MAJOR METRO DISTRICTS
HIGH SCHOOL COMPARISONS
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
PRELIMINARY VERSION
PREPARED BY SCOTT GERBER
GERBER ANALYTICS, LLC
The table below highlights the academic performance of the high schools in the Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus metro school districts. Included with the table are links that provide even greater insight and detail.
Note that this document will evolve and improve over time as additional analysis is included. The date above will be modified each time a substantial improvement is added.
What Was Included?
For those unfamiliar with the OGT tests, there are five parts -- Reading, Mathematics, Writing, Science, and Social Studies. There is also a summary page that shows the percentage of students who successfully passed all five parts with a “Proficient” rating. The data used in this report is from those five parts and the summary.
There were 991 schools included in the rankings of public and private schools. The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) Local Report Card data download capability was used to acquire most of the data for the public schools. The ODE provided electronic media as the source for the private school data, the charter schools, and the "percentage of students who passed all five parts" of the test for all schools.
Rankings
To create the statewide rankings, the Performance Index Scores were calculated for each individual subject. The schools' subject Performance Index Scores were then sorted. For example, Walnut Hills had the highest ranking of any of the metro schools with an overall Performance Index Score of 114.6, When the same calculation was used to create a "Performance Index Score" for the individual subjects, it was sixth in the state in Social Studies. The schools which have subjects ranked in the state's top ten are further identified with a blue background.
The subject rankings provide an additional dimension by helping to identify the strengths and weaknesses within each school. To view detailed performance on each school, click on the school name.
The table below is sorted so that schools are in Performance Index Scores order. Color-coding was used to make it easier for readers to quickly identify schools in each school district.
| HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT |
DISTRICT |
# STU. |
PIS |
PASS 5% |
STATEWIDE RANKINGS |
||||
READING |
MATH |
WRITING |
SCIENCE |
SOCIAL STUDIES |
|||||
|
Walnut Hills High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 375 |
114.600 |
97.9%
|
13
|
8
|
9
|
7
|
6
|
|
John Hay Early College High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 52 |
113.700 |
96.2%
|
26
|
2
|
41
|
74
|
3
|
|
Whitney Young School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 27 |
111.100 |
100%
|
25
|
33
|
161
|
132
|
60
|
|
John Hay School of Science & Medicine Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 81 |
110.200 |
96.3%
|
113
|
60
|
79
|
159
|
77
|
|
Columbus Alternative High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 156 |
109.500 |
89.7%
|
79
|
138
|
138
|
133
|
132
|
|
School For Creat & Perf Arts High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 96 |
106.700 |
88.5%
|
138
|
339
|
86
|
270
|
332
|
|
John Hay School of Architecture & Design Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 71 |
105.600 |
80.3%
|
359
|
148
|
181
|
349
|
398
|
|
Clark Montessori High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 92 |
105.500 |
84.8%
|
265
|
319
|
217
|
422
|
260
|
|
Cleveland School Of The Arts High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 89 |
104.800 |
76.4%
|
216
|
537
|
101
|
621
|
182
|
|
Centennial High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 202 |
102.400 |
71.8%
|
442
|
587
|
352
|
546
|
390
|
|
West Side Montessori High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 38 |
100.000 |
71.1%
|
590
|
652
|
538
|
687
|
410
|
|
Eastmoor Academy Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 126 |
98.700 |
68.3%
|
578
|
732
|
431
|
697
|
603
|
|
MC^2 STEM High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 76 |
97.000 |
43.4%
|
538
|
704
|
580
|
762
|
709
|
|
New Technology West Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 56 |
96.100 |
58.9%
|
686
|
764
|
594
|
768
|
628
|
| HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT |
DISTRICT |
# STU. |
PIS |
PASS 5% |
STATEWIDE RANKINGS |
||||
READING |
MATH |
WRITING |
SCIENCE |
SOCIAL STUDIES |
|||||
|
Dater High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 88 |
95.600 |
65.9%
|
798
|
745
|
730
|
766
|
545
|
|
Fort Hayes Arts and Academic HS Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 167 |
93.100 |
52.7%
|
702
|
798
|
562
|
832
|
757
|
|
Garrett Morgan Schl Of Science School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 88 |
92.600 |
58.0%
|
766
|
777
|
749
|
779
|
815
|
|
Withrow University High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 218 |
91.600 |
45.9%
|
815
|
782
|
639
|
844
|
783
|
|
Columbus Africentric Early College Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 54 |
91.200 |
48.1%
|
776
|
817
|
829
|
829
|
674
|
|
Shroder Paideia High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 90 |
90.900 |
50.0%
|
828
|
794
|
714
|
824
|
795
|
|
Northland High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 211 |
90.200 |
47.4%
|
812
|
813
|
758
|
814
|
822
|
|
Whetstone High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 172 |
89.100 |
46.5%
|
842
|
820
|
842
|
811
|
798
|
|
Briggs High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 203 |
86.800 |
39.9%
|
855
|
836
|
865
|
841
|
841
|
|
Western Hills University High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 131 |
86.500 |
35.1%
|
899
|
819
|
860
|
870
|
782
|
|
Beechcroft High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 125 |
86.100 |
36.0%
|
857
|
873
|
801
|
872
|
805
|
|
Oyler Elementary School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 46 |
85.500 |
28.3%
|
891
|
821
|
843
|
885
|
831
|
|
James Ford Rhodes High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 292 |
84.400 |
39.4%
|
875
|
810
|
889
|
857
|
884
|
|
Hughes STEM High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 103 |
83.700 |
31.1%
|
923
|
859
|
897
|
869
|
807
|
|
Marion-Franklin High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 163 |
83.200 |
33.7%
|
883
|
870
|
866
|
877
|
859
|
| HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT |
DISTRICT |
# STU. |
PIS |
PASS 5% |
STATEWIDE RANKINGS |
||||
READING |
MATH |
WRITING |
SCIENCE |
SOCIAL STUDIES |
|||||
|
Ginn Academy Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 53 |
82.400 |
28.3%
|
888
|
847
|
823
|
931
|
862
|
|
Riverview East Academy Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 44 |
82.300 |
27.3%
|
889
|
824
|
872
|
865
|
916
|
|
Virtual High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 28 |
81.100 |
35.7%
|
874
|
899
|
890
|
897
|
864
|
|
West High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 156 |
81.000 |
31.4%
|
924
|
886
|
894
|
892
|
853
|
|
Aiken College and Career High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 33 |
81.000 |
30.3%
|
884
|
891
|
901
|
889
|
865
|
|
Design Lab Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 52 |
80.700 |
26.9%
|
852
|
884
|
908
|
893
|
896
|
|
John Marshall High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 214 |
79.900 |
31.8%
|
892
|
888
|
884
|
883
|
907
|
|
Brookhaven High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 105 |
78.300 |
24.8%
|
899
|
932
|
912
|
902
|
882
|
|
Woodward Career Technical High School Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 111 |
77.900 |
27.0%
|
931
|
876
|
921
|
917
|
883
|
|
Independence High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 130 |
77.100 |
28.5%
|
918
|
938
|
911
|
907
|
890
|
|
Walnut Ridge High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 139 |
77.000 |
23.0%
|
880
|
900
|
920
|
930
|
914
|
|
Robert A. Taft Information Technology H Cincinnati City SD |
Cincinnati | 109 |
76.200 |
25.7%
|
934
|
895
|
909
|
913
|
933
|
|
Jane Addams Business Careers High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 47 |
75.100 |
10.6%
|
905
|
928
|
874
|
942
|
946
|
|
Health Careers Center High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 66 |
74.100 |
15.2%
|
885
|
936
|
819
|
962
|
971
|
|
Mifflin High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 135 |
73.900 |
20.7%
|
949
|
910
|
933
|
936
|
928
|
| HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT |
DISTRICT |
# STU. |
PIS |
PASS 5% |
STATEWIDE RANKINGS |
||||
READING |
MATH |
WRITING |
SCIENCE |
SOCIAL STUDIES |
|||||
|
East High School on Arcadia Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 71 |
73.600 |
19.7%
|
939
|
964
|
898
|
947
|
906
|
|
Washington Park Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 43 |
73.000 |
18.6%
|
955
|
905
|
914
|
944
|
957
|
|
Linden-Mckinley High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 104 |
71.600 |
13.5%
|
945
|
940
|
931
|
969
|
934
|
|
Genesis Academy Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 32 |
71.200 |
12.5%
|
958
|
931
|
946
|
929
|
950
|
|
COLUMBUS GLOBAL ACADEMY Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 78 |
71.100 |
20.5%
|
985
|
920
|
963
|
943
|
887
|
|
John Adams High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 231 |
70.600 |
16.9%
|
951
|
960
|
916
|
958
|
958
|
|
Lincoln-West High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 219 |
70.300 |
17.4%
|
954
|
951
|
942
|
952
|
945
|
|
SuccessTech Academy School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 48 |
69.400 |
14.6%
|
921
|
943
|
949
|
959
|
976
|
|
Law & Municipal Careers @ MLK Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 43 |
69.300 |
4.7%
|
967
|
921
|
939
|
978
|
960
|
|
Collinwood High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 113 |
69.000 |
15.0%
|
953
|
948
|
964
|
966
|
947
|
|
John F Kennedy High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 184 |
68.800 |
15.8%
|
961
|
954
|
929
|
972
|
963
|
|
South High School @ Barrett MS Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 79 |
68.600 |
12.7%
|
981
|
963
|
962
|
939
|
932
|
|
East Technical High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 86 |
66.500 |
12.8%
|
978
|
957
|
969
|
981
|
938
|
|
Max S Hayes High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 112 |
66.500 |
13.4%
|
976
|
953
|
959
|
971
|
967
|
|
New Technology HS@East Tech Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 24 |
66.200 |
12.5%
|
936
|
968
|
952
|
984
|
978
|
| HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT |
DISTRICT |
# STU. |
PIS |
PASS 5% |
STATEWIDE RANKINGS |
||||
READING |
MATH |
WRITING |
SCIENCE |
SOCIAL STUDIES |
|||||
|
Glenville High School Cleveland Municipal SD |
Cleveland | 166 |
65.300 |
15.7%
|
974
|
982
|
947
|
975
|
966
|
|
Alum Crest High School Columbus City SD |
Columbus | 21 |
60.900 |
0.0%
|
977
|
976
|
987
|
977
|
987
|
Trend Charts for Performance Index Scores and % Who Passed all Five Tests
While the table above provides a good, static comparison among metro schools, it does not provide readers with a "over time" perspective. Click on this link to see five year trend charts for each school's Performance Index Score and % Who Passed All Five Test.
Click on this link to return to the table view.
Comparative Analysis
While the performance numbers and trend charts are beneficial, what sets this web site apart from others is the comparative analysis that this site permits with other schools and within schools.
John Hay Early College has done an incredible job in Mathematics and Social Studies. What can it do better in Reading, Writing, and Science? Whitney Young shows strengths in Reading, Mathematics, and Social Studies, but why is its Social Studies performance lagging Reading when both subjects only require reading?
One of the goals for this web site is to encourage communities to become better informed and to ask questions. These tools encourage it.
Comparing the Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus School Districts
The weighted averages further highlight how the Cincinnati high schools are considerably stronger than the other districts. The weighted-averages (weighted using number of students taking the test) for the Performance Index Scores are: Cincinnati - 95.3; Columbus - 86; and Cleveland - 79.4. The "% Who Passed All Five Tests" weighted averages are: Cincinnati - 58.7%; Columbus - 41.3%; and Cleveland - 32.1%.
Based on the most recent ODE expenditure numbers for the 2011-12 school year, the cost per Cincinnati high school student was $11,553; Columbus - $12, 979; and Cleveland - $11,867. On a percentage basis, Columbus' expenditures were 12.3% higher than Cincinnati's better educated students. Cincinnati pays 2.9% more than Columbus on per elementary student basis.
Learning from Cincinnati (or not)...
Cincinnati's Walnut Hills is the jewel of the metro school systems. It provides those who really care about academics with an excellent choice for a traditional high school environment that includes athletics and all of the other extra-curricular activities. Of course, it is more than simply a choice. Students (and their parents) have to choose to earn the right to attend the school. This means making the very difficult choices to work hard and to make sacrifices throughout the pre-K, elementary, and middle school years.
Also note how many students Walnut Hills benefits. While it is great that Cleveland offers small, boutique schools for high achievers, the five Cleveland schools at the top of this table benefit less students (totaling 320) than one Walnut Hills (with 375 students in 10th grade).
Here are several statements to consider. Great schools can only be great if the students (and their parent(s)) really care about learning. There has to be a critical mass of students who care to make this happen. A critical mass does not contain everyone -- it must contain the group who cares. The group of people who do care can be identified based on their previous hard work and great results. Walnut Hills does this. It is not possible to "focus" on an entire school district to make it great. If it happens at all, it would take decades and many generations of families to do this. No one has that much time. Likewise, districts need vocational school alternatives for those families who are unwilling to make sacrifices for education.
Click on the following link for a worthwhile Youtube video of Walnut Hills' principal, Jeff Brokamp.
As Columbus attempts to turn its beleaguered, scandalized school system around, it would be interesting to know why it is not pursuing a Walnut Hills approach.
Map of the Schools
To make it easier to visualize the school locations, click for a map of the three school districts. Schools are color-coded by Performance Index Score (i.e. Top 5%, Top 10%). Clicking on the marker provides readers with the school name. Clicking on the school name, takes readers to the detailed Gerber Analytics report for that school.
Use the zoom controls to easily navigate the page.
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Calculation of Performance Index Score (Adjusted)
Note that the Performance Index Score (Adjusted) is different from what you may have seen on the Ohio Department of Education’s Report Card. The calculation in this document is only for the 10th grade students. It was calculated as follows:
Ada High School
Subject |
Below Basic | Basic | Proficient | Accelerated | Advanced |
|
| Mathematics | 9.4% | 9.4% | 24.5% | 20.8% | 35.8% | |
| Reading | 3.8% | 5.7% | 43.4% | 35.8% | 11.3% | |
| Science | 3.8% | 18.9% | 26.4% | 22.6% | 28.3% | |
| Social Studies | 15.1% | 9.4% | 24.5% | 22.6% | 28.3% | |
| Writing | 5.7% | 5.7% | 39.6% | 47.2% | 1.9% | |
| Total of Above | 37.7% | 49.1% | 158.5% | 149.1% | 105.7% | |
| Average of 5 | 7.5% | 9.8% | 31.7% | 29.8% | 21.1% | |
| Factor | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | |
| Summation | ||||||
| Average * Factor | 2.3 | 5.9 | 31.7 | 32.8 | 25.4 | 98 |
The new "Advanced Plus" designation was used randomly for some schools. To insure an "apples-to-apples" comparison, the percentage of students scoring "Advanced Plus" was added to the Advance category.