Best Cincinnati suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·39 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Fort Thomas$335k median · 21.0 min commute
Schools ACost of living C+Residents inactive
90
Schools score
overall 73 B
2
This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 8800
Florence$211k median · 23.3 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living B+Residents inactive
86
Schools score
overall 68 B−
3
Forestville$317k median · 23.6 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living DResidents inactive
84
Schools score
overall 66 C+
4
Oakbrook$261k median · 27.3 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living BResidents inactive
83
Schools score
overall 71 B−
5
Summit Park in Blue Ash, Ohio in 2023
Blue Ash$403k median · 20.2 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living C−Residents inactive
82
Schools score
overall 73 B
6
Francisville$398k median · 25.0 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living C+Residents inactive
82
Schools score
overall 68 B−
7
Image of the downtown gateway in Montgomery,Ohio
Montgomery$545k median · 21.4 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living D−Residents inactive
81
Schools score
overall 73 B
8
Old Campbell County Courthouse in historic downtown Alexandria, Kentucky in 2022
Alexandria$285k median · 27.4 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
81
Schools score
overall 65 C+
9
Burlington, KY
Burlington$254k median · 22.6 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living BResidents inactive
80
Schools score
overall 67 C+
10
Kenton County Courthouse in Independence, Kentucky.
Independence$264k median · 27.2 min commute
Schools BCost of living BResidents inactive
77
Schools score
overall 64 C+
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Fort Thomas (Warren LeMay · CC BY-SA 2.0); Florence (RhymesWithAlbatross · CC BY-SA 3.0); Blue Ash (Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Montgomery (Matthew.vanderhorst · CC BY-SA 3.0); Alexandria (Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Burlington (Wikimedia Commons · Public domain); Independence (W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0).