About Us:

Serving 33,000 students in 55 schools spread across a 91-square-mile district in southwest Ohio, Cincinnati Public Schools is Greater Cincinnati's largest school district and Ohio's third largest.

Cincinnati Public Schools ranks among the top 2 percent of Ohio districts for students’ learning growth and offers families high-quality school choices and academic programs.

The district’s innovative approach to education, its investment in effective and caring teachers, and vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated school performance to the highest level in decades – ensuring that students in preschool to 12th grade thrive and graduate prepared for successful lives in the 21st century.

CPS’ graduation rate has increased dramatically over the past decade, from 51 percent in 2000 to 81.9 percent for the Class of 2010. Three CPS high schools - Walnut Hills High School, Withrow University High School and Clark Montessori High School - are ranked among the top 1,000 public high schools in the United States, according to national magazines. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education awarded Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School a National Blue Ribbon for excellence.