Sycamore High School

7400 Cornell Road

School District

Sycamore Community City
Grade

8-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:11
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on January 14, 2025

I have had three students attend the Sycamore k-12. It offers a vast variety of opportunities for students with varying interests and needs. The support services are outstanding. And yes, they strive to get the best out of your child.
Submitted by parent on November 02, 2024

As a parent of a student I find the school to be a pressure cooker. Easily half my kids friends have been hospitalized for mental health break downs. These kids are under way too much pressure. The ones that survive go to great colleges but it destroys too many young people to get there.
Submitted by parent on May 22, 2022

Alum and future parent who is proud to be part of this community.
Submitted by student on October 15, 2019

0/10 hunts out students with conflicted minds.
Submitted by parent on October 09, 2019

I am a parent and my son recently graduated after having moved to this district in the 9th grade. At the top end, the students are amazing. My son had a 4.2 average and finished about 45th in his class. 20 students at Sycamore in 2019 had perfect scores on the ACT and 33 had one below perfect. My son had a high ACT score and received an 80% merit scholarship at college with an average ACT of 28. Echoing what another reviewer has said, he has told me that the quality of the students in his AP classes (22 credit hours for college) was substantially higher than where he is currently going to school. His 4 years in HS went by very quickly with no problems. Very happy with Sycamore. Many good things and no problems.
Submitted by parent on July 06, 2019

My experience at the school was ok. At the most academically rigorous levels, Sycamore is superior to every other school in the area by a wide margin. No one has better students to start with and no one has better students coming out.
Submitted by other on May 28, 2018

To be honest, I don’t think I could have gone to a school that prepared me better for college academically. Many of my teachers were phenomenal, and I was able to learn in spite of those who weren’t. The biggest advantage at a school like sycamore is the student body. You are surrounded by students who have grown up going to museums, discussing academic and current issues at home, interacting with intelligent and educated parents, and who come to school with a deeper understanding and willingness to learn than you will encounter anywhere else. I was honestly shocked at how far ahead of everyone else I was as I went through college, and I have heard the same from many people I attended school with. On the other hand, there are some truly awful teachers, and unless you are intelligent enough to see through their inability and learn the subject anyway (which many were able to do because of the nature of the student body), you don’t stand a chance. The profound ignorance of about half the teaching staff is legendary. Also, the social structure of sycamore is very unfavorable to anyone who doesn’t fit in or find their proper place very early on. Students can be very cruel and manipulative, and there is no attempt to change their attitude or behavior. Still, if you keep your head down, ignore the terrible teachers, listen to the good ones, remind yourself that the social terrorism is only temporary, and work hard, you will obtain just about the best education you could ever ask for, and you will be more prepared for university coursework than almost any of your peers.
Submitted by parent on September 09, 2016

They say that they want to help your child succeed but when it comes time to show it they could care less, unless you are the family that has alot of money. I have been in contact with one of the counselors at the high school to try to get my son help. We came up with a game plan on how to get him back on track and with my sons willingness all we had to do was meet to discuss the conditions. When we went into the meeting it was all negative things about how he doesnt seem to care so they were not going to help. Even tho my son repeately told them he wanted to get back on track and get back in school. He has been is in outside counceling for a few months and has been doing great. But when they rejected him and were not willing to help, like they promise to do, the disappointment on his face was heart breaking. Hebhas been trying really hard and they just knocked him back down. I will never send any of ny children to Sycamore. Now we are stuck with no options but to home school because we live in their district.
Submitted by student on July 07, 2016

Former student, great education curriculum that helped me succeed in college. A wide range of extra curriculum and athletic options to fulfill college requirements and interest for each student. would recommend the district.
Submitted by other on June 25, 2015

I was a student at Sycamore from Kindergarten thru my senior year of high school. I loved my experience and felt that I received one of the best educations in the city, if not the state.
Submitted by parent on October 15, 2013

Several weeks ago I wrote a review indicating that Sycamore was an excellent school choice for European-American middleclass students and significantly less-so for others. Why isn't it shown in the reviews below????
Submitted by parent on October 13, 2013

As a parent of children who have attended other "top rated" school districts in the area, I have been highly satisfied with Sycamore schools. The curriculum is excellent with basic and advanced academic options at the junior high and high school levels. Sycamore schools is well known by college admissions counselors for the challenging curriculum, but what is less recognized are the excellent opportunities for students with special needs or on a more technical path. Funding and parental involvement continues to be solid in this very supportive community. A significant number of students engage in extracurricular activities, which are high quality and range from the usual sports teams to marching band and a wide variety of academic and community service options. While no district is perfect, Sycamore schools are an excellent choice and outperform most public and private schools in the area.
Submitted by other on March 07, 2011

I graduated from Sycamore High School back in 2005, and I thoroughly enjoyed all the neat opportunities SHS offers students. I participated in peer mentor and mediation programs as well as the soccer program. I received a soccer scholarship to Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and I'm currently finishing up my M.Ed. in School Counseling. The opportunities SHS provided me with helped me reach my academic goals, and at this point my counselor has been a resource for a decade and continues to offer aid in my internship and job search. Although Sycamore is said to have a "cliquey" student body, there are ample opportunities for every student to find his/her niche' and develop his/her interests. If I ever relocate to Cincinnati after my wedding I will surely look into putting my children into the Sycamore school system due to my pleasant experiences and all the support I received and continue to receive.