Walnut Hills High School College Profile 2020-2021
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-F) |
| Tanya Ficklin | Grade 11-12 (G-L) |
| Morgan Taylor | Grade 11-12 (M-R) |
| Adrian Cabrera | Grade 11-12 (S-Z) |
| Renita Brooks | Grade 10 |
| William Harris | Grade 7-9 (A-G) |
| Daryan Martin | Grade 7-9 (H-O) |
| Becky Junewick | Grade 7-9 (P-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 Iowa Test. 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 Cognia (formerly AdvancED).
The Students
Current 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%
| Class of 2021 | 512 | Class of 2024 | 562 | ||
| Class of 2022 | 473 | Class of 2025 | 472 | ||
| Class of 2023 | 482 | Class of 2026 | 387 |
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%
Current Faculty
145 Teachers
Class of 2021
Walnut Hills High School reports the cumulative weighted and unweighted GPA of our students. Weighted GPA includes core academic subjects only. Grades from Honors (H) and Advanced Accelerated (AA) have a weight of 1.25 and Advanced Placement (AP) has a weight of 1.5. Weighted GPA is based on a 4.0 scale.
Racial Composition 2020-2021
Class of 2020 Statistics and Awards
• 26 National Merit Finalists
• 28 National Merit Semi-Finalists
• 22 National Merit Commended Students
• 9 students from the class of 2020 earned a perfect 36 ACT
• 100 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
• 28 National Merit Semi-Finalists
• 22 National Merit Commended Students
• 9 students from the class of 2020 earned a perfect 36 ACT
• 100 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 2020, 35 AP courses are offered
2019-2020 AP Awards
- 188 Scholars
- 235 Scholars with Distinction
- 73 Scholars with Honors
- 63 National Scholars
2019-2020 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 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 attended the following colleges and universities:
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Alabama A&M University Alabama State University Alderson Broaddus University American University Andrews University Arizona State University-Tempe Art Academy of Cincinnati Auburn University Augustana College Austin Peay State University Baldwin Wallace University Bard College Berlin Baylor University Bellarmine University Belmont Abbey College Belmont University Benedict College Bennett College Berea College Berklee College of Music Birmingham Southern College Bluffton University Boston College Bowdoin College Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Brandeis University Brigham Young University-Provo Brown University Bryant & Stratton College (Buffalo) Bryn Mawr College Butler University California Institute of Technology Capital University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Central State University Central Texas College Centre College Cincinnati Christian University Cincinnati State Technical and Community College City College of New York CUNY City College of San Francisco Clark Atlanta University Clark 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 -Fort Collins Columbia College Chicago Columbia University in the City of New York Columbus College of Art and Design Columbus State Community College Concordia University -Chicago Cornell University Cornerstone University CUNY Hunter College Davidson College Defiance College Denison University DePaul University DePauw University Drexel University Duke Kunshan University Duke University Earlham College East Tennessee State University Eastern Gateway Community College Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Michigan University Eckerd College Emerson College Emory University Ferris State University FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising -Los Angeles Fisk University Five Towns College Florida A&M University Fordham University Galen College of Nursing Gardner-Webb University George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia State University Grambling State University Grand Canyon University -Traditional Campus Grove City College Hampton University Hanover College Harvard College Heidelberg University High Point University Hocking College Hofstra University Howard University Illinois State University Indiana University -Bloomington Jackson State University Jacksonville University John Cabot University John Carroll University Kent State University at Kent Kentucky State University |
Kenyon College King's College London Lake Erie College Lake Forest College Lawrence University Lees-McRae College Lincoln Trail College Lipscomb University Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Macalester College Marietta College Marquette University Maryland Institute College of Art Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University Miami University -Hamilton Miami University-Oxford Michigan State University Middle Tennessee State University Midway University Millsaps College Milwaukee School of Engineering Minerva Schools at KGI Mississippi State University Morehead State University Morehouse College Mount Saint Joseph University Mount Vernon Nazarene University Muskingum University New York University Norfolk State University North Carolina A & T State University North Carolina Central University North Carolina State University at Raleigh Northeastern University Northern Kentucky University Northwest State Community College Northwestern University Nova Southeastern University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio Dominican University Ohio Media School (Cincinnati) Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio Wesleyan University Otterbein University Owens Community College Paul Mitchell the School -Cincinnati Pennsylvania State University Pensacola State College Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University -Main Campus Queen's University Quincy University Radford University Rhodes College 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 Seton Hall University Shaw University Shawnee State University Simmons University Sinclair Community College Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Soka University of America Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Southern University and A & M College Spelman College Spring Arbor University Stanford University Stetson University Syracuse University Taylor University Temple University Tennessee State University Texas A&M University The Evergreen State College The Juilliard School The Ohio State University The Ohio State University at Mansfield The Ohio State University at Newark The University of Akron Main Campus The University of Alabama The University of Edinburgh The University of Memphis The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of Northwestern Ohio The University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
Thomas Jefferson University Thomas More University Tiffin University Transylvania University Tufts University Tulane University of Louisiana Tuskegee University U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy Union College -Barbourville United States Army United States Naval Academy University at Buffalo The State University of New York University of Alabama in Huntsville University of British Columbia University of California -Berkeley University of Central Oklahoma University of Chicago University of Cincinnati -Clermont College University of Cincinnati -OMI College of Applied Sciences University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati -Blue Ash College University of Cincinnati -Main Campus University of Colorado Boulder University of Dayton University of Delaware University of Evansville University of Exeter University of Florida University of Houston University of Iceland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Indianapolis University of Kentucky University of Louisville University of Maine University of Maryland Global Campus University of Maryland -College Park University of Massachusetts Boston University of Miami University of Michigan -Ann Arbor University of Michigan -Dearborn University of Minnesota -Twin Cities University of Missouri -Columbia University of Mount Olive 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 Oklahoma -Norman Campus University of Pennsylvania University of Phoenix University of Pittsburgh -Pittsburgh Campus University of South Carolina-Columbia University of Southern California University of Southern Mississippi University of Toledo University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia -Main Campus University of Washington, Seattle University of Waterloo University of Westminster, Harrow University of Wisconsin -Madison University of Wisconsin -River Falls Vanderbilt 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 Willamette University Wilmington College Wittenberg University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Wright State University -Main Campus Xavier University Xavier University of Louisiana Yale University Youngstown State University |
