EdChoice Designated Schools 2026-27: Cincinnati Public Schools, Middletown, Hamilton & More

Last verified: October 2026

Which Cincinnati-area public buildings are EdChoice-designated for 2026-27?

DEW's 2026-2027 list designates 70 open buildings across Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties, in seven districts: Cincinnati Public Schools (45 of 62 open buildings), Middletown City (8), Hamilton City (4), Mount Healthy (4), North College Hill (4), New Miami (3) and Lockland (2). No building in Warren or Clermont County made the list.

What does a designated building mean for our child?

Eligibility for the traditional scholarship: $6,166 in K-8 or $8,408 in high school for 2026-27, the same at every income level. Ohio looks at where your address would send your child, so a student already at a parish or independent school still counts.

How does Ohio pick EdChoice-designated buildings?

DEW uses performance-index rankings from recent years together with Title I poverty measures. A building qualifies through an academic-distress test, or by ranking in the bottom 20% while meeting the poverty threshold, and the state's spreadsheet shows which test each building met.

Traditional EdChoice: what it is and what it isn't
What it is	What it isn't
Tied to your child's assigned public building	Tied to the school your child goes to today
Paid in full whatever you earn	Trimmed for incomes over 450% of poverty
Lost on moving, unless the new building is designated too	Carried to any district you move to

Every designated building, district by district

Cincinnati Public Schools (Hamilton County): 45 of 62 open buildings

Building	Grades
Academy Of World Languages School	P,K-8
Academy for Multilingual Immersion Studies	P,K-8
Aiken New Tech High School	9-12
Bond Hill Academy	K-6,P
Carson School	K-6,P
Carthage	K-3
Chase School	K-6,P
College Hill Academy	K-5,P
Dr. O'dell Owens Center for Learning	K-12
Ethel M. Taylor Junior High School	7-8
Evanston Junior High School	7-8
Frederick Douglass School	K-5,P
Gilbert A. Dater High School	7-12
Hartwell Middle School	4-8
Hughes STEM High School	9-12
James N. Gamble Montessori Elementary School	K-6,P
James N. Gamble Montessori High School	7-12
John J. Gilligan Digital Academy	K-12
John P. Parker School	K-6,P
Leap Academy	P,K,1-7
Midway School	K-6,P
Mt. Airy School	K-5,P
Mt. Washington School	P,K-8
North Avondale Montessori School	K-6,P
Oyler School	K-12,P
Pleasant Hill Middle School	6-8
Rees E. Price Academy	K-6,P
Riverview East Academy	10-12
Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School	7-12
Roberts Academy	P,K-8
Rockdale Academy	K-5,P
Roll Hill School	K-6,P
Roselawn Condon School	P,K-8
Rothenberg Preparatory Academy	K-6,P
Shroder High School	9-12
Silverton Elementary	K-6,P
South Avondale Middle School	6-8
Virtual High School	9-12
Western Hills University High School	9-12
Westwood School	K-6
William H Taft Elementary School	K-6,P
Winton Hills Academy	K-5,P
Withrow University High School	9-12
Woodford Academy	K-6,P
Woodward Career Technical High School	9-12

Middletown City (Butler County): 8 of 9 open buildings

Building	Grades
Amanda Elementary School	K-6
Central Academy Elementary School	K-6
Creekview Elementary School	K-6
Mayfield Elementary School	K-6
Middletown High School	9-12
Middletown Middle School	7-8
Rosa Parks Elementary School	K-6
Wildwood Elementary School	K-6

Hamilton City (Butler County): 4 of 12 open buildings

Building	Grades
Fairwood Elementary School	K-6,P
Garfield Middle School	6-8
Miami School	K,1-12,SN
Riverview Elementary School	K-6,P

Mount Healthy City (Hamilton County): 4 of 5 open buildings

Building	Grades
Mt Healthy High School	9-12
Mt Healthy Junior High School	7-8
Mt. Healthy North Elementary School	1-6
Mt. Healthy South Elementary School	1-6

North College Hill City (Hamilton County): 4 of 4 open buildings

Building	Grades
North College Hill Elementary School	K-4,P
North College Hill High School	9-12
North College Hill Middle School	5-8
North College Hill Trojan Way Learning Center	K,1-12,SN

New Miami Local (Butler County): 3 of 3 open buildings

Building	Grades
New Miami High School	9-12
New Miami Elementary School	K-5,P
New Miami Middle School	6-8

Lockland Local (Hamilton County): 2 of 2 open buildings

Building	Grades
Lockland Elementary School	H,K,1-6
Lockland Junior Senior High School	7-12

Built from the Overview tab of DEW's 2026-2027 designated-school workbook: only open buildings flagged as designated, only Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties (downloaded October 28, 2026). Your district's school locator will confirm the building for your address.

EdChoice-designated public buildings around Cincinnati, 2026-27