How does the school district rate?

Ohio's 2024-2025 School Report Cards give every district one to five stars overall, built from six components: achievement (the performance index on state tests), progress (value-added growth), gap closing, early literacy, graduation and college-career-workforce-military readiness. The map shows the overall stars of the district holding the largest share of each ZIP's residents (in 46 ZIPs that district holds under half of them, and the card names the others), and the Schools card adds each named school building's own stars; the card lists the components, the performance index, four- and five-year graduation rates, spending per pupil against the state figure and the teaching staff's pay, experience and credentials. Three stars means the district meets state standards, five that it significantly exceeds them and one that it needs significant support. Star ratings track family income closely, so a low rating says more about who a district serves than how well it teaches. NCES's private school survey adds the private schools inside the ZIP and their enrollment. The district card also carries the Census Bureau's school finance survey for fiscal 2023: revenue and where it came from, spending per pupil and the share going to instruction. The Census Bureau's 2024 small-area estimate of school-age children in poverty follows. Enrollment at the public schools inside the ZIP, the charter schools among them, students per teacher and the share qualifying for free or reduced-price meals come from the federal Common Core of Data; online schools are listed separately because their address is an office.

1,225 of 1,233 ZIPs have data; median 3.5 stars.

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Map of Ohio by School ratings

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Ohio School Report Cards 2024-2025 (Department of Education and Workforce): district overall and component star ratings, performance index, graduation rates, spending per pupil and teacher measures, for the district holding the largest share of each ZIP's residents

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