Forest Hills Local School District

Forest Hills Local School District
Type and location
Type	Public
Country	United States
Location	Cincinnati Metropolitan Area
District Info
Students and staff
Other information
Website	www.foresthills.edu Forest Hills logo

Forest Hills Local School District is a public school district serving the southeastern-most area of Hamilton County, Ohio outside the city of Cincinnati. The district specifically serves 7,344 students from Anderson Township and the village of Newtown.

The district has been rated excellent for the seven years the Ohio Department of Education has been using this rating system. It consists of nine schools:

School name	Principal	Year built	Grades	Enrollment
Anderson High School	Diana Carter	1961	9-12	2,807
Ayer Elementary School	Shirley Curtis	1973	K-6	628
Maddux Elementary School	Stephen Troehler	1966	K-6	617
Mercer Elementary School	Scott Gates	1973	K-6	728
Nagel Middle School	Natasha Adams	1999	7-8	1,170
Sherwood Elementary School	Dan Hamilton	1970	K-6	568
Summit Elementary School	Kathy Marx	1968	K-6	532
Turpin High School	Peggy Johnson	1976	9-12	1,150
Wilson Elementary School	Ann Roberts	1959	K-6	639
DISTRICT	-	-	K-12	8,839

The student progression from elementary to middle to high school in Forest Hills is noteworthy. There are six (6) neighborhood elementary schools, all of which feed Nagel Middle School. Nagel students then split between two (2) high schools. Anderson High School gets all students from Ayer, Maddux and Summit elementaries. Turpin gets all students from Wilson and Mercer elementaries. Sherwood Elementary students are split between Anderson and Turpin, depending on street address; students on a few designated "swing" streets may choose either high school [1]. Forest Hills also features open enrollment in which parents / students may choose which school within the distrist they wish to attend, if sufficient capacity exists at the desired school and parents / students provide their own transportation.

Both Ayer and Sherwood Elementary schools have non-traditional "open classrooms" with no foundation walls separating classes. The use of chalkboards, moveable walls, and other objects form barriers between learning areas.