OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC COMPARISONS
FOR CINCINNATI, CLEVELAND,
COLUMBUS, TOLEDO SCHOOL DISTRICTS
JANUARY 26, 2015
PREPARED BY SCOTT GERBER
GERBER ANALYTICS, LLC

 

The table below highlights the academic performance of the high schools in the Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo metro school districts based on each school's 10th grader performance on the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT). Included with the table are links that provide even greater insight and detail.

The table below includes: the Gerber Analytics state ranking for all public and private schools in Ohio; the number of 10th grade students who took the test; the overall Performance Index Score; the percentage of students who passed all five portions of the OGT; and the state rankings of each school for each subject test. The state rankings are based on the Performance Index Scores for all schools.

To highlight three of the schools, Cincinnati's Walnut Hills was ranked second overall in the state (out of almost thousand high schools). That is an enormous accomplishment when considering that Walnut Hills has a very large tenth grade class (389 students). Toledo Early College had two state top ten finishes in Math and Social Studies. John Hay Early College was ranked second in Mathematics.

Refer to last year's report for a better understanding of how this report is compiled.

Read on below to see how to view performance graphs for each school and to view all of the districts' schools separately.

STATE RANK / HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT	DISTRICT	# STU.	PIS	PASS 5%	STATEWIDE RANKINGS
					READING	MATH	WRITING	SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES
2 - Walnut Hills High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	389	115.4	99.2%	5	3	15	8	2
13 - Toledo Early College High School Toledo City SD	Toledo	36	113.7	97.2%	13	6	42	42	8
15 - John Hay Early College High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	76	113.6	98.7%	17	2	23	65	12
91 - John Hay School of Science & Medicine Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	88	109.6	97.7%	157	63	138	166	52
133 - School For Creat & Perf Arts High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	115	108.3	84.3%	76	172	48	325	137
184 - Columbus Alternative High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	188	107.3	81.4%	78	269	139	348	146
224 - John Hay School of Architecture & Design Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	89	106.5	84.3%	231	94	211	293	348
257 - Toledo Technology Academy High School Toledo City SD	Toledo	50	105.8	74.0%	229	335	269	221	292
269 - Clark Montessori High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	94	105.5	83.0%	165	470	289	250	235
312 - Whitney Young School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	11	104.8	72.7%	235	43	112	415	723
436 - Cleveland School Of The Arts High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	82	102.6	70.7%	212	672	294	561	264
448 - Centennial High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	169	102.4	76.9%	432	500	382	582	327
576 - MC^2 STEM High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	105	100.1	31.4%	438	530	572	691	532
712 - Eastmoor Academy Columbus City SD	Columbus	122	96.0	61.5%	693	744	579	746	654
HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT	DISTRICT	# STU.	PIS	PASS 5%	STATEWIDE RANKINGS
					READING	MATH	WRITING	SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES
750 - Fort Hayes Arts and Academic HS Columbus City SD	Columbus	185	93.8	56.2%	665	797	627	791	720
753 - Waite High School Toledo City SD	Toledo	157	93.6	60.5%	796	737	755	768	718
758 - Dater High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	116	93.5	60.3%	825	772	683	780	650
767 - Whetstone High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	180	92.9	52.2%	760	773	803	787	698
780 - Briggs High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	199	91.4	50.8%	783	815	764	809	740
782 - Bowsher High School Toledo City SD	Toledo	206	91.3	57.8%	782	793	748	764	822
783 - Start High School Toledo City SD	Toledo	313	91.2	55.9%	784	776	779	784	814
785 - Shroder Paideia High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	104	91.1	51.0%	785	806	630	827	789
804 - West Side Montessori High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	40	90.5	55.0%	831	803	715	825	785
802 - Northland High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	188	90.5	42.6%	760	836	754	834	727
815 - Oyler Elementary School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	41	89.5	41.5%	816	778	843	840	788
824 - Garrett Morgan Schl Of Science School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	55	88.9	49.1%	812	798	838	817	838
834 - Design Lab Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	41	87.6	46.3%	829	769	878	844	847
844 - Withrow University High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	209	86.6	37.3%	855	825	821	867	843
851 - Beechcroft High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	124	85.8	38.7%	867	893	840	857	775
HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT	DISTRICT	# STU.	PIS	PASS 5%	STATEWIDE RANKINGS
					READING	MATH	WRITING	SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES
853 - New Technology West Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	77	85.6	33.8%	850	878	742	861	851
856 - Marion-Franklin High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	145	85.3	35.2%	851	889	829	860	821
858 - John Marshall High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	232	85.1	40.5%	871	838	870	849	871
859 - Rogers High School Toledo City SD	Toledo	150	85.0	40.0%	874	854	851	835	879
866 - James Ford Rhodes High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	245	84.0	38.0%	879	850	875	853	886
867 - Walnut Ridge High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	162	83.8	39.5%	885	863	815	903	858
870 - Woodward Career Technical High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	98	83.6	28.6%	873	851	876	901	864
871 - Hughes STEM High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	126	83.5	30.2%	910	856	907	887	828
874 - Columbus Africentric Early College Columbus City SD	Columbus	78	83.2	35.9%	847	887	836	862	896
873 - Riverview East Academy Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	33	83.2	39.4%	890	870	835	877	881
876 - Ginn Academy Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	54	83.0	29.6%	786	837	806	931	912
878 - Independence High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	117	82.8	32.5%	861	912	800	898	862
880 - Western Hills University High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	167	82.7	32.3%	892	867	873	916	856
881 - West High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	160	82.7	31.9%	922	858	913	868	853
886 - Woodward High School Toledo City SD	Toledo	91	82.0	30.8%	905	874	805	879	914
HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT	DISTRICT	# STU.	PIS	PASS 5%	STATEWIDE RANKINGS
					READING	MATH	WRITING	SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES
898 - South High School @ Barrett MS Columbus City SD	Columbus	125	80.0	32.8%	914	892	901	917	885
902 - Mifflin High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	122	79.8	30.3%	918	884	921	904	887
907 - Linden-Mckinley High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	71	79.4	40.8%	919	882	942	900	889
914 - Washington Park Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	63	77.7	36.5%	934	904	931	911	915
915 - SuccessTech Academy School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	37	77.5	21.6%	936	879	864	944	939
918 - Aiken College and Career High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	57	77.3	14.0%	893	860	932	956	942
923 - East High School on Arcadia Columbus City SD	Columbus	85	76.6	30.6%	925	936	941	920	899
933 - Brookhaven High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	100	75.3	26.0%	955	939	927	927	902
934 - New Technology HS@East Tech Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	40	75.3	17.5%	912	919	939	942	930
941 - Max S Hayes High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	129	74.3	27.1%	957	920	954	915	931
940 - John F Kennedy High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	149	74.3	17.4%	939	930	925	941	948
943 - Health Careers Center High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	63	73.8	12.7%	884	932	848	970	982
944 - Collinwood High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	121	73.6	26.4%	938	950	929	949	935
948 - Allied Health Academy Toledo City SD	Toledo	109	73.2	22.0%	958	944	948	933	921
951 - Robert A. Taft Information Technology H Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	102	72.5	25.5%	951	929	940	954	965
HIGH SCHOOL / DISTRICT	DISTRICT	# STU.	PIS	PASS 5%	STATEWIDE RANKINGS
					READING	MATH	WRITING	SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES
952 - John Adams High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	135	72.4	14.8%	933	956	933	947	964
955 - Virtual High School Cincinnati City SD	Cincinnati	30	71.9	30.0%	960	926	962	945	953
959 - COLUMBUS GLOBAL ACADEMY Columbus City SD	Columbus	111	70.9	12.6%	983	911	980	979	883
960 - Alum Crest High School Columbus City SD	Columbus	14	70.7	0.0%	916	992	965	907	945
961 - Glenville High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	115	70.5	17.4%	967	938	950	975	943
968 - Law & Municipal Careers @ MLK Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	27	68.6	11.1%	961	968	952	976	971
972 - East Technical High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	80	67.4	21.3%	979	955	969	968	975
976 - Jane Addams Business Careers High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	71	66.6	16.9%	956	981	974	974	977
978 - Lincoln-West High School Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	219	66.0	16.4%	981	967	971	983	973
990 - Genesis Academy Cleveland Municipal SD	Cleveland	35	61.2	5.7%	987	991	973	991	988

Trend Charts for Performance Index Scores, % Who Passed all Five Tests, and Number of 10th Grade Students Who Took The Test

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 Tests.

Click on this link to return to the table view.

The main questions generated from the graphs include:

How does Walnut Hills keep adding more students and keep getting better?

John Hay Early College is an excellent school. Can it be expanded to include more students?

What is happening to Columbus' Whetstone and Northland enrollment numbers over the last few years? Why are kids leaving?

Cincinnati's Withrow University enrollment numbers have grown as its academic performance declines. Why are students attending this school in greater numbers?

Columbus' East High School and South High School were completely renovated and reopened in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Why hasn't this led to better performance and higher enrollment?

What happened with Cincinnati's Robert Taft Information Technology high school? Did they pick up approximately 40 low performing students from another school?

School District-Only View

It is worthwhile to view each school district by itself. Click to view:

• Cincinnati
• Cleveland
• Columbus
• Toledo

Click to view all school districts.

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.

As expected, students who are enrolled in John Hay School of Architecture & Design do especially well in Math.

Given Toledo Technology Academy's name, Science would likely be their forte and it is. It is surprising that Math is their weakest subject.

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, Columbus, and Toledo School Districts

Cincinnati leads the way - again. Cincinnati's Walnut Hills is the crown 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 and Toledo offer small, boutique schools for high achievers, the three Cleveland John Hay schools and the two Toledo schools at the top of this table benefit less students (totaling 339) than one Walnut Hills (with 389 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.

Corrections

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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.

 

 

 

 

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