Greater Cincinnati has quite a few good public school systems but Lakota is one of the best.
The rapidly growing system currently claims two high-schools (grades 10-12), a freshman building (all 9th graders), four junior highs (7 and 8), ten elementary schools (1-6), and four early childhood centers (pre-school and kindergarten). The district has grown largely since I was there but I have heard only good things about recent developments.
I attended Freedom Elementary and Lakota Ridge Junior High for K-8. Freedom has consistently been ranked a "Blue Ribbon" school and I had some amazing teachers there that I am still actually in touch with. Lakota Ridge was great, too.
I did not attend a Lakota high school because my parents felt that the schools were too large (over 3,000 students) but I have good friends that went K-12 in the district and are currently very successful college students. The current statistic in Lakota is that 90% of grads attend college, pretty impressive for such a large district.
I got a great base education at Lakota and would highly recommend the district to any parent moving to Cincinnati. read more