Walnut Hills High School College Profile 2019-2020
Grades 9-12
3250 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207 — (513) 363-8400 — Fax (513) 363-8630 — CEEB 361130
John Chambers, Principal
Joseph Stewart, Grade 12 Assistant Principal
Daniel Coleman, Grade 11 Assistant Principal
Kathy Restle, Grade 10 Assistant Principal
Ashley Thomas-Morgan, Grade 7-9 (A-L) Assistant Principal Jessica Smitson, Grade 7-9 (M-Z) Assistant Principal
3250 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207 — (513) 363-8400 — Fax (513) 363-8630 — CEEB 361130
John Chambers, Principal
Joseph Stewart, Grade 12 Assistant Principal
Daniel Coleman, Grade 11 Assistant Principal
Kathy Restle, Grade 10 Assistant Principal
Ashley Thomas-Morgan, Grade 7-9 (A-L) Assistant Principal Jessica Smitson, Grade 7-9 (M-Z) Assistant Principal
Counseling Staff
| Patricia Morgan | Grade 11-12 (A-G) |
| Tanya Ficklin | Grade 11-12 (H-O) |
| Adrian Cabrera | Grade 11-12 (P-Z) |
| Renita Brooks | Grade 10 |
| Rashaan Williams | Grade 7-9 (A-L) |
| Morgan Taylor | Grade 7-9 (M-Z) |
The School
Walnut Hills High School is a selective enrollment high school in the Cincinnati Public School system. Since its inception in 1895, Walnut has provided a classical college preparatory education to academically accelerated students in grades 7 through 12. Students are admitted from all districts in the City of Cincinnati based on qualifying scores on the Terra Nova exam. With a strong emphasis on academic excellence in a culturally-diverse community, Walnut’s curriculum includes Advanced Placement courses in 35 subjects and college-level programming in engineering. Walnut has a distinguished and award-winning reputation which includes being the top school in the State of Ohio based on the Ohio Graduation Test, identified as a Cum Laude Society school, and recognized perennially as a top 100 public high school by U.S. News and World Report. Walnut Hills High School is accredited by AdvancED.
The Students
Total Enrollment 3,023*
X (Failing with excessive absence) = 50%, and I (Incomplete)= 50%
Enrollment by Class
Class of 2020 490, Class of 2021 533, Class of 2022 494, Class of 2023 495, Class of 2024 528, Class of 2025 483
*Beginning 2019-2020 enrollment
Class of 2020 490, Class of 2021 533, Class of 2022 494, Class of 2023 495, Class of 2024 528, Class of 2025 483
*Beginning 2019-2020 enrollment
Grading System
A = 100-90% B = 89-80% C = 79-70% D = 69-60 F = 59-0%X (Failing with excessive absence) = 50%, and I (Incomplete)= 50%
The Faculty
145 Teachers
Class of 2020
Walnut Hills High School reports the cumulative weighted GPA and is used to determine the ranking of our students. Weighted GPA is based on a 4.0 scale.
Class of 2019 Statistics and Awards
• 22 National Merit Finalists
• 24 National Merit Semi-Finalists
• 19 National Merit Commended Students
• 8 students from the class of 2019 earned a perfect 36 ACT
• 102 Cum Laude Society Initiates
• 93.2% of our graduates continue their education at four and two year universities and colleges.
• 5.5% work, travel, or join the Armed Forces
• Over 43 million dollars offered in scholarships
• 24 National Merit Semi-Finalists
• 19 National Merit Commended Students
• 8 students from the class of 2019 earned a perfect 36 ACT
• 102 Cum Laude Society Initiates
• 93.2% of our graduates continue their education at four and two year universities and colleges.
• 5.5% work, travel, or join the Armed Forces
• Over 43 million dollars offered in scholarships
In 2019, 35 AP courses are offered
2018-2019 AP Awards
- 139 Scholars
- 208 Scholars with Distinction
- 57 Scholars with Honors
- 54 National Scholars
2018-2019 AP Scores
Walunt Hills High School Course Selection Grid
Graduation Requirements
22 credits required in grades 9-12 for graduation, including:
*3 years of Latin for those who entered at grades 7 or 8, and either a fourth year of Latin or 2 years of a modern foreign language in grades 9-12.
| English | 4 years |
| Math | 4 years |
| Science | 3 years |
| Social Studies | 3 years (including one semester of Economics and one semester of Government) |
| Foreign Language* | 2 years |
| Fine Arts | 1 year |
| Senior High Health | 1 semester |
| Physical Education | 1 year |
| Electives | 4 years |
Walunt Hills High School Elective Course Selection Grid
Colleges & Universities
Walnut Hills High School students from Classes of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 attended the following colleges and universities:
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Adelphi University Alabama A&M University Alabama State University Alderson-Broaddus College American University Andrews University Arizona State University Art Academy of Cincinnati Auburn University Augustana College Austin Peay State University Baldwin Wallace University Ball State University Bard College Berlin Baylor University Bellarmine University Belmont Abbey College Belmont University Benedict College Bennett College Berea College Berkeley City College Berklee College of Music Birmingham-Southern College Bluffton University Boston College Boston University Bowling Green State University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Butler University California Institute of Technology Calvin University Capital University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Central State University Centre College Champlain College Cincinnati Christian University Cincinnati State Tech and Comm Coll City College of San Francisco Clark Atlanta University Clemson University Cleveland State University College for Creative Studies College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Columbia College Chicago Columbia University Columbus College of Art and Design Columbus State Community College Concordia University Chicago Cornell University Cornerstone University Dartmouth College Davidson College Defiance College Denison University DePaul University DePauw University Duquesne University Earlham College East Tennessee State University Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Michigan University Eckerd College Elon University Emerson College Emory University Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Technology Ferris State University Fisk University Florida A&M University Florida Southern College Fordham University Furman University Galen College of Nursing Gardner-Webb University Georgia Gwinnett College Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University Grambling State University Grand Canyon University Hamilton College - NY Hampton University Hanover College Harvard College Heidelberg University High Point University Hocking College Hofstra University Howard University Hunter College of the CUNY Indiana University at Bloomington Jackson State University Jacksonville University John Cabot University John Carroll University Kalamazoo College Kent State University Kentucky State University |
Kenyon College King's College London La Salle University Lake Erie College Lees-McRae College Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Macalester College Marietta College Marquette University Maryland Institute College of Art Massachusetts Institute of Technology Miami University, Oxford Miami University, Regionals Michigan State University Middle Tennessee State University Middlebury College Midway University Millsaps College Milwaukee School of Engineering Minerva Schools at KGI Morehead State University Morehouse College Mount St. Joseph University Mount Vernon Nazarene University Muskingum University New York University North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina State University Northeastern University Northern Kentucky University Northwest State Community College Northwestern University Nova Southeastern University NYU Shanghai Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Oberlin Conservatory of Music Ohio Dominican University Ohio Media School (Cincinnati) Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan University Otterbein University Paul Mitchell the School-Cincinnati Pennsylvania State University Prairie View A&M University Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University Queen's University Quincy University Rhodes College Rice University Rochester Institute of Technology Rockhurst University Roosevelt University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Sacramento City College Saint Louis University Saint Michael's College Salem College Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah State University School of the Art Institute of Chicago Seattle Central College Seton Hall University Shawnee State University Sinclair Community College Soka University of America Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Southern University and A&M College Spelman College Spring Hill College Stanford University Stetson University Syracuse University Taylor University Temple University Tennessee State University The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences The College of Wooster The George Washington University The Juilliard School The New School - All Divisions The Ohio State University The Ohio State University at Lima The Ohio State University at Mansfield |
The Ohio State University at Newark The Ohio State University, Agricultural Technical Institute The University of Akron The University of Alabama The University of Alabama in Huntsville The University of Edinburgh The University of Memphis The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of Northwestern Ohio The University of Oklahoma Thomas Jefferson University Thomas More University Tiffin University Transylvania University Tulane University Tuskegee University U.S. Navy Union College - Barbourville United States Army United States Naval Academy University of British Columbia University of California, Berkeley University of Central Oklahoma University of Chicago University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati - Clermont College University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College University of Colorado at Boulder University of Dayton University of Delaware University of Evansville University of Florida University of Hawaii at Hilo University of Houston University of Iceland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kentucky University of Louisville University of Maryland, College Park University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Michigan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Missouri Columbia University of Mount Union University of North Carolina at Asheville University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Carolina School of the Arts University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of Phoenix University of Pikeville University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina, Lancaster University of Southern California University of Southern Mississippi University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Toledo University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington University of Waterloo University of Westminster, Harrow University of Wisconsin, Madison Urbana University-A Branch Campus of Franklin University Vanderbilt University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tech Walsh University Warren Wilson College Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College West Virginia State University West Virginia University Western Carolina University Western Michigan University Western Washington University Wheeling University Wichita State University Willamette University Wilmington College Wittenberg University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Wright State University Xavier University Xavier University of Louisiana Yale University Yeshiva University Youngstown State University |
