Ohio's State Tests, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient or Above.English Language Arts
41.9%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 41.9%
County avg 54.3%
+10.0pp since 2021-22
Mathematics
39.2%
State avg 56.1%
District avg 39.2%
County avg 51.0%
+14.2pp since 2021-22
Science
34.0%
State avg 60.7%
District avg 34.0%
County avg 51.1%
-2.0pp since 2021-22
Social Studies
73.6%
State avg 70.2%
District avg 73.6%
County avg 62.6%
+3.5pp since 2021-22
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 39 of 100 do math at grade level, about 34 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 74 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60, 56, 61, and 70. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points, science scores are down about 2 points, and social studies scores are up about 4 points.
What is Ohio's State Tests?
Ohio's State Tests (OST) are administered each spring to public-school students in grades 3 through 8 in English Language Arts and Math, plus Science at grades 5 and 8. High school students take End-of-Course exams in Algebra I, Geometry, English II, Biology, US History, and US Government for graduation.
What does "% Proficient or Above" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at "Proficient", "Accomplished", or "Advanced" on Ohio's 5-level performance scale (Limited, Basic, Proficient, Accomplished, Advanced). Proficient and above is Ohio's grade-level benchmark; the cumulative rate is what feeds the school's Achievement Star Rating. A higher number is better.
What does 41.9% mean for English Language Arts at Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy?
It means about 41.9 percent of students tested at Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy performed at grade level or above on the Ohio's State Tests English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Ohio that year was 59.8%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Ohio, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, Ohio School Report Cards Achievement Component. Building-level results for Ohio's State Tests (OST) in ELA + Math (grades 3-8), Science (grades 5, 8), high-school End-of-Course exams (Algebra I, Biology, English II, US History, US Government). Headline metric is the cumulative Proficient-or-Above rate (top 3 of 5 OST performance levels).
How often is it updated?
Ohio's State Tests is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.
