The report cards were divided into five components, which contributed to Springfield’s overall rating:
The Ohio Department of Education’s annual state report card was released recently, and Springfield Local Schools received an overall rating of four stars.
Ohio schools are rated on a scale on one to five stars in half-star increments, with five components contributing to the overall score. [See chart at right.] A minimum of three stars is required to be considered as “meeting state standards.”
Components where the district showed strength include its Progress and Gap Closing, both of which earned four star ratings.
Trends from end-of-theyear test scores demonstrated that students in grades four through eight have made improvement in academic performance in science, and Springfield High School students tested significantly higher than the Ohio averages in algebra, American history and government.
Springfield’s proficiency rates on state tests were: Third grade– English/ language arts: 59 percent; math:
52.8 percent.
Fourth grade– English/ language arts: 52.3 percent; math: 66.5 percent.
Fifth grade– English/language arts: 68.1 percent; math: 55.4 percent; science, 71.3 percent.
Sixth grade– English/language arts: 52.5 percent; math: 42.3 percent.
Seventh grade– English/ language arts: 66.3 percent; math: 35.8 percent.
Eighth grade– English/ language arts: 60.7 percent; math: 57.4 percent; science, 72 percent.
High school– algebra I: 59.2 percent; biology: 66.2 percent; English/language arts II: 62.8 percent; geometry: 38.4 percent; U.S. government: 78.8 percent; U.S. history: 75.8 percent.
The district met state standards with a score of 3 stars in Achievement and Graduation components. The graduation rate for students in four years was 92.7 percent for the Class of 2023.
The only area where the district fell short of state standards was in its Early Literacy, where Springfield earned 2 stars.
3 •Achievement– whether student performance on state tests met established thresholds and how well students performed on tests overall.
4 •Progress –looks at the growth that all students are making based on their past performances.
4 •Gap closing– how well schools are meeting the performance expectations for the most vulnerable populations of students in English/language arts, math and graduation.
3 •Graduation– percent of students finishing high school with a diploma in four or five years.
2 •Early literacy– measures reading improvement and proficiency for students in kindergarten through third grade.
Area Ratings
Ottawa Hills: 5 Perrysburg: 5 Anthony Wayne: 4.5 Maumee: 4 Eastwood: 4.5 Sylvania: 4 Rossford: 3.5 Woodmore: 4 Lake: 3.5 Otsego: 3.5 Genoa: 4 Bowling Green: 4 Toledo: 2.5 Washington Local: 2.5 In fall 2022, students were tested in their reading skills to find out what percentage of the grades were on track with state standards. In kindergarten, 56.7 percent measured on track with 43.3 falling behind.
End-of-the-year evaluations showed that of those kindergarteners who started the year off track with their reading skills, 62.5 percent of them remained behind the state standards by the end of the year.
