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Ohio Department of Education Releases 2020 State Report Cards
Sept. 17, 2020 -- The Ohio Department of Education has released the 2020 Ohio School Report cards. See above to watch Chief Accountability Officer Machelle Kline’s presentation on Columbus City Schools’ report card data at the September 15, 2020 Board of Education Meeting.
The state report cards are designed to help parents, communities and educators learn more about how a district is performing. This year’s report card is much different than previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since statewide testing was cancelled in the spring, there is no statewide data or test results to evaluate.
This presentation summarizes key areas of the report card that were completed for the district.
Before we go to the numbers, a brief explanation of the letters NR that you will see throughout the report. This means no rating or no grade for the district. In past years, the state report card issued a letter grade. This year, it did not due to the pandemic and schools closing due to the statewide stay-at-home mandate.
To the right of the chart, you will see a color key guide. Green means the data is available.
Out of the six academic components, only one of them, Graduation Rate, can be fully seen. Only some data from previous years was used to evaluate Prepared for Success as well as the Absenteeism Rate and Educator information.
The Absentee rate is defined as missing 10% of instructional time. Research supports that chronic absenteeism, defined as missing at least 10 percent of the instructional time for any reason – excused or unexcused absences – is one of the primary causes of low academic achievement. Reducing chronic absenteeism is one of the District’s focus areas, and we’re working on new strategies to address barriers to attendance and keep kids in school.
Graduation is always the goal whether you are in elementary, middle or high school. The district showed the greatest improvement in the 5-year graduation rate. It increased by just over 5% last year compared to the previous year.
The 4-year graduation rate remained steady showing just a slight decrease—less than one percent—from the previous year.
This Graduation rate slide shows how Columbus performed compared to similar districts in Ohio’s major cities and across the state. The graph shows that the 4 and 5-year graduation rates for Columbus is above other similar districts in urban areas across the state.
District | 4-Year Rate | 5-Year Rate |
Akron | 80.2 | 83.8 |
Canton | 77.2 | 82.7 |
Cincinnati | 79.4 | 83.5 |
Cleveland | 80.1 | 84.2 |
Columbus | 81.3 | 86.5 |
Dayton | 72.2 | 79.2 |
Toledo | 74.5 | 82.6 |
Youngstown | 88.0 | 87.6 |
Congratulations go to eight of our high schools as they were above our district graduation rate for four-year graduates:
- Centennial High School
- Columbus Africentric Early College
- Columbus Alternative High School
- Eastmoor Academy
- Fort Hayes Arts & Academic High School
- Marion-Franklin High School
- Northland High School
- Walnut Ridge High School
Seven of our high schools were above our district graduation rate for five-year graduates. Those schools are:
- Centennial High School
- Columbus Africentric Early College
- Columbus Alternative High School
- Eastmoor Academy
- Fort Hayes Arts & Academic High School
- Marion-Franklin High School
- Whetstone High School