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LEETONIA -- The Ohio Department of Education released its annual report cards for school districts within the state on Thursday, which saw Leetonia receive an overall rating of four stars, meaning Leetonia "exceeds state standards" on the grading scale.
In previous years the report cards gave out letter grades; however, this year the state gave out star ratings of one to five in increments of half a star for overall star ratings in addition to the existing star ratings given for five graded categories including: achievement, progress, gap closing, graduation, and early literacy. On this scale a three is considered to be meeting state standards.
The achievement category measures if student performance on state testing "met established thresholds and how well students performed on tests overall," the progress category measures student growth "based on their past performances," the gap closing category measures the "reduction in educational gaps for student subgroups," the graduation component measures "four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and the five-year adjusted cohort graduation rate," and the early literacy component measures "reading improvement and proficiency for students in kindergarten through third grade."
Leetonia Superintendent Dennis Dunham said "the Leetonia Exempted Village School District continued to exceed State Standards as evidenced in the recent ODE report card rating/rankings. Leetonia students, staff and parents should be commended as the report card is indicative of the substantial academic achievement in all tested areas over the past school year."
Leetonia met, exceeded, or significantly exceeded state standards in all categories with the district's lowest scored category early literacy meeting state standards with a three-star rating. The district exceeded state standards with four start ratings in achievement, progress, and graduation; and significantly exceeded state Standards in Gap Closing with a score of five stars.
The department of education lists the purpose of the annual report cards as being "designed to give parents, communities, educators and policymakers information about the performance of districts and schools," and "to celebrate achievement and success and identify areas for improvement." This information is intended to drive local conversation on improvement to the district while ensuring "all students receive an excellent education that can lead to success in life, careers and future learning."