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What's the best and worst thing about the food at Ferguson Hall Freshman School?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
English Language Arts
N/A
State avg 59.8%
District avg 78.6%
County avg 70.3%
District avg 78.6%
County avg 70.3%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Ohio schools by score · Greene County schools by score
Ohio's State Tests, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient or Above.Mathematics
88.7%
State avg 56.1%
District avg 76.4%
County avg 65.1%
+4.3pp since 2021-22
District avg 76.4%
County avg 65.1%
+4.3pp since 2021-22
Science
N/A
State avg 60.7%
District avg 80.6%
County avg 72.4%
District avg 80.6%
County avg 72.4%
Social Studies
N/A
State avg 70.2%
District avg 87.3%
County avg 75.7%
District avg 87.3%
County avg 75.7%
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Ohio average is about 56 of 100. Math scores are up about 4 points since 2021.
Rank: Ferguson Hall Freshman School places #4 of 403 Ohio high schools, and #1 of 6 in Greene County for state test proficiency.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
94.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 81% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Ohio's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year history
All grades, all students. Ferguson Hall Freshman Ohio avgMathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 88.7% | 76.4% | 65.1% | 56.1% |
| SY 2023-24 | 90.9% | 74.6% | 63.1% | 54.1% |
| SY 2022-23 | 86.0% | 74.7% | 62.3% | 53.3% |
| SY 2021-22 | 84.3% | 75.5% | 61.7% | 50.8% |
Recent discussions
From the Ferguson Hall Freshman School community.How to read these scores
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.
How should I read a single score?
Each percent represents the share of tested students who performed at grade level or above. Compare the school number against the state, district, and county averages on this page to see whether it is above or below typical.
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.