27 public K-12 schools in Hamilton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hamilton has more public-school enrollment than 86% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hamilton lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.
Hamilton's list includes 9 elementary, 3 middle, and 5 high-school campuses, plus 10 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.
The 25-point gap between Mercer High School and George E. Wilson Elementary School shows the range hidden by Hamilton's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Hamilton school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,437 students (highest), a spread of 1,436 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mercer High School | 67 |
| 2. | Mercer Elementary School | 67 |
| 3. | Joseph F. Cappello School | 65 |
| 4. | Morgan Elementary School | 63 |
| 5. | Alexander Elementary School | 62 |
| 6. | Yardville Elementary School | 61 |
| 7. | Sayen Elementary School | 59 |
| 8. | University Heights Elementary School | 58 |
| 9. | Sunnybrae Elementary School | 58 |
| 10. | Hamilton West-Watson | 57 |
| 11. | Emily C. Reynolds Middle School | 57 |
| 12. | Richard C Crockett Middle School | 57 |
| 13. | Hamilton North - Nottingham | 56 |
| 14. | Albert E Grice Middle School | 56 |
| 15. | Klockner Elementary School | 56 |
| 16. | Yardville Heights Elementary School | 56 |
| 17. | Langtree Elementary School | 55 |
| 18. | Greenwood Elementary School | 55 |
| 19. | Kisthardt Elementary School | 55 |
| 20. | Hamilton East - Steinert | 54 |
| 21. | Robinson Elementary School | 54 |
| 22. | Mcgalliard Elementary School | 54 |
| 23. | Mercerville Elementary School | 53 |
| 24. | Lalor Elementary School | 49 |
| 25. | George E. Wilson Elementary School | 42 |
| 26. | Kuser Elementary School | 42 |
| 27. | Regional Day School | - |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Mercer High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hamilton schools in this federal-data comparison at 67/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Hamilton has 27 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,794 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.9:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
