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Indian Hill High School
6865 DRAKE RD
CINCINNATI, OH 45243

Phone: (513) 272-4550

District: Indian Hill Exempted Village

Overview

Indian Hill High School is ranked 3rd within Ohio. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® course work and exams. The AP® participation rate at Indian Hill High School is 72 percent. The student body makeup is 49 percent male and 51 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 15 percent. Indian Hill High School is the only high school in the Indian Hill Exempted Village.

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Rankings / Awards

This details how this school compares to others based on U.S. News ranking criteria.

Medal Awarded Gold
National Rank
#134
State Rank
#3
STEM Rank
#25
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Students / Teachers

These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.

Total Enrollment 720
Total Minority Enrollment (% of total) 15%
Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total) 4%
Full-Time Teachers 52
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Test Scores

U.S. News calculates these values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level course work (AP®/IB exams).

Proficient in Reading 98%
Proficient in Math 97%
College Readiness Index 69.1
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School Data

School profile information is based on government data.

Grades Served 09 – 12
Setting Large Suburb
Charter School No
Magnet School No
Receives Title I Funding No
District

This information relates to high schools run by this school’s state operating agency. Many districts contain only one high school.

Total Schools 1
Total Students 720
Proficient in Reading (district average) 98%
Proficient in Math (district average) 97%
College Readiness (district average) 69.1

Total Enrollment 720
9th Grade 180 Students
10th Grade 184 Students
11th Grade 199 Students
12th Grade 157 Students
Student Diversity

This is the breakdown of ethnicity and gender of a school’s student body, based on data reported to the government.

Ethnicity/Race

Total Minority Enrollment (% of total) 15%
American Indian/Alaskan Native Enrollment (% of total) 0.3%
Asian Enrollment (% of total) 8%
Black Enrollment (% of total) 3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander (% of total) 0%
Hispanic Enrollment (% of total) 2%
White Enrollment (% of total) 85%
Two or More Races Enrollment (% of total) 2%
Gender

Male (% of total) 49%
Female (% of total) 51%
Economically Disadvantaged Students

These are the percentages of the school’s students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, based on data reported to the government.

Free Lunch Program (% of total) 4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program (% of total) 1%
Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total) 4%

Reading Proficiency Distribution

Reading proficiency is determined by student results on the school’s Ohio Graduations Tests.

Total Students Tested 178
Limited 1%
Basic 1%
Proficient 12%
Accelerated 29%
Advanced 56%
Math Proficiency Distribution

Math proficiency is determined by student results on the school’s Ohio Graduations Tests.

Total Students Tested 178
Limited 1%
Basic 3%
Proficient 7%
Accelerated 22%
Advanced 67%
Overall Student Performance

This measures overall student performance on state exams. The calculations by U.S. News were the first of two steps in determining which schools received at least a bronze medal.

State Test Performance Index 172.8
Risk-Adjusted Performance Index 29.3
Disadvantaged Student Performance

This measures the proficiency on state exams among typically underperforming subgroups. The calculations by U.S. News were the second of two steps in determining which schools received at least a bronze medal.

Percentage of Disadvantaged Students Who Are Proficient 77.8
Percentage of Non-Disadvantaged Students Who Are Proficient 98.4
Gap Between Disadvantaged and Non-Disadvantaged Students -20.6
Gap Between School and State Among Disadvantaged Students 2.0
College-Ready Student Performance

High school students take AP® and IB exams to earn college credit and demonstrate success at college-level course work. U.S. News calculated a College Readiness Index based on exam participation rates and percentages of students passing at least one exam. The Index determined which types of medals (gold, silver or bronze) were awarded to top-performing schools.

College Readiness Index 69.1
Exam Used for Index AP®
Advanced Placement® (AP®) Student Performance

Many U.S. higher educational institutions grant credits or advanced placement based on student performance on AP® exams. This shows this school’s student participation and performance on these exams if data were available. (N/A means no students participated.)

Participation Rate 72%
Participant Passing Rate 95%
Exams Per Test Taker 5.6
Exam Pass Rate 92%
Quality-Adjusted Participation Rate 68%
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker 5.5

Indian Hill High School is a public high school near Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Indian Hill Exempted Village School District. In 2007, Indian Hill High School was ranked 48th in the nation in U.S. News and World Report Top 100 High Schools, placing it ahead of Walnut Hills High School and Wyoming High School as the top public high school in the Tri-State area, though Wyoming High School overtook Indian Hill once again in the most recent state rankings.[3] In addition, it placed 116th on Newsweek Magazine’s 2009 Top 1500 High School Rankings[4] and was named a 2007 U.S. Blue Ribbon School.

Academics

Indian Hill High School offers a very vigorous college-prep curriculum, mainly in the honors and AP courses. The school offers a total of 21 AP courses. Students are required to take the AP exam if they take the AP course. In the spring of 2007, 266 students took 682 Advanced Placement exams. 83 percent of these students received a 3 or better on the exams. In the class of 2007, Indian Hill also boasted 73 AP Scholars and 20 National Merit Semi-Finalists/Commended Students, representing 36 percent and 10 percent of the class, respectively.[6] The school also offers a very prestigious, nationally recognized Latin program; the Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[7] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL),[8] and Indian Hill’s Latin chair recently served as president of the American Classical League (ACL).