Madeira High School vs Indian Hill High School

Madeira High School and Indian Hill High School sit 1.4 miles apart in Cincinnati, Ohio, yet occupy meaningfully different positions in the state rankings. Indian Hill High School holds an overall rating of 9.5 out of 10 and ranks #8 of 3,440 Ohio schools, while Madeira High School earns a 9.2 out of 10 and ranks #24 of 3,440 — placing both schools in the top 1% statewide, but Indian Hill a clear tier higher in composite performance.

On academics, the schools flip: Madeira High School scores 9.8 out of 10 compared to Indian Hill High School's 9.5 out of 10 — a 0.3-point edge for Madeira that signals slightly stronger raw proficiency results. Growth tells the opposite story. Indian Hill High School earns a 9.1 growth score versus Madeira High School's 8.5, a 0.6-point gap indicating that Indian Hill students, on average, advance further relative to their starting points during the school year. For families weighing absolute achievement against learning acceleration, the two schools point in different directions.

Indian Hill High School enrolls 659 students to Madeira High School's 442, a 49% larger student body. Both schools serve grades 9 through 12. Despite the enrollment difference, student-teacher ratios are nearly identical — 13.7:1 at Indian Hill High School versus 13.8:1 at Madeira High School — meaning neither school has a meaningful class-size advantage. Both ratios are well below Ohio averages, so personalized instruction is a feature of each campus regardless of which a family chooses.

Both campuses are high schools only, covering grades 09–12 with no middle or K–8 component. The 0.3-point overall gap between the two schools — 9.5 for Indian Hill versus 9.2 for Madeira — narrows considerably once the academic sub-score is examined in isolation; Madeira's proficiency edge is real and notable for families prioritizing tested outcomes. The key structural differentiator is Indian Hill's superior growth score, which drives its higher composite and its position 16 spots above Madeira in the statewide rankings.