{{Short description|Public school in Cincinnati, Ohio, US}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Withrow High School | native_name = | latin_name = | image = Withrow tower nice 500 pix.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Withrow High School entrance in 2007 | address = 2520 Madison Road | city = Cincinnati | state = Ohio | county = (Hamilton County) | zipcode = 45208 | country = USA | coordinates = {{coord|39|8|27|N|84|27|9|W|type:edu_region:US-OH|display=inline,title}} | district = Cincinnati Public Schools | authority = | religious_affiliation = | oversight = | affiliation = | superintendent = Shauna Murphy | trustee = | founder = | president = | head_of_school = | head_teacher = | headmaster = | head_label = | head = | chairperson = | principal = Stephen Lickert | viceprincipal = | asst principal = | dean = | administrator = | rector = | chaplain = | director = | custodian = | staff = | USNWR_ranking = | faculty = | teaching_staff = 84.84 (FTE)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3904375&SchoolPageNum=4&ID=390437504284|title=Withrow University High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 22, 2024}}</ref> | enrollment = | MOE = | ceeb = | school_code = | local_authority = | ofsted = | test_average = | test_name = | national_ranking = | avg_class_size = | ratio = 15.65<ref name=NCES/> | type = Public, Coeducational high school | system = | fees = | tuition = | endowment = | grades = 7-12 | campus = Urban | campus_size = | campus_type = | athletics = | athletic_conference = Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference<ref name="Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory"/> | slogan = | song = | fight_song = | motto = | motto_translation = | accreditation = North Central Association of Colleges and Schools<ref name="NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement">{{cite web |url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ |title=NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement |accessdate=2010-03-16 |author=NCA-CASI |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315213852/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ |archivedate=March 15, 2010 }}</ref> | rival = | mascot = Tiger | mascot image = | sports = | patron = | team_name = Tigers<ref name="Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory">{{cite web|url=http://www.cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=1720|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory|accessdate=2010-03-16|author=OHSAA}}</ref> | nickname = | colors = Black and Orange<ref name="Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory"/> {{color box|black}}{{color box|orange}} | yearbook = | publication = | opened = | established = 1919 | status = Open | closed = | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | enrollment_as_of = 2023-2024 | other_grade_label = | other = | communities = | feeder_schools = | free_label = | free_text = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | free_label4 = | free_text4 = | free_label5 = | free_text5 = | footnotes = | website = [https://withrow.cps-k12.org/] {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Withrow High School | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | built = {{Start date|1919}} | architect = Garber & Woodward | architecture = Colonial Revival | added = January 19, 1983 | area = {{convert|14|acre}} | refnum = 83001987<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} }} '''Withrow High School''' (originally '''East Side High School''') is a public high school located on the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Cincinnati Public Schools.
==History== The school opened in 1919 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregadvancedsearch.do?natregadvancedsearch=Search&selectedCollections=NPS |title=Digital Library |publisher=National Register of Historic Places |accessdate=2012-09-04}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Frederick W. Garber's firm was involved in the school's design, known for its arching entry bridge, {{convert|114|ft|m|adj=on}} clock tower,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kgnS65gAbJoC&dq=cincinnati+workhouse&pg=PA53 | title=Cincinnati Landmarks | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | date=Oct 29, 2012 | accessdate=2013-05-19 | author=Rolfes, Steven | page=53| isbn=9780738593951 }}</ref> plantings and trees, {{convert|27|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus, and large sports complex.
==Notable alumni== * Curtis Anderson, former NFL and USFL player.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AndeCu20.htm | title=Curtis Anderson | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref> * Ethan Allen, former MLB player.<ref name="Long2003">{{cite book|last=Long|first=Robert|title=New York World Champions 1933|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zv2yRS739f4C&pg=PT180|accessdate=12 January 2016|year=2003|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=978-1-55395-539-9|page=180}}</ref> * Teddy Bailey, former NFL player.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BailTe20.htm | title=Teddy Bailey | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref> * Carole Black, former president and CEO of Lifetime Entertainment Services.<ref name="Cincinnati Enquirer">{{cite news|last=Kiesewetter|first=John|title=Cincinnati native relies on Lifetime of marketing skills|url=http://enquirer.com/columns/kiese/1999/08/08/jki_cincinnati_native.html|accessdate=27 December 2012|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=August 8, 1999|location=PASADENA, Calif.}}</ref> * Tyrone Brown, former NFL player.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrowTy00.htm | title=Tyrone Brown | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref> * Rosemary Clooney, former actress and singer.<ref name="CrosslandMacfarlane2013">{{cite book|last1=Crossland|first1=Ken|last2=Macfarlane|first2=Malcolm|title=Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLloAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA249|accessdate=12 January 2016|date=13 June 2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-981147-2|page=249}}</ref> * Shamika Cotton, actress<ref name="ce2">{{cite news |last1=Kiesewetter |first1=John |title=Soap star wannabe sees show as springboard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-shamika-cotton/174971979/ |access-date=June 21, 2025 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=May 21, 2006 |page=D 3|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> * Jimmie Dodd, former Disney Mousketeer and musician.<ref name="Communications1983">{{cite magazine|last=McKay|first=Robert|title=The Two Faces of Cincinnati|magazine=Cincinnati Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vx0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92|accessdate=12 January 2016|date=January 1983|page=92|issn=0746-8210}}</ref> * Yancy Gates (born 1989), basketball player for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/yancy_gates_377342.html |title=GoBEARCATS.COM Yancy Gates Bio - University Of Cincinnati Official Athletic Site University Of Cincinnati |website=gobearcats.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213043123/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/yancy_gates_377342.html |archive-date=2014-12-13}}</ref> * Joey Jackson, former NFL player.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JackJo21.htm | title=Joey Jackson | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref> * Al Lakeman, former MLB player.<ref name="HeffronHeffron2014">{{cite book|last1=Heffron|first1=Joe|last2=Heffron|first2=Jack|title=The Local Boys: Hometown Players for the Cincinnati Reds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w6EJBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA112|accessdate=12 January 2016|date=17 March 2014|publisher=Clerisy Press|isbn=978-1-57860-554-5|page=112}}</ref> * Ruth Lyons pioneer radio and television broadcaster <ref name=post>{{cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/living/1999/lyons051399.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214025906/http://www.cincypost.com/living/1999/lyons051399.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2007|title=Ruth Lyons: 'Mother' captured hearts and ratings|author=Horstman, Bary M.|date=May 13, 1999|work=The Cincinnati Post|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref> * Neil McElroy, former United States Secretary of Defense.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19570808&id=AxcpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cdcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=788,2769455&hl=en |work=The Southeast Missourian |title=Neil McElroy Must Pass Up $285,000 to Be Defense Chief |page=14 |date=1957-08-08 |accessdate=2016-01-12}}</ref> * Ron Oester, former MLB player.<ref name="Noble">{{cite web|first=Greg |last=Noble |url=http://www.wcpo.com/sports/baseball/reds/ron-oester-reds-hall-of-famer-humbled-by-new-high-school-field-in-his-name |title=Ron Oester, Reds Hall of Famer, humbled by new high school field in his name |publisher=WCPO |date=2015-07-10 |accessdate=2016-01-12}}</ref> * Louis Orr, former NBA player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/05/13/spt_jackson_orr_together.html |first=John |last=Erardi |title=Jackson, Orr together again |work=The Enquirer |date=2001-05-13 |accessdate=2016-01-12}}</ref> * Conrad Rucker, former NFL player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RuckCo20.htm |title=Conrad Rucker Stats |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> * John Ruthven, wildlife artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/11/14/years-woods-john-ruthvens-wonderful-life/19068813/ |first=John |last=Faherty |title=90 years in the woods. John Ruthven's wonderful life |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=2014-11-15 |accessdate=2016-01-12}}</ref> * Tony Scott, former MLB player.<ref name="Noble"/> * Robert Surtees, cinematographer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-07-fi-11874-story.html |title=Cinematographer Robert Surtees Dies |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Ted |last=Thackrey Jr. |date=1985-01-07 |access-date=2016-01-12}}</ref> * LaSalle Thompson, former NBA player.<ref name="Communications1992">{{cite magazine|last=Daugherty|first=Paul|title=The Recruiter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA127|accessdate=12 January 2016|date=October 1992|magazine=Cincinnati Magazine|page=127|issn=0746-8210}}</ref> * Dwight Tillery, mayor of Cincinnati<ref>{{cite news|title=Cincinnati's new mayor|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=November 6, 1991|at=p. B-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/125060020/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * Devin Williams, professional basketball player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Allan |title=New recruit idolized Devin Williams during high school days in Cincinnati |url=https://wvmetronews.com/2015/05/22/new-recruit-idolized-devin-williams-during-high-school-days-in-cincinnati/ |website=WV MetroNews |date=22 May 2015}}</ref> * Perry Williams, former NFL player.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WillPe01.htm | title=Perry Williams | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com | accessdate=January 12, 2019}}</ref> * Le'Donn Mathis, first CPS athlete drafted into professional rugby.<ref>https://www.cps-k12.org/all-news/default-news-page/~board/district-homepage-news/post/from-withrow-to-the-big-leagues-rugby-star-drafted-in-major-league-rugby</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==Further reading== {{commons category|Withrow University High School}} * [https://books.google.com/books?id=YE9TAAAAMAAJ&q=Garber&pg=PA77 The East Side High School]; Cincinnati Ohio, Garber & Woodward Architects, Architectural record, Volume 51 By American Institute of Architects pages 329-337
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