The Ohio Department of Education has released the latest Ohio Graduation Test results. Every school dropped except for Ridgedale, while Pleasant continues to have the highest results.
Of the five school districts whose results were released to the public, Ridgedale is the only district to improve in their graduation test proficiency. 56.7% of Ridgedale students passed all 5 subjects, an increase of 9.5% over last year.
In individual subjects, the lowest rate of proficiency was for science with 68.3% and 85% proficiency rate in reading.
Pleasant had the highest rate of proficiency with 72.1% of test takers passing all five sections including a 92.5% rate in writing. Despite the number, Pleasant dropped 5.5% from last year’s total.
River Valley dropped 4.7% with 67.4% overall proficiency.
Marion City Schools dropped to 51%, while Elgin had a 47.9% proficiency in all five tested subjects.
The Ohio Graduation Test measures the level of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies skills expected of students at the end of the 10th grade. Students take the test for the first time in the spring of their sophomore year. They can then take the test four more times through their senior year.
Click here to view more details on the testing results.
