·NCES 390448601742
Sycamore Junior High School
5757 Cooper Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45242 · (513) 686-1760 · Hamilton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL921 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
155 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 459 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 462 | 50% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sycamore Junior High School→Sycamore High School
Based on grade levels within Sycamore Community City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
84.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.0pp since 2021
Math
87.6%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.3% | 87.6% |
| 2023-24 | 83.7% | 90.8% |
| 2022-23 | 85.7% | 88.2% |
| 2021-22 | 82.3% | 89.7% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
86.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sycamore Junior High School
Sycamore Junior High School's state test result (86.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Junior High School this school | 921 | 16.8% | 86.1% |
| Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School Cincinnati | 996 | 18.7% | 86.4% |
| Berkshire Middle School Galena | 883 | 11.0% | 86.2% |
| Columbia Intermediate School Kings Mills | 809 | 22.6% | 82.6% |
| Hadley E Watts Middle School Dayton | 777 | 26.3% | 74.3% |
| Olentangy Orange Middle School Lewis Center | 1,056 | 23.0% | 80.2% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sycamore Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #35 of 316 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #43 of 637 ▼ 24 | #3 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #55 of 637 ▼ 8 | #7 of 25 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #439 of 629 | #19 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 921 | #41 of 654 | #5 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #499 of 577 | #20 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #135 of 579 | #11 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #278 of 319 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.1% | #86 of 169 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
921
+72 (+8%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 921 | 45.6 | 20.2:1 | 17% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 859 | 48 | 17.9:1 | 18% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 14% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 61 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 55.2 | 15.3:1 | 14% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | 54 | 14.9:1 | 16% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 832 | 62 | 13.4:1 | 17% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 959 | 70 | 13.7:1 | 5% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 883 | 53 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (844 to 921); teachers down 17% (55.2 to 45.6).
About Sycamore Junior High School
Sycamore Junior High School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the schools in Sycamore Community City. It teaches 921 students in grades 7 through 8. That is 91% bigger than the average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
Sycamore Community City runs 7 schools with a combined 6,051 students. Sycamore Junior High School is one of them.
White students are 64% of those enrolled at Sycamore Junior High School. The remaining shares are 17% Asian, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. That is in line with Hamilton County, where about 63% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
On staff are 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.2:1. The average for middle schools in Ohio is 17.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 17% of students at Sycamore Junior High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hamilton County is 34%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sycamore Junior High School, the prediction is 82.4% and the result is 86.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hamilton County show that the median household earns about $72,470 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Hamilton County, 212 public schools serve about 111,403 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Sycamore Junior High School from the closest public school, Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Sycamore Junior High School places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Sycamore Junior High School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment increased 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.9:1 to 20.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Sycamore Junior High School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sycamore Community City
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
- Symmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Blue Ash ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Maple Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
Other schools in Cincinnati
- Walnut Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,453 students
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- West Clermont High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Dohn CommunityHigh · 1,675 students
- Princeton High SchoolHigh · 1,619 students
Other Sycamore Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Sycamore Junior High. Sycamore Junior High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sycamore Junior HighAnaheim, CA · 1,137 students
Nearby schools
- Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School0.7 mi · 996
- Montgomery Elementary School0.8 mi · 566
- Maple Dale Elementary School0.9 mi · 584
- Blue Ash Elementary1.6 mi · 650
- Madeira Preschool1.8 mi · 86
- Madeira Elementary School1.9 mi · 867
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Sycamore Junior High School?
Sycamore Junior High School enrolls approximately 921 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Sycamore Junior High School serve?
Sycamore Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Sycamore Junior High School?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Sycamore Junior High School.
How diverse is Sycamore Junior High School?
Sycamore Junior High School reports a student body of 64% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Sycamore Junior High School?
Sycamore Junior High School is overseen by Sycamore Community City in Hamilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.