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Forest Hills Local

Cincinnati, Ohio · Superintendent: Suzanna Davis · #32 of 425 Ohio districts by enrollment

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6,827

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,222

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Ohio median

16.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Ohio median 16.8

Forest Hills Local is a public school district based in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving 6,827 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #32 of the 425 Ohio districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 93% of them. Its schools average 759 students each, more than the Ohio median of 491. Its superintendent is Suzanna Davis. It spends about $12,222 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.5 students per teacher.

How Forest Hills Local compares

Forest Hills LocalOhio median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,222

Ohio median $12,669 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,854

Ohio median $7,848 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school759

Ohio median 491 · 55% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.5

Ohio median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor402

Ohio median 385 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$91.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 28%Local 66%

Measure	Forest Hills Local	Ohio median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,222	$12,669	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,854	$7,848	FY2020-21
Total spending	$96.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$91.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	414	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,217	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.5	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	402	385	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Ohio median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Suzanna Davis

Superintendent, Forest Hills Local

Source: Ohio Educational Directory System, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in Ohio

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Mentor Exempted VillageMentor	6,896	13	$14,047	16.8	#30
Willoughby-Eastlake CityEastlake	6,861	13	$13,624	15.3	#31
Forest Hills LocalCincinnati · this district	6,827	9	$12,222	16.5	#32
Upper Arlington CityUpper Arlington	6,669	10	$16,798	18.4	#33
Washington LocalToledo	6,663	11	$12,854	19.1	#34

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Great Neck Union Free School DistrictGreat Neck, NY	6,837	$32,902	10.3
White Settlement ISDWhite Settlement, TX	6,831	$9,912	16.0
Lancaster ISDLancaster, TX	6,822	$9,752	14.8
Mount Vernon School DistrictMount Vernon, NY	6,815	$28,859	11.8

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-oh-forest-hills-local