Ohio's State Tests, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient or Above.English Language Arts
83.6%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 78.2%
County avg 49.5%
+0.6pp since 2021-22
Mathematics
86.4%
State avg 56.1%
District avg 75.4%
County avg 44.4%
+0.7pp since 2021-22
Science
77.9%
State avg 60.7%
District avg 75.4%
County avg 47.1%
+1.0pp since 2021-22
Social Studies
N/A
State avg 70.2%
District avg 83.5%
County avg 60.9%
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 86 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 78 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60, 56, and 61. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady and science scores are up about 1 points.
Rank: Harding Middle School places #64 of 316 Ohio middle schools, and #12 of 21 in Cuyahoga County for state test proficiency.
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 83.6% mean for English Language Arts at Harding Middle School?
It means about 83.6 percent of students tested at Harding Middle School 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.
