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Cincinnati Area School and District Report Card for 2010-2011

Brett Stern — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:41:44 +0000

Every year, the Cincinnati Enquirer publishes the state’s report card for each of our local school districts to advise the public on the relative quality of each. They recently published the district report cards for the 2010-2011 school year. From these report cards, it’s easy to determine the higher performing schools in the Cincinnati area (as graded by the State), and it’s easy to see that there are a lot of great options.

The state academic rankings consider a number of factors including the how well the students perform on state tests,, attendance and even graduation rates from high school. Elementary and Middle Schools are evaluated on if their students learn one year’s worth of material at the end of the academic year. That measure is called the ‘Value Added Metric’.

For links, independent reviews, and more information on schools in the Cincinnati area, be sure to check out the school resources that we have compiled on this website. If you are thinking about moving to Cincinnati e-mail me today.

Cincinnati School and District Report card 2010-2011 PDF

Symmes Township – Humphrey Road Sidewalk Project

randalcmoss — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:59:16 +0000

A while back we wrote about the Humphrey Road Sidewalk project and are pleased to have an update to post here. Symmes Township has decided to move forward on the project and they began initial surveying Friday. We met with township Treasurer Phil Beck along Humphrey Road and talked with him about the direction of the project and the impact on the residents.

The direct impact on the local residents is undeniable. The sidewalk will provide easy and safe park access to upwards of 75 homes connecting families to each other in a pedestrian friendly way.

Cincinnati Home Prices 08/07 Vs. 07/06

Alison Moss — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:29:07 +0000

If you watch the news to often you hear the consistent drone that home prices are down! The real estate market is in the tank! Well that may be true in some areas but not all. The fact is that in select Cincinnati neighborhoods the average SOLD price is up 20% or more including parts of Amberley, Indian Hill, and Mariemont. The area around Symmes Township and Dry Run / Mt. Carmel have seen better than 9% increase in sold price.

On the other hand some zip codes drop in sold prices up to 25% in the same time period. There could be dozens of reasons for this including tax abatements, inflation, inventory, and normal cyclical changes in neighborhoods. Paramount is that when looking for a home or an investment property your agent has a sense of the overall market trends in that particular area. Nothing is ever a guarantee for valuation but this is the kind of information you should ask for and expect from a real estate professional.

The accuracy of information in this post is dependent on the MLS system for time periods. The analysis included 31 zip codes comparing the previous 6 months with the same six month period one year prior. The analysis is a useful tool for estimating value trends and is not guaranteed to be applicable to all properties in the areas aforementioned.