English Language Arts
33.3%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 33.3%
County avg 56.8%
+24.2pp since 2023-24
District avg 33.3%
County avg 56.8%
+24.2pp since 2023-24
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Ohio schools by score · Ross County schools by score
Ohio's State Tests, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient or Above.Mathematics
6.7%
State avg 56.1%
District avg 6.7%
County avg 49.8%
District avg 6.7%
County avg 49.8%
Science
21.4%
State avg 60.7%
District avg 21.4%
County avg 60.2%
District avg 21.4%
County avg 60.2%
Social Studies
8.7%
State avg 70.2%
District avg 8.7%
County avg 61.2%
District avg 8.7%
County avg 61.2%
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 7 of 100 do math at grade level, about 21 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 9 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 24 points since 2023.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-41.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
2-year history
All grades, all students. Southern Ohio Career Academy Ohio avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 33.3% | 33.3% | 56.8% | 59.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 9.1% | 9.1% | 57.8% | 60.6% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 6.7% | 6.7% | 49.8% | 56.1% |
| SY 2023-24 | N/A | N/A | 52.8% | 54.1% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 21.4% | 21.4% | 60.2% | 60.7% |
| SY 2023-24 | N/A | N/A | 59.9% | 59.9% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 8.7% | 8.7% | 61.2% | 70.2% |
| SY 2023-24 | N/A | N/A | 66.5% | 66.9% |
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.
What does 33.3% mean for English Language Arts at Southern Ohio Career Academy?
It means about 33.3 percent of students tested at Southern Ohio Career 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.