William H Taft Elementary School

William H Taft Elementary School is one of the compact K-5 schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the schools within Cincinnati Public Schools, with 234 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 7. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

William H Taft Elementary School is one of 65 schools operated by Cincinnati Public Schools, a district that serves 33,844 students overall.

On demographics, William H Taft Elementary School records that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% White, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting William H Taft Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, Hamilton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,470 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. William H Taft Elementary School is one of 212 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students).

Mount Auburn Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William H Taft Elementary School.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 280 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 88% to 82%. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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