Woodward Career Technical High School

Set in Cincinnati, Ohio, Woodward Career Technical High School is a middle-of-the-pack senior high, overseen by Cincinnati Public Schools. It works with 835 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% bigger than the state mean of about 565.

Across the 65 schools in Cincinnati Public Schools (33,844 students total), Woodward Career Technical High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Woodward Career Technical High School lists that 80% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hamilton County indicate 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%. In all, Hamilton County runs 212 public schools (combined enrollment of about 111,403 students), of which Woodward Career Technical High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Summit Academy Community School - Cincinnati, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodward Career Technical High School.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Woodward Career Technical High School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 917 (now 835). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 93% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.