Madeira High School vs Turpin High School

Madeira High School and Turpin High School sit just 6.6 miles apart in Cincinnati, Ohio, and their overall ratings are nearly identical — Madeira at 9.2/10 and Turpin at 9.1/10. The statewide context sharpens the comparison: Madeira ranks #24 of 3,440 Ohio schools while Turpin ranks #44 of 3,440, placing both schools in the top 2% of the state. That 20-rank gap is real but narrow given the field, and either school represents a genuinely strong public high school option in the Cincinnati metro.

Academically, Madeira High School leads with a 9.8/10 academic score against Turpin High School's 9.5/10 — a 0.3-point delta that reflects measurable differences in proficiency outcomes. The growth story runs the other direction: Turpin outscores Madeira on student growth, 9.3/10 versus 8.5/10, an 0.8-point gap indicating that Turpin students are advancing at a faster rate relative to their starting points. Families weighing raw achievement against demonstrated academic acceleration will find a genuine trade-off here rather than a clear winner.

The schools differ meaningfully in size and composition. Madeira High School enrolls 442 students compared to Turpin High School's 1,002 — less than half the population — and carries a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1 versus Turpin's 15.4:1. That smaller class load at Madeira translates to roughly one additional student per teacher at Turpin. On socioeconomic mix, Turpin serves a modestly broader income range with 13% of students on free or reduced-price lunch compared to Madeira's 8%. Both figures indicate relatively affluent student bodies, but Turpin's five-point spread suggests slightly greater economic diversity.

Both schools serve grades 9 through 12 with no structural differences in the grade range offered. The primary distinctions come down to scale: Madeira's smaller enrollment and tighter student-teacher ratio favor individualized attention, while Turpin's higher growth score and larger campus likely support a broader range of extracurricular offerings, elective depth, and peer variety that come with a school more than twice the size.