The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in Science. The lowest is 9% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Mt Healthy Junior High School
Mt Healthy Junior High School is a school serving grades 7 and 8 in the Mt Healthy City school district, located in western Hamilton County near Cincinnati. The school has an enrollment of about 450 students, the vast majority of whom are Black. The school is a regular public junior high in an economically stressed district, and its test results show very low proficiency across all measured subjects.
In math, only about one in eleven students met state proficiency standards in the most recent testing. English language arts performance is slightly better, with about one in five students proficient. Science proficiency stands at about one in four. These results place the school in the bottom quartile among districts countywide when proficiency is compared across tested subjects and grades. State testing data was available, but trend data spanning multiple years was not, so whether performance has moved in either direction is unclear from the available record.
The school operates within Mt Healthy City district, a system that has faced severe financial turbulence. In 2024, the district entered state-declared fiscal emergency stemming from accounting errors and a projected multimillion-dollar deficit. The district cut more than one hundred staff positions and reduced student transportation to the state minimum. These structural cuts remain in place. In May 2026, voters narrowly approved an earned income tax levy, the district's first levy passage in more than two decades and the result of three prior defeats. This tax directly affects working residents' paychecks and is earmarked to protect staffing, classroom materials, transportation, utilities, and athletics, music, and art programs. While the levy stabilizes future finances, the staffing reductions and transportation cuts already made mean class sizes remain larger and busing services tighter than they were before the crisis.
The school's address places it in the 45231 zip code on Cincinnati's north side. Housing in the area is moderate in value. The local rental market has grown tighter and rents have risen noticeably in the past year. The regional economy is anchored by consumer products, healthcare, finance, and higher education, centered in and around downtown Cincinnati.
For a family considering Mt Healthy Junior High, the key realities are very low academic proficiency across all subjects, a district that has recently stabilized finances after years of cuts, and a peer environment that is overwhelmingly Black. A parent may want to look into further with the school and district how instruction is being supported given the staffing reductions that remain in effect, and what support services exist for students below proficiency.
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