Original Research by School Decision on Richard Allen Academy
Richard Allen Academy is a small public charter school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Hamilton, Ohio. The school educates students across a single building, with enrollment distributed across all seven grades in the kindergarten-through-sixth band.
The student body is racially and ethnically diverse. Black students make up the largest share, followed by Hispanic students, with smaller groups of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students, Asian students, and white students. The school's enrollment is small overall, which shapes the peer environment and the feel of the place. Information about free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and special-population enrollment (such as students in special education or English learners) was not available, so a parent interested in whether the school serves specific support populations or serves economically disadvantaged students should ask the school directly.
State assessment data was not available for Richard Allen Academy, so the school's proficiency levels and academic trends cannot be read from the data provided. This gap may reflect the school's charter status, its small size, Ohio's reporting structures for charter entities, or a gap in available records. A parent would need to contact the school or check its own reporting channels to understand how students perform on state assessments and how the school tracks academic growth.
The school is located in Hamilton, a city in Butler County. Among the districts in Butler County, Richard Allen Academy's chronic absenteeism rate places it above the midpoint—meaning it is higher than the countywide median. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, both to understand what drives the pattern and what support the school offers to families around attendance. The school's per-pupil spending falls in the middle range among Butler County's districts, on the lower half of that middle band.
Because Richard Allen Academy serves only kindergarten through sixth grade, it has no graduation rate. The school does not feed directly into a secondary pathway; families would transition their students to a middle or high school elsewhere as they complete the sixth grade.
A graduation rate is not applicable. Academic proficiency data sufficient for a statewide comparison was not available. No recent, confirmed changes to curriculum, pedagogy, or governance could be documented. The school's website indicates it remains open and accepts applications for the upcoming school year, though some third-party sources have published conflicting information about its status; the school itself is the reliable source for current enrollment, programs, and operations.
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