See your school's grade on Ohio's 2025 report cards
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's school districts received their grades from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, which released state report cards on Monday.
This is the fourth year Ohio is releasing scores on a scale of one to five stars, rather than letter grades. A three-star rating meets state standards, a five significantly exceeds them and a one "needs significant support."
In 2021, the state passed legislature overhauling the report card system after skipping the grades for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the state removed overall ratings, but brought them back in 2023. See previous coverage of school report cards and Columbus City Schools in the video player above.
This is the first year Ohio will rate districts' College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness. The Department said the change showcases "Ohio's prioritization of postsecondary readiness."
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The components include achievement, progress, gap closing, graduation, early literacy and postsecondary readiness. The overall grades weigh some components more heavily, based 25% on achievement, which considers testing performance, and 25% on progress, which addresses how an institution has grown academically from past years. Graduation, early literacy, postsecondary readiness and gap closing are each weighted at 12.5%.
Columbus City Schools received a two-star rating overall, the same score as last year. Also like last year, Columbus received a one-star rating for graduation and early literacy. Columbus' best score came from the new category, College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness, where the district got three stars.
Also like last year, Bexley, Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights, Olentangy and New Albany-Plain all received five stars. Dublin, Hilliard, Pickerington, South Western, Westerville, Whitehall and Worthington all saw their scores decrease by half of a star.
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