DISTRICT: The Mariemont City School District serves over 1,700 students in a suburb east of Cincinnati. The students reside in one of four small communities (Columbia Township, Fairfax, Mariemont, or Terrace Park). Although there is a cross section of all socioeconomic levels, most families are above average in both household incomes and in educational level attained.
Mariemont High School has been named a Blue Ribbon School four times. 82% of our students participate in our 32 clubs/activities. MHS complies with the NACAC “Statement of Principles of Good Practice.”
COUNSELORS: College Counselor: Amanda Leszczuk( aleszczuk@mariemolltschools.org); 11th & 12th grades: Wendy Long- (wlong@maricmontschools.org); 9th & loth grades: Pam Tackett (ptacketlliilmariclllontschools.org);
STAFF: 91% of teachers have Master’s degrees with an average of 20 years of experience. Pupil/teacher ratio is 13: 1
AFFILIATIONS: College Board, NACAC, OACAC, North Central. Dual enrollment partnership with Univ. of Cincinnati & Xavier Univ.
ENROLLMENT GRADES 9-12: 522 (eighteen 11th and 12th graders attend classes at a Great Oaks Career Campus).
SCHEDULE: 7:45 a.m. – 2:52 p.m. with seven 52-minute class periods. The academic year is two traditional semesters.
GPA/CLASS RANK: All courses are used in computing GPA and all students are li sted in class rank. Students have the choice of including class rank on transcripts. Honors and AP courses are weighted one additional point (i.e. A=5, B =4, etc.)
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Listed on the transcript as a course in progress, the 40 hour requirement becomes “P” once completed.
GRADING SCALE-2011-20l3
92-100 = A
83-91 = B
74-82 = C
65-73 = D
GRADING SCALE-20l4-present
90-100 = A
80-89 = 8
70-79 = C
60-69 = D
Number of HONORS/AP COURSES OFFERED
English 2/2 Math 4/3 Science 3/3 Compo Sci. 2/1 Soc. Studies 1/4 Studio Art /1 Latin /1
*weighted grades marked “H” on transcript
No limit to the number of AP courses a student may take
HIGHEST LEVEL COURSES OFFERED:
AP English Literature
AP Physics C/AP Biology
AP Calculus BC/AP Statistics
AP Latin Vergil
AP US Government & Politics
4th yr. German; 5th yr. Spanish
AP Computer Science A
AP Studio Art
GPA DISTRIBUTION Class of2013 Class of2014 Class of2015
Top 10% 4.318-4.615 4.533-4.674 4.364-4.653
10%- 20% range 4.000-4.289 4.229-4.532 4.186-4.333
21%- 30% range 3.778-3.952 3.864-4.228 3.930-4.049
31%- 50% range 3.341-3.773 3.467-3.863 3.523-3.907
GRADUATE PLANS: 2012 2013 2014
Class size 102 114 93
Four-year college 72% 82% 94%
In-state 48% 63% 60%
Out of state 52% 37% 40%
Two-year colleges 17% 8% 3%
Other 11% 10% 3%
HONORARIES Class of 2014
Cum Laude Society Members 19
National Honor Society Members 45
National Merit Commended 8
National Merit Finalists 4
National Merit Semi-Finalists 4
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS – % scoring 3 or better
Test 2012 2013 2014
Biology 75 100 100
Calculus AS 100 100 94
Calculus BC 100 100 100
Chemistry N/A 100 100
Computer Science A 83 75 100
English Language 94 94 96
English Literature 90 98 93
European History 93 88 93
Govt. & Politics – U.S. 89 92 97
Latin – Vergi l N/A 50 50
Physics C Elec.&Mag. 88 86 100
Physics C Mechanics 100 100 100
Psychology N/A N/A 77
Statistics 100 97 87
Studio Art 86 75 44
U.S. History 97 93 94
World History N/A N/A 100
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEST SUMMARY
93% scored 3 or higher
32% of all exams scored a 4
27% of all exams scored a 5
AP SCHOLARS – 70
PSAT/NMSQT MEAN SCORES
Class of’ 14 Class of’ 15
% of 11th gr. tested 83% 82%
Critical Reading mean 56.2 54.6
Math mean 56.1 54.7
Writing skills mean 55.0 51.8
ACT SUMMARY Class of’ 13 Class of’14
% tested 83% 90%
Mean Composite score – MHS 25.8 26.4
Mean score Composite – Ohio 21.8 22.0
Mean Composite score – National 20.9 21.0
Middle 50% Composite – MHS 22-29 23-31
SAT SUMMARY Class of’13 Class of’ 14
% tested 85% 72%
Mean score Crit. Reading – MHS 575 600
Mean score Crit. Reading – Ohio 548 555
Mean score Crit. Reading- National 496 497
Middle 50% Crit. Reading – MHS 500-630 530-650
Mean score math – MHS 568 590
Mean score math – Ohio 556 562
Mean score math – National 514 513
Middle 50% math – MHS 490-640 510-670
Mean score writing – MHS 553 577
Mean score writing – Ohio – 535
Mean score writing – National – 487