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Three Rivers Elementary

56 Cooper Ave, Cleves, OH 45002 · (513) 467-3210 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
Enrollment
731
Elementary
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 404
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
371 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K699%
Kindergarten11816%
Grade 113418%
Grade 213218%
Grade 314420%
Grade 413418%

This year's kindergarten class (118) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (134).

Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
65189%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
274%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 8% · US 30%
Black
91%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 17% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
426%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 7% · US 5%
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
Male
37351%
Female
35849%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Three Rivers Elementary→Taylor Middle School→Taylor High School
Based on grade levels within Three Rivers Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or Above
English Language Arts
66.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.5pp since 2021
Math
65.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -17.8pp since 2021

What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 18 points.

Ohio's State Tests results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2566.8%65.9%
2023-2470.3%63.6%
2022-2374.3%73.9%
2021-2269.3%83.8%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Three Rivers Elementary

Three Rivers Elementary's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Three Rivers Elementary this school73150.8%66.7%
Madison Elementary School
Middletown
71151.8%75.6%
Miami Whitewater Elementary School
Harrison
67250.0%71.4%
Wapakoneta Elementary
Wapakoneta
80052.5%69.2%
West Muskingum Elementary School
Zanesville
69149.6%71.3%
Bath Elementary School
Lima
72751.3%86.5%
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Three Rivers Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OhioIn Hamilton County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
66.7%#512 of 673#31 of 38
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
65.9%#777 of 1,569
▲ 20
#37 of 104
▲ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
66.8%#695 of 1,569
▼ 23
#38 of 104
▲ 1
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-10.2pp#31 of 1,514#3 of 99
Enrollment
ranked largest first
731#121 of 1,808#11 of 120
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.3:1#956 of 1,582#67 of 103
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
20.2%#1,157 of 1,590#94 of 104
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
50.8%#249 of 767#11 of 40
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-37.5%#38 of 992#6 of 65
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25
Enrollment
731
-82 (-10%) vs 2020
+108% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 20.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-257314018.3:151% (371)
2023-247493919.2:151% (381)
2022-237933721.4:135% (277)
2020-218134020.3:1N/A
2017-181,16953.521.9:127% (316)
2015-161,1295022.6:134% (388)
2010-114062416.9:143% (175)
2000-013462017.3:129% (102)
1990-913521720.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Three Rivers Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 37% (1,169 to 731); teachers down 25% (53.5 to 40).

About Three Rivers Elementary

Three Rivers Elementary is a large elementary school in Cleves, Ohio, one of the schools in Three Rivers Local. A federal count lists 731 students at the school, in pre-K through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Ohio) has about 404 students.

Federal data list 3 schools in Three Rivers Local, with 1,938 students enrolled.

Three Rivers Elementary's enrollment is 89% White. The school is also 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 63% White share among all Hamilton County residents. The school's diversity index is 20%, meaning two students picked at random have a 20% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teacher staffing is 40 full-time equivalents, or about 18.3 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 51%. The average for public schools in Hamilton County is 34%.

Three Rivers Elementary is 3.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (66.7% versus 69.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.

In the county around the school, Hamilton County, the median household income is $72,470, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 212 public schools in Hamilton County, enrolling about 111,403 students in all.

Taylor High School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Three Rivers Elementary. The five-mile area around Three Rivers Elementary holds 6 other public schools. The school's 66.7% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.

Locale data from NCES put Three Rivers Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).

Federal data show a 10% enrollment decrease, from 813 in 2020-21 to 731 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.3:1 to 18.3:1.

Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

Hamilton County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
Three Rivers Elementary
District
Three Rivers Local
Address
56 Cooper Ave, Cleves, OH 45002
Phone
(513) 467-3210
County
Hamilton County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
731
Teachers (FTE)
40
Student–teacher ratio
18.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
371 (51%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
390473902886
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Three Rivers Local
Other schools in Cleves
Other Three Rivers Elementary schools

5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Three Rivers Elementary. Three Rivers Elementary is the largest of the 6.

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Frequently asked questions

About Three Rivers Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Three Rivers Elementary?
Three Rivers Elementary enrolls approximately 731 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Three Rivers Elementary serve?
Three Rivers Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Three Rivers Elementary?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Three Rivers Elementary.
How diverse is Three Rivers Elementary?
Three Rivers Elementary reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Three Rivers Elementary public or private?
Three Rivers Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Three Rivers Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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