History & Tradition

The Mariemont City School District is located on the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio, and includes the villages of Fairfax, Mariemont and Terrace Park as well as the unincorporated areas of Plainville and Williams Meadows. The district can trace its founding to April 14, 1879.

Mariemont City Schools consists of four schools, serving grades K-12 (with independent preschool programs available): Mariemont High School, Mariemont Junior High School, Mariemont Elementary School and Terrace Park Elementary School. Total enrollment is approximately 1,550 students.

The district employs approximately 200 certified and classified staff. General administration consists of the superintendent, assistant superintendent and treasurer.

The district completed a long-term facilities plan in 2012, with extensive renovations at both elementary schools, construction of a new junior high school building in Fairfax, and renovation of part of the high school building. Mariemont Elementary, Terrace Park Elementary and Mariemont Junior High School celebrated the new buildings with dedication ceremonies on Sunday, September 9, 2012.

To follow up the 2012 facilities plan, the district began planning the Mariemont High School Facility Plan in 2016 with administration, staff, students, parents and community members, along with construction and architect experts. The project began in the spring of 2019 and concluded in the summer of 2021. It allowed the district to provide a 21st century education for its high school students with updated science labs, concentrated collaboration spaces, an improved layout for safety and security, large-group gathering areas and enhanced technology platforms, amenities it could not provide in the almost 50-year-old former building.

The Mariemont City School District continues to achieve excellence and is one of only four district in the state of Ohio to have all its schools named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

Mariemont High School has earned the distinction of being named a Blue Ribbon High School four times, in 1984, 1988, 2001 and 2005. Mariemont Elementary School earned its first National Blue Ribbon award in 2018 with the honor of Exemplary High Performing School. Terrace Park Elementary School has also been named a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2004. Mariemont Junior High School was the most recent award winner, earning a Blue Ribbon Award and Exemplary High Performing School status in 2021.

Mariemont City Schools is widely celebrated as one of the top school districts in the state of Ohio. The district received an overall 5-star rating (out of 5) on the 2022-2023 State Report Card, as scored by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. The overall rating is comprised of five rated components: achievement, progress, gap closing, graduation, and early literacy.

In the fall of 2024, Mariemont High School was named to the AP Honor Roll with a Platinum Distinction, which is the highest honor awarded to the schools on the AP Honor Roll. Schools earn this recognition annually based on criteria that reflect a commitment to increasing college-going culture, providing opportunities for students to earn college credit and maximizing college readiness.

 

Mariemont High School offers 22 Advanced Placement (AP) courses, developed to give students an introduction to college-level courses and earn college credit before even graduating high school. In 2023, 88% of MHS students who took an AP exam earned college credit by scoring a 3 or higher. Additionally, 10 MHS AP courses had an exam passage rate of 100%.

 

The Mariemont City School District has consistently scored much higher on the ACT than state and national averages. In 2023, Mariemont City Schools had a district average of 24.6 while the state average was 19.2 and the national average was 19.5.

 

Based on the 2023 Ohio state test results:

In addition to an exemplary academic program, Mariemont City Schools also provides one-of-kind experiential learning opportunities to all students through its award-winning Warriors BEyond program. With experiences both during and outside the school day, students are able to discover interests and strengths through many hands-on programs and travel offerings.

The Mariemont City School District provides extensive support to students and their families through its Warriors BEwell initiative – a myriad of mental health services and programs using research-based practices and well-trained school counselors and mental health therapists.

 

Additionally, in any given year, the district enjoys around 50 student visual and performing arts performances, with a student participation rate of approximately 80% in extracurricular sports and clubs at the high school.

 

Year after year, district athletes and coaches do an outstanding job representing the district in competition, bringing home Cincinnati Hills League (CHL) championships, earning district honors and competing for state titles. Since 2017, Mariemont High School has earned 12 Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) state championships.

Mariemont City Schools is in compliance with the ESSA requirement to have a plan for keeping schools safe and drug free that includes appropriate and effective discipline policies, security procedures, prevention activities, a student code of conduct, and a crisis management plan for responding to violent or traumatic incidents on school grounds.