State Report Card Scores Ledgemont as ‘Effective’
Although Ledgemont Schools State Report Card shows the small district failed in the "value added" category, passage rates for students taking the high school graduation…
Although Ledgemont Schools State Report Card shows the small district failed in the “value added” category, passage rates for students taking the high school graduation tests were in the upper 25 percentile.
On high school graduation tests, passage rates for Ledgemont 10th-graders ranged from 77.1 in science to 94.3 percent in reading. Among 11th-graders, rates ranged from 87.2 percent in science and math to 97.4 percent in reading and writing.
Additionally, the state reported passing rates for Ledgemont’s fourth- through eighth-graders on standardized tests in reading and math. The district’s rates ranged from 50 percent in fifth- and seventh-grade math to 95.7 percent in sixth-grade reading, according to a state report.
The district got two Bs, two Cs, a D and two Fs on a state report card released last Friday.
State officials had warned the criteria would be tougher and the grades lower this year than last. They were right.
But the financially-distressed school district is managing to tread water, academically, while its administration negotiates with Cardinal Schools on a possible merger.
“Once again, our school district was rated ‘effective’ on Ohio’s annual state report card. Our students work hard and our dedicated teachers and support staff are determined to keep up with the latest state and national initiatives in education,” Superintenent Julie Ramos said on the district’s website.
Ramos credited collaborative parents for the students’ success.
“Great teachers and supportive parents working together can have a very positive effect on students,” she wrote.
The district got a D grade — a below average grade statewide for this category — for meeting just 14 of 24 state standards.
The district scored a C — another below average grade for its category — on a student performance index.
It’s numerical score for this index was 93.7, up slightly from 2013’s 93.2 and down from 2012’s 94.4 score.
But Ledgemont scored an F on value added, which measures a year’s progress by fourth- through eighth-graders in reading and math, and on annual measurable objectives, which replaced last year’s category of adequate progress by different racial and disability groups.
The district serves 394 students in Thompson and Montville townships.
Four Ohio schools — Grindstone Elementary School, Big Creek Elementary, Brook Park Memorial Elementary School and Berea-Midpark High School — met each applicable standard.
Brookview Elementary School met three of four. Middleburg Junior High School met three of five. Ford Intermediate School met just one of five.
