Elmwood Place Elementary School, Cincinnati OH

Original Research by School Decision on Elmwood Place Elementary School

Elmwood Place Elementary School has closed. It was a regular public elementary school serving middle grades (third through sixth) in Cincinnati, located at 400 Maple Street in the 45216 zip code. The school was part of the St Bernard-Elmwood Place City school district.

The closure reflects a major restructuring that took place in the district. In 2023, after years of construction delays and a contractor default that cost the district extra funds to operate its two separate elementary buildings longer than planned, St Bernard-Elmwood Place consolidated its two elementary schools and junior/senior high school into a single new PreK-12 building on Tower Avenue. That new unified facility replaced the separate Elmwood Place Elementary and another elementary school that previously served the district's younger grades.

The most recent state testing data available shows results from the 2022-23 school year, the last full year Elmwood Place Elementary operated. Performance in math was uneven across grades. Third grade showed low proficiency, while fourth grade was near the middle of the range, fifth grade showed stronger results, and sixth grade dropped considerably. English language arts followed a similar pattern: third and sixth grades were weak, fourth grade was modest, and fifth grade was above the midpoint. Fifth grade science was the strongest subject area. The school administered all required state assessments with full student participation. Enrollment data, demographic information, free-or-reduced-price-lunch numbers, and staffing details were not available in the records.

The St Bernard-Elmwood Place district now operates the new consolidated PreK-12 building, which includes STEM labs with 3D printing and aims to enable teacher collaboration across grade bands. The district participates in open enrollment and accepts tuition-free applications from families outside the two towns it serves, making the new facility available to non-residents at no charge. For families in the area seeking an elementary school, the option is now the PreK-12 building, not a separate elementary campus.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 313%

School 13% · district not reported

▼ 48 pts below state median

Grade 445%

School 45% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 564%

School 64% · district not reported

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 630%

School 30% · district not reported

▲ 7 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 333%

School 33% · district not reported

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 440%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 562%

School 62% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 622%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median

Science

Grade 568%

School 68% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 491%

School 91% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 677%

School 77% · district not reported

▲ 14 pts above state median

This schoolSt Bernard-Elmwood Place City, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income61%Higher-income67%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income23%Higher-income0%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income0%47 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income61%Higher-income100%39 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income0%31 pp gap